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Reinventing hiring for the AI-driven labor market
Recruitment has always reflected the realities of the labor market it serves. For decades, those realities were relatively stable. Roles were well defined, career paths followed familiar patterns, and organizations could afford to move at a…
OpenAI release turns a bad week ugly for software stocks
OpenAI just handed software stocks a beating with its latest push into enterprise work. After the company revealed a new product on Wednesday meant to make AI agents more effective for customers, software stocks like Workday, Atlassian, and HubSpot…
AMD takes a shot at Nvidia by betting on AI's next big shift
AMD is making a bet about the future of AI: one chip shouldn't rule them all. CEO Lisa Su announced Thursday that AMD is teaming up with chip startup Cerebras on a new approach to AI inference, which is the process of generating responses from AI…
Domo sells its main businesses for $400 million, leaving founder Josh James with a hoard of cash to put to work
Progress Software agreed to buy Domo's AI and data business for $400 million, ending a tumultuous chapter for tech executive Josh James. It's not the end, though. Progress, a public software company with a $1.5 billion valuation, will buy almost…
The Latest: Trump says Saudi nuclear pact requires kingdom to normalize Israel relations
President Donald Trump said Thursday that a new agreement reached with Saudi Arabia for a civilian nuclear program will require the kingdom to normalize relations with Israel through the Abraham Accords. Trump added that the new nuclear deal, which…
Assaf Keren Appointed New CISO of Meta
Assaf Keren announced on Wednesday that he is the new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of social media giant Meta. “Building AI at the frontier means building the trust infrastructure for it at the same frontier, with the same…
I work at a food bank. We're getting more produce because of the cyclospora outbreak.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Robbin Peterson, the development director at the West Seattle Food Bank in Seattle. Peterson spoke with Business Insider on Tuesday, two days after the US Food and Drug Administration said a…
How Amazon weaned Alexa off Anthropic's pricey models to slash AI costs
Amazon has redesigned Alexa to rely less on Anthropic models, part of a sweeping effort to lower the cost of running its AI-powered voice assistant, according to internal documents reviewed by Business Insider. The documents, which span late last…
Secret Service agent for Vance under review for alleged leaks
A member of Vice President JD Vance's Secret Service detail has been placed under investigation for allegedly compromising informational and operational security, the Secret Service confirmed to the Washington Examiner. The Secret Service agent is…
AI broke out of its cage and hacked a company. The grid could be next
Two OpenAI models broke out of a locked-down testing environment this month, made their way onto the open internet and hacked a real company. Australian security experts say the same capability, in less careful hands, could be aimed at the systems…
Badenoch criticises move to close department and put 'one guy in Cabinet' on AI
Get our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysis I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Kemi Badenoch has criticised Andy Burnham's…
Elon Musk says OpenAI, Anthropic and rival labs should review frontier AI models before release, with government intervention as a last resort
Elon Musk wants the most advanced AI models to be reviewed before they're released—but he doesn't want the government to be the one reviewing them. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO said the leading AI companies should work together to police…
Badenoch criticises move to close department and put 'one guy in Cabinet' on AI
Kemi Badenoch has criticised Andy Burnham's decision to close down the technology department and replace it with “one guy in Cabinet”, as she took aim at the Prime Minister's first days in office. The Conservative leader said the lack…
Patreon is laying off 20% of its staff. Read the memo its CEO sent to employees.
Patreon, a platform for creators that paywalls their content, is laying off staff. In a publicly shared note addressed to Patreon's content creators, CEO Jack Conte announced that the creator-economy startup is laying off 93 employees, about 20% of…
TT Podcasts: RoadSigns - TT
Hydraulic systems quietly power some of the hardest-working trucks on the road, but they're rarely top of mind until something fails. What's the real difference between normal wear and a pump that's been abused, and how can fleets tell the two…
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