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In June, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy had a blunt message for his 350,000 corporate employees: There were going to be fewer of them in the near future, thanks to the "efficiency gains" he expected from AI. The proclamation generated big headlines and an uproar from staff. But it struck me as merely honest. He was acknowledging something that pretty much every CEO who sits atop a large white

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• Starbucks South Korea is telling customers to leave their large office supplies at home.
• The chain urged patrons not to bring desktops, printers, and desk partitions into its stores.
• The country is known for its strong café culture, and a trend of people

• It's hard to get a job in today's low-hiring, low-firing job market.
• It's especially rough if you are in tech, as data on promotions, unemployment, and job postings shows.
• Artificial intelligence could be one contributing factor.

Too bad there isn't a way to debug the tech job market.

With Big Tech layoffs, the increase in

• OpenAI launched four new "personalities" for ChatGPT: The cynic, robot, listener, and nerd.
• I tried all four personalities, watching how they responded to increasingly complex prompts.
• The cynic's sarcasm was funny. The robot was the most helpful, keeping

• "Alien: Earth" explores what happens when a Xenomorph crash-lands on Earth.
• A barefoot, celebrity trillionaire CEO hunts for the creature using a team of human-android hybrids.
• The actor Samuel Blenkin and the show's creator Noah Hawley told Business Insider the story echoes our world.

Terrifying Xenomorphs, human-android hybrids, and a

Crypto crashes, money laundering, and digital fraud — the EU’s financial watchdogs have had enough. Regulatory bodies need to keep up by rolling out tighter regulations aimed at strengthening consumer protections and stabilising the market.  As EU lawmakers scramble to protect consumers, others worry they are smothering growth. Case in point: in 2024, the FCA fined HSBC £6.2mn for not properly

• AI is merging tech roles, favoring generalists, says Figma's CEO Dylan Field.
• Figma's IPO, valued at $68 billion, ended a three-year tech IPO drought.
• Silicon Valley leaders are advising career flexibility as AI reshapes jobs.

Being a generalist is so in

• Michelle Obama says her top dating advice to her daughters is simple: date a lot.
• She said that dating widely meant she had experiences to "compare" Barack Obama to when he came along.
• "And if you run into a bad date or have a bad experience, move on quickly. Don't stay around," she said.

Michelle Obama isn't afraid of a little trial-and-error, even when it

• Mark Cuban says the US should not be paring down its research spending.
• Cuban said the work produced can be licensed to AI companies to enhance their models.
• He said this would

• OpenAI's cofounder says engineers joining his company need to check their ego at the door.
• "Technical humility" is a critical quality for engineers to succeed at OpenAI, Greg Brockman said.
• Knowing when to trust your instincts and when to leave them behind is key

• Sam Altman says many people are using ChatGPT as their therapist.
• "Although that could be great, it makes me uneasy," Altman said.
• Altman said OpenAI is "closely tracking"