The AI boom is really a race to own the future of human labor, a safety pioneer says

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Iranian employees at the AI headquarters of the Resalat Qarz Al-Hasanah bank in Kerman, Iran, on May 4, 2025.
AI safety pioneer Roman Yampolskiy says the AI boom is really a race to control "free labor" — and the future of work itself.

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Private equity recruiting returned with its usual chaos — and better candidates

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Junior Wall Street professional running toward blurry Wall Street buildings.
Wall Street professional running Wall Street sign

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Meta shakes up its review system with 'stronger rewards for top performers'

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Mark Zuckerberg
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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The US Army had a change of heart about getting rid of its special horse units

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Soldiers and horses of the Army's Washington, DC-based caisson detachment, the unit which performs funeral ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, participate in the Middleburg Holiday Parade in Middleburg, Virginia, Dec.

McKinsey CEO Bob Sternfels says the firm now has 60,000 employees: 25,000 of them are AI agents

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Bob Sternfels, global managing partner of McKinsey.
McKinsey global managing partner, Bob Sternfels, makes a statement to the US Senate on the firm's work with Saudi Arabia, February 2024.

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Two siblings shaping Goldman Sachs share how they rose to the top

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Padi and Neema Raphael
From left: Padi and Neema Raphael, partners at Goldman Sachs.

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Here are the winners and losers in the frozen US job market

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Healthcare workers
The US added a lot of jobs in the healthcare sector in 2025.

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I used to think hobbies were for losers. Then I built my life around one.

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Catherine LeClair

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AI isn't making us smarter — it's training us to think backward, an innovation theorist says

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John Nosta, founder of the NostaLab think tank
John Nosta, founder of the NostaLab think tank, says AI trains humans to think backward by providing answers before they understand.

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Jobs report recap: US added fewer jobs in December than expected, capping off a tough 2025 for job seekers

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A woman walks out of a store with a prominent

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It's jobs day in America.

The US added 50,000 jobs in December, and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.4%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' monthly report on the employment situation.

Economists expected to see 70,000 jobs added in the final month of 2025, and an unemployment rate of 4.5%.

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