Companies Are Making a Major Mistake With AI Adoption — and It’s Driving Away Their Top Talent
Many organizations are misusing AI-driven productivity gains, and it’s costing them their best people. Here’s what they’re getting wrong.
The Download: failed social media bans, and extending pets’ lives
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Kids are outsmarting social media bans. That’s not a problem we need to solve. —Michal Luria, Aliya Bhatia, and Danah Boyd Social media bans are stacking up. In July, France joined…
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OpenAI acquires Promptfoo to secure its AI agents
This deal underscores how frontier labs are scrambling to prove their technology can be used safely in critical business operations.
Live Nation Just Reached a Settlement in Its Antitrust Case. Here’s What Changes for Concertgoers.
The Justice Department sued Live Nation in 2024, accusing the concert giant of operating an illegal monopoly that stifles competition and drives up ticket prices.
GM figured out how to navigate EV uncertainty with the Chevy Bolt
The 2027 Chevy Bolt might not be a groundbreaking new EV, but incremental improvements have made it better without inflating the price.
Your Customers Won’t Forgive Empty Words — Here’s Why Overpromising Costs You
Failing to deliver hurts more than just your bottom line.
He Tried a ‘Weird’ Idea in His Junior College Chemistry Lab. Now It’s a Billion-Dollar Beer Company.
From college experiments to a creating a whole new beer category, Ken Grossman shares his wild ride launching Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Slate Auto changes CEO months ahead of affordable EV launch
Former Amazon Marketplace vice president Peter Faricy is the new person in charge of the company.
Xprize founder Peter Diamandis launches new contest to manifest a new Star Trek
The famed author and investor has launched the Future Vision Xprize with sponsors like Google, Marc Benioff, Ben Horowitz, to fund optimistic sci-fi films.
Qualcomm’s partnership with Neura Robotics is just the beginning
Neura Robotics is going to build new robots on top of Qualcomm’s new IQ10 processors that were released at CES.
Russian government hackers targeting Signal and WhatsApp users, Dutch spies warn
Dutch intelligence is accusing Russia-backed hackers of running a “large-scale global” hacking campaign against Signal and WhatsApp users.