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• David Shelley is the CEO of Hachette Book Group & Hachette UK.
• He started hosting "ask me anything" sessions eight years ago.
• He says Americans are more willing to ask uncomfortable questions than Brits.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with David Shelley, CEO of Hachette Book Group. It has been

• The original iPhone, which debuted 17 years ago, set the stage for the modern smartphone.
• Apple's iPhone has since evolved into a powerful computer with professional-grade cameras and AI-focused chips.
• Here's a look at how the iPhone has changed

• Geoffrey Hinton warns AI will cause "massive unemployment" and make the rich even richer.
• Sam Altman and Elon Musk have backed a universal basic income as a cushion against job losses.
• But Hinton says UBI won't solve the deeper problem of the dignity and worth people get from

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• Tesla is developing a humanoid robot called Optimus.
• CEO Elon Musk said about 80% of Tesla's future value could come from Optimus.
• Musk teased Optimus V3 on X, calling it "sublime."

For Elon Musk, the future of Tesla isn't its global fleet of electric vehicles.

It's Optimus, the humanoid robot

• US companies could appoint an AI co-CEO due to efficiency demands, futurist Michael Tchong predicts.
• AI's role in decision-making and efficiency is challenging traditional executive functions, he said.
• Not everyone expects bot bosses to take over. CEOs will always remain

• I just started my sixth year homeschooling my kids, who went to public school for years first.
• I worried about them struggling socially as homeschoolers, but our experience has been the opposite.
• They have thriving social lives, and I'd recommend homeschooling to anyone.

I started researching

• Michaël Trazzi is on a hunger strike outside DeepMind's London office to protest AI.
• Trazzi fears AI models like GPT-5 and Gemini 2.5 Pro are nearing dangerous capabilities.
• He's urging DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis to halt new model releases.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Michaël Trazzi, a

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• Kevin Hannegan, 53, has been job hunting for 14 months after a layoff in 2024.
• He's cut costs and picked up side jobs like DoorDash in an effort to stay afloat financially.
• The Gen Xer is among the Americans struggling to find work amid a white-collar hiring slowdown.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kevin Hannegan, a 53-year-old former director at a

It's the golden age of AI, and there's a new gospel in Silicon Valley: Building a startup isn't just for the chosen few. It's the new rite of passage into adulthood.

Young founders have long been icons. Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, and others all bailed on school in their teens and 20s to

• Eloquent AI cofounder Tugce Bulut closed a $7.4 million seed round in three days.
• The startup automates complex customer service queries in financial services.
• Eloquent says it has a long waitlist and reached $500,000 in annual recurring revenue in four weeks.

Y Combinator startup Eloquent AI has raised $7.4 million in seed funding to