The Irish have taken a liking to AI. Japan, not so much.

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Irish rugby fans sing the national anthem
Irish rugby fans sing the national anthem

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AI's first wave was about cutting costs. The second wave is about building things we've never seen.

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People watch a surfer riding a wave in Praia do Norte, Nazare, Portugal
People watch a surfer riding a wave in Praia do Norte, Nazare, Portugal.

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Mocktails, potato balls, and 10 bots: My cringe Valentine's date at the AI companion wine bar

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A bot at the EVA AI event

EVA AI

Valentine's Day is an awkward time to start dating someone new, especially when that someone is a series of AI characters sitting across from you at a restaurant, each of whom seems to be in love with you at first sight.

Amazon limits on Claude Code frustrate employees, including some who have to sell it to cloud customers

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AWS CEO Matt Garman
AWS CEO Matt Garman

Noah Berger/Getty Images for Amazon Web Services

This CEO wants AI agents to outnumber his human employees this year

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Stackblitz CEO Eric Simons
Stackblitz CEO Eric Simons

Fortune via Reuters Connect

I used ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity to research a gnarly NYC rent situation. Here's what I learned.

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Nolita is an upscale neighborhood in NYC brimming with boutiques and restaurants.
Nolita is an upscale neighborhood in NYC brimming with boutiques and restaurants.

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A consultant who called the AI software collapse almost a year ago says no part of the business will escape 'unscathed'

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Michelle Miller, Co-Head of the Enterprise Software Technology group at AlixPartners
Michelle Miller, Co-Head of the Enterprise Software Technology group at AlixPartners

AlixPartners

The hottest job in tech: Writing words

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Money coming out of a typewriter

Getty Images; Rebecca Zisser/BI

In the generative AI boom, vibe coding and AI expertise have become in-demand résumé skills. But tech companies are also looking to pay a premium for expertise in people who have a skill that predates AI: the art of communication.

Google warns against 'breaking Search,' as pressure mounts over web future

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People walking into Google office.
Each of the four Google employees Business Insider spoke with spent roughly a year preparing to pivot to an AI team.

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Redwood Materials lands Google as a new investor

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JB Straubel, founder and CEO of Redwood Materials, speaks about battery recycling at CES
JB Straubel, founder and CEO of Redwood Materials, speaks about battery recycling at CES

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