The AI Governance Mistake Many Companies Don’t Realize They’re Making
Companies that treat AI governance as a compliance checkbox rather than a continuous operational discipline are quietly accumulating risks their boards don’t yet know exist.
The Download: investigating deaths at the US border’s “virtual wall”
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. The US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it catch people before they die? When José Morales Bernal crossed the border into the US in April 2024, the day before…
xAI fired an engineer who raised alarms about Grok safety, new lawsuit claims
A former xAI engineer is suing the company and SpaceX, alleging he was fired for raising AI safety concerns about Grok days before SpaceX’s historic IPO.
Why Andrew Yang is building instead of waiting for Washington
Andrew Yang’s 2020 presidential campaign was based on a warning that automation and AI would hollow out the labor market and concentrate wealth in the hands of a few. At the time, ideas like Universal Basic Income felt fringe. Now Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, and Bernie Sanders are all saying versions of the same thing. An entrepreneur at heart, […]
I Run a Public Company and Partner With Household Names. Here’s What CEOs Get Wrong.
Most CEOs pursue brand partnerships before they’re ready for them. Here’s what I learned building collaborations with Reebok, Eddie Bauer and Nautica while running a publicly traded company.
Cybercriminals claim breach of Oracle PeopleSoft servers at 100-plus organizations
The ShinyHunters hacking gang claims to have compromised the Oracle PeopleSoft servers of more than 100 organizations, including many universities.
AI Is Changing What Companies Need from Leaders — Here’s What Matters Most Now
AI is taking tasks off your plate — what it’s putting in their place is harder to manage.
Everyone wants a piece of Tesla’s battery business
Electricity demand from AI data centers is pushing everyone — including automakers like GM and Ford — into the energy storage business.
Fresh off bond sale, Amazon borrows $17.5 billion from banks as AI spending continues
As AI spending continues to climb, the e-commerce giant has taken out a fresh $17.5 billion loan from a small coterie of banks.
When You Put People First, Performance Follows. Here’s What I Wish More Leaders Understood.
In a world obsessed with metrics and scale, the leaders who last are the ones who never forgot that people come first.
I Sold My Business for $280 Million in Cash. Now, I Invest in Early-Stage Companies — Here’s What Every Young Entrepreneur Should Know.
Dan Graham was interested in business from a young age.