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Trust AI enough to bet your retirement? You said, 'No thanks'

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Technology
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Elon Musk suggested letting AI run your 401 (k). Our readers weren't on board.

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AI is creating the Rick Rubins of Silicon Valley

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Producer Rick Rubin
Producer Rick Rubin

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'Big Short' investor Michael Burry has found an unlikely ally in his crusade against AI hype: Ben Affleck

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Ben Affleck (left) and Michael Burry
Ben Affleck (left) and Michael Burry have both taken aim at AI hype.

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Ben Horowitz says AI could spark a post-electricity leap in living standards — but risk eroding purpose

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
Ben Horowitz at the WIRED25 Summit 2019 in San Francisco.
Ben Horowitz says AI could deliver an electricity-scale leap in living standards — while quietly threatening how humans find meaning.

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America's new sink-or-swim era is here

Tech Insider : Business, Economy, Environment
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A few years ago, HR practitioner T. Tara Turk-Haynes hired yoga instructors and meditation gurus to help employees handle burnout at the media company where she worked.

She's not doing anything like that today.

Palmer Luckey says Meta's VR layoffs aren't a 'disaster' — and fix a problem critics aren't talking about

Tech Insider : Business, Environment, Technology
Palmer Luckey, Oculus VR, at Collision 2019 at Enercare Center in Toronto.
Palmer Luckey says Meta's VR layoffs cut bloated in-house game studios that were quietly undermining the industry's ecosystem.

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Bernie Sanders's AI data center pause isn't catching on in Congress yet

Tech Insider : Politics, Business, Crypto
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont
"There's enormous issues for our economy and for our democracy that have got to be dealt with," Sanders said. "And I feel we're not ready to do that."

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A Meta product manager with no technical background says vibe coding gave him 'superpowers'

Tech Insider : Business
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A Meta product manager says vibe coding tools are letting non-technical product managers ship features.

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Harvey's CEO explains his early tactic to get customers: telling lawyers how bad their arguments were

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
Harvey CEO Winston Weinberg
Harvey's CEO reveals an early tactic that helped him win customers for his legal AI startup.

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Tech hiring fell hard after COVID. These jobs survived.

Tech Insider : Business, Economy
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An electrician working on an HVAC system

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