The CEO Who Rescued Potbelly Is Now Taking Over Wendy’s — Here’s What to Expect
Bob Wright led Potbelly’s turnaround and sold it for $566 million. Now he’s trying to save a burger chain that’s closed 300 locations.
Roundtables: Can AI Learn to Understand the World?
Listen to the session or watch below AI companies want to build systems that understand the external world and overcome the limitations of LLMs. Recent developments have brought world models to the forefront of the AI discussion. Watch a conversation with editor in chief Mat Honan, senior AI editor Will Douglas Heaven, and AI reporter…
This young startup is taking on a fragrance industry that hasn’t changed in a almost half century
Fragrance tech company Patina announced Thursday a $2 million raise from investors, including Betaworks and True Ventures.
Accenture Employs 786,000 People — And Is Looking for Entry-Level/Gen Z Workers With This Specific Skill
As other firms pull back, Accenture is pushing forward with entry-level hiring.
The One Marketing Skill That Gets More Valuable the More AI Your Competitors Use
AI copy is fast, cheap and increasingly hard to distinguish from the real thing. That last part is the problem.
Spotify takes on Google’s NotebookLM with its new app
Spotify is releasing the new desktop app as a research preview in more than 20 markets
Spotify adds AI-powered Q&A and briefing generation features to podcasts
Spotify will let you generate daily or weekly briefs based on your prompts
Spotify launches an ElevenLabs-powered audiobook creation tool
Spotify is releasing new audiobook plans later this year
Spotify will reserve tickets for top fans of an artists in a bid to drum up engagement
Spotify said that it will monitor activity like streams and shares to determine who is a top fan
Anthropic’s Code with Claude showed off coding’s future—whether you like it or not
The vibes were strong at Code with Claude, Anthropic’s two-day event for software developers in London that kicked off on May 19, the same day as Google’s I/O in Palo Alto. (A coincidence, not a flex, Anthropic staffers assured me.) “Who here has shipped a pull request in the last week that was completely written…
NYCMayor Zohran Mamdani takes to Twitch to chat with New Yorkers
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is launching a Twitch series today at 4 p.m. ET.