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☆ Bosses, here's how to get your employees using AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | Cadie Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Some 31% of organizations reported that employees are reluctant or even outright resistant to using AI, according to the Cisco AI Readiness Index. AdvertisementCompany leaders at the World Economic Forum told Business Insider there's one simple thing bosses can do: be clear about what you want to use AI for. Centoni suggests outlining the potential benefits of using AI and providing specific examples of how it might be used. Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO of Coursera, says it's important to explain to employees how AI might make their jobs better or more enjoyable. And over time, he says he expects AI to lead to both revenue growth and growth in the workforce.

Persons: —, Liz Centoni, Jeff Maggioncalda, Maggioncalda, Paul Knopp, Knopp Organizations: Service, Business, Cisco, Economic Forum, KPMG Locations: Davos

☆ These are the skills employers are looking for as AI use expands, according to leaders at Davos
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewSince the release of ChatGPT just over a year ago, it's become increasingly clear that the world will have to adapt as the influence of generative AI grows. And that's been borne out at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, where AI has been a key topic. Business Insider spoke to industry leaders from companies including McKinsey, KPMG, IBM, and Coursera about the skills they believe will be important in the era of generative AI. Know how to optimize data for generative AI. "Being able to look at data, evaluate data, cleanse data, anonymize data — all that — is going to be even more important than historically it's been," Knopp said.

Persons: —, it's, Katy George, George, Paul Knopp, Knopp, that's, Jeff Maggioncalda, Maggioncalda, John Granger, Granger Organizations: Service, Business, Economic, McKinsey, KPMG, IBM, KPMG US, IBM Consulting, Employees Locations: Davos, Maggioncalda

☆ Helicopter rides, turmeric facial scrubs, and French lessons: A look at Snap CEO Evan Spiegel's weekly routine
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

He then checks Snap, checks his email, and drinks a double espresso, Snap told Business Insider. Snap told BI that he still uses it. Lately, however, he has been spending more time with the monetization team, Snap told BI, as the company focuses on increasing revenue. Before he leaves work, Spiegel tries to check in with the monetization, engineering, and product teams on their progress, Snap told BI. Although he already has his commercial helicopter license, he's currently completing his fixed-wing (airplane) commercial license, Snap told BI.

Persons: —, Evan Spiegel, Spiegel, Miranda Kerr's, Evan Time, he's, Entrepreneur's, — Kerr, Kerr, Orlando Bloom, Snap's monetization, Snapchat's, Joe Scarnici, Stringer, Getty, that's, Miranda Kerr, Stefanie Keenan, Inc Spiegel, Harry Potter, Tesla Organizations: Service, Business, Forbes, New, Wall Street, Financial Times, Inc Locations: unwind, West Coast, California

☆ Apple has to stop selling its newest watches with a blood oxygen feature in the US — again
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Apple must stop selling its Series 9 and Ultra 2 watches with blood oxygen monitoring functionality. A US court denied Apple's request for a longer pause on an import ban of the watches. It will now, again, have to stop selling the two watch models that feature the contentious blood oxygen function until the appeal is resolved. Apple has appealed the ITC's ruling, arguing that the import ban will cause "irreparable harm" to its business. AdvertisementThe company won't be able to sell its smartwatches with the blood oxygen feature at least until its appeal of the import ban is resolved, a period that Apple expects will last at least a year.

Persons: —, Biden Organizations: Apple, Service, International Trade Commission, Appeals, Federal Circuit, ITC, Customs, Border Protection

☆ 'Bookshelf wealth' is the latest way to show people you're genuine
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Here's a new trend to learn for your next cocktail party: Bookshelf wealth. Bookshelf wealth — an interior design trend profiled in House Beautiful, Better Homes & Gardens, and now The New York Times — rejects a perfectly staged, hyper-curated room in favor of a look that's a little more messy and quirky. Advertisement"What separates this from other interior design styles is that these homes look cozy and lived in," says interior design creator Kailee Blalock in a TikTok video posted by @houseofhive. A particular interior design aesthetic that can only be achieved through not trying too hard and displaying items that are meaningful might sound a bit oxymoronic. Advertisement"Bookshelf wealth might be the saddest, most pathetic trend I have ever heard of," Interior design creator Marissa Warner said in a TikTok post on her account, @TheHomeNarrative.

Persons: —, New York Times —, Kailee Blalock, it's, you've, There's, Marissa Warner, Warner Organizations: Service, Business, Homes, Gardens, New York Times, @houseofhive

☆ Your iPhone can translate those cryptic symbols on clothing tags — I tried it out and finally know how to wash that sweater
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

While it's certainly possible to find a chart somewhere and decode all of those confusing laundry symbols one by one, it turns out there's a much easier way — if you have an iPhone running iOS 17, at least. AdvertisementSweaters can be difficult to wash. Kylie KirschnerI looked for a piece of clothing that might give the feature a challenge. This tag has five different laundry symbols. Kylie KirschnerWhile this particular clothing tag includes clear washing instructions at the bottom, not all items of clothing do — or not all have instructions in a language you understand. Kylie KirschnerThe results should give you all the laundry symbols included on the clothing tag, plus what each of them means.

Persons: —, it's, Aleisa Mora, Mora, Kylie Kirschner Organizations: Service, Business

☆ Amazon is laying off 'several hundred' employees across Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios — read the memo
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Lucia Moses | Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The company is laying off "several hundred" employees across Prime Video and Amazon MGM studios. "As a result of these decisions, we will be eliminating several hundred roles across the Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios organization." In April 2023, Amazon Studios (now Amazon MGM Studios) and Prime Video teams cut about 100 people — a tiny fraction of Amazon's 27,000 layoffs last year. As a result of these decisions, we will be eliminating several hundred roles across the Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios organization. Prime Video is one of the most popular benefits for Prime members, and one of most widely used entertainment destinations in the world.

Persons: Mike Hopkins, Hopkins, Amazon's, Jen Salke, Freevee, We've, we've, Amazonians who've, Mike Organizations: Service, Prime, MGM, Amazon MGM Studios, Business, Hollywood Reporter, Bloomberg, Hollywood, Amazon Studios Locations: Americas, Hollywood

☆ Panera founder says one of his biggest regrets is not firing people faster — and he's even received thank-you's afterward
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-26 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Panera founder Ron Shaich says that he regrets not firing more people faster. Shaich writes in his book that he's even received thank-you letters from people he's fired. "I was too wrapped up in being a caring leader," Shaich says in his book. "And radical honesty is a much greater service to people than simply being kind," Shaich writes. Though firing an employee or colleague is unlikely to be particularly pleasant, Shaich says that he's actually received thank-you letters from people he's fired over the years.

Persons: Ron Shaich, Shaich, he's, — Organizations: Service

☆ Something is up with Spotify Wrapped's new feature — it's telling way too many people they belong in Burlington, Vermont
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

People first started noticing the trend on social media — when everyone started posting their Spotify Wrapped, as is tradition — and thought it was a glitch on Spotify's end. But it turns out that Burlington is just representative of the listening habits of a disproportionately high number of Spotify users. Advertisement"Did Your Spotify Wrapped Place You In Burlington, Berkeley, or Cambridge? You May Be Gay," Queer outlet Them wrote, referencing how queer Spotify users seemed to be getting overwhelmingly assigned to Burlington, Berkeley, or Cambridge. Berkeley was the Sound Town for 0.3% of all Spotify users, while 0.1% of users were assigned to Cambridge, Spotify told BI.

Persons: —, Father John Misty, Fiona Apple, Berkeley, Sebastian Cahill, Cahill Organizations: Service, Business, Spotify, Sound Town, Burlington : Locations: Burlington , Vermont, Burlington, That's, Burlington , Berkeley , California, Cambridge , Massachusetts, Burlington , Berkeley, Cambridge, Spotify's Sound, Burlington : San Luis Obispo , CA

☆ Spotify Wrapped has a new feature that tells you which city shares your taste in music
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Spotify's 2023 Wrapped is back, and it has a few new features. One of the most notable new features this year is your own "Sound Town." The Sound Town feature matches you to a city in the world that has the most similar music taste to yours this past year. On the third slide of your Spotify Wrapped, Spotify shows you a city it's pinpointed on the map, giving three artists that both you and the average listener in that city like listening to. AdvertisementSpotify Wrapped this year features a "Sound Town" feature.

Persons: —, Kylie Kirschner, Spotify's, Taylor Swift Organizations: Service, Spotify, Towns, spotify Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Nijmegen, Netherlands

☆ Panera founder says the idea of 'swashbuckling' entrepreneurs finding success from taking big risks is 'a myth'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Panera founder Ron Shaich says that successful entrepreneurs are opportunists, not risk-takers. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . "The swashbuckling entrepreneur of popular imagination is just a myth and rarely succeeds," Shaich writes in his new book, "Know What Matters: Lessons from a Lifetime of Transformations." Shaich uses this anecdote to point toward what he calls a "misunderstood fact about successful entrepreneurs and creators." "Successful entrepreneurs and creators seeing can feel this opportunity that nobody else can," Shaich says.

Persons: Ron Shaich, Shaich, —, Bon, that's, it's Organizations: Service, Harvard

☆ Panera's founder once threw a loaf of bread at his executive's head as an 'unconventional' management tactic
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Panera founder and ex-CEO Ron Shaich once threw a baguette at an executive's head in frustration. Shaich told Insider he was trying to point out issues the company was having with its bread quality. Shaich told Business Insider in an interview that the target of the thrown loaf was the company's COO at the time, Mark Borland — who Shaich also said was his close friend. Advertisement"It was in a real meeting, a couple hundred — like 250 people in the room" Shaich told BI. Shaich cofounded Au Bon Pain, of which Panera Bread became a division, in 1981.

Persons: Ron Shaich, Shaich, —, Elon, Ray Dalio, Mark Borland —, Panera, Borland Organizations: Service

☆ Why Panera's founder says you should 'focus on your obituary, not your resume' as a tool for success
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Panera founder Ron Shaich uses an exercise he calls a "pre-mortem" to define his values and goals. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementEvery year, for the past 30 years, Panera founder Ron Shaich sits down and writes his own obituary. "That process came from life to business, and that's how I ran my companies," Shaich told BI. "As a result of observing my parents as they passed, I am committed to living more consciously and intentionally during my time on Earth," Shaich writes in the book.

Persons: Ron Shaich, Shaich, — Organizations: Service, Business

☆ What can you buy a billionaire who has it all? I asked ChatGPT for gift ideas for Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and other tech execs.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

I tried using AI to generate gift ideas for big names in tech. Some gift ideas were better or more realistic than others. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Why not use it to plan your holiday shopping and brainstorm some gift ideas for your loved ones? I prompted ChatGPT to give me a few specific gift ideas for each name with varying results — check out the AI's recommendations below.

Persons: ChatGPT, Tim Cook, Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, —, Elon Musk, Sundar Pichai, Google Bard Organizations: Service, Google

☆ American Dream mall evacuated on Black Friday after a bomb threat
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The American Dream mall was evacuated on Black Friday due to a bomb threat. AdvertisementThe American Dream mall in East Rutherford, New Jersey, was evacuated on Black Friday due to a bomb threat. The American Dream mall is the second largest mall in the US at 3 million square feet. The American Dream mall opened in 2019 after being in the works for decades. The American Dream mall did not immediately respond to BI's request for comment.

Persons: —, she's Organizations: New Jersey State Police, Service, Bloomberg Locations: East Rutherford , New Jersey, East Rutherford, Bergen County, Israel, American

☆ Apple CEO Tim Cook says these 6 books shaped him
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Dua Lipa recently interviewed Apple CEO Tim Cook on her BBC podcast, "Dua Lipa: At Your Service." Lipa asked Cook to share the books that have shaped him. Apple CEO Tim Cook is no exception. Dua Lipa recently interviewed Cook on an episode of BBC's "Dua Lipa: At Your Service" podcast. Toward the end of the episode, she asked him to share five books that have shaped him over the years.

Persons: Tim Cook, Lipa, Cook, —, Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Dua Lipa Organizations: Apple, BBC, Service Locations: Dua Lipa, Dua

☆ Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd's daily routine: 5:15 a.m wake-ups and dialing into meetings after dropping her son off at school
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd is stepping down as CEO after almost a decade. "I sleep with the drapes open to rise with the sun," Wolfe Herd told the outlet back in 2017. Advertisement"You only have two hands," Wolfe Herd told Entrepreneur in 2017. Like many parents, Wolfe Herd also said she dealt with late nights and sleep deprivation. "You just never know what you're gonna get," Wolfe Herd told Time.

Persons: Bumble, Whitney Wolfe, —, Whitney Wolfe Herd, Wolfe Herd, Wolfe, Michael Herd, Emma Watson Organizations: Service, Times, New York Times, Texas Capitol, Chappy Locations: London, Texas

☆ Hunter College Pulls Screening of Film Critical of Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Jennifer Schuessler | More About Jennifer Schuessler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

The screening of “Israelism” at Hunter had been planned since June, according to Tami Gold, a professor in the film and media department who organized the screening. “Otherwise, there was no safety or security issue prior to Oct. 7,” he said. Since then, some venues have asked to postpone, and a screening at Grinnell College in Iowa was canceled. There is never a time to air this film, but especially not at a time when the A.D.L. On Friday, Anderson and Gold said, they were approached by the dean, Andrew Polsky, about security issues.

Persons: ”, Hunter, Tami Gold, Simone Zimmerman, Eitan, Cornel West, Jeremy Ben, Ami, Abraham H, Foxman, Daniel J, Chalfen, ” Kelly Anderson, It’s, “ It’s, Anderson, Gold, Andrew Polsky, Polsky, “, Kirschner, DiMiceli, ” Anderson, ” Marc Tracy Organizations: West Bank, Jewish, Defamation League, University of California, Grinnell College, Facebook Locations: Israel, Los Angeles, Iowa

☆ This is what the largest-ever seizure of counterfeit shoes, bags, and other luxury items looks like
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Authorities in New York recently announced the largest-ever seizure of counterfeit goods in the US. The 219,000 counterfeit items seized included 219,000 bags, clothes, shoes, and other luxury products. AdvertisementFederal authorities in New York City just made the largest-ever seizure of counterfeit goods — worth an estimated $1.03 billion. Boxes full of counterfeit goods were seized from the storage facility. AdvertisementPhotos released by authorities show boxes upon boxes full of counterfeit goods, as well as units with floor to ceiling shelves absolutely overflowing with counterfeit luxury handbags, shoes, wallets, clothing, sunglasses, and more.

Persons: —, it's Organizations: Service, Southern, of, Attorney's, Southern District of New York Authorities, Southern District of, US Department of Homeland Security, Chamber of Commerce, Frontier Locations: New York, Manhattan, New York City, of New York, Southern District, NYC's Chinatown, Southern District of New York

☆ Blue texting bubbles are coming to this Android phone — but there's a catch
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Nothing Phone 2 will soon give Android users the option to communicate with Apple's iMessage. It works by asking you to log into your iCloud account through a Mac mini server farm, drawing security concerns. If messaging services are dividing phone users, then we want to break those barriers down. AdvertisementWhile a simple switch from green to blue bubbles might sound trivial, there really is an existing communication barrier for some Android users, especially when most of the people they talk to have iPhones. Business Insider previously spoke to Android users in their 20s who said they had received criticism and mean comments about their phone choice.

Persons: Apple's, They'll, —, there's, we've, Marques Brownlee, Brownlee, they're, it's, Zers —, Piper Sandler Organizations: Service, EU, Google, Apple, Android, Business, Union's Locations: London, Canada, Europe

☆ The head of the FTC says she used ChatGPT to successfully contest a medical bill
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

FTC Chair Lina Khan said she's successfully used ChatGPT to contest a medical bill. AdvertisementThe head of the Federal Trade Commission recently shared that she's successfully used ChatGPT to contest a medical bill. Doctors have used ChatGPT to help communicate with patients more compassionately, with some using ChatGPT just 72 hours after it was released to the public. And plenty of Americans encounter stress while navigating situations involving their medical bills, not just the chair of the FTC. "When it comes to medical bills, Americans are often caught in a doom loop between their medical provider and insurance company," CFPB Director Rohit Chopra said in a statement last year.

Persons: Lina Khan, she's, Khan, —, Khan didn't, Rohit Chopra Organizations: Service, Federal Trade Commission, Big Tech, New York Times, FTC, Consumer Financial

☆ Google's lawyer 'visibly cringed' when this confidential number was said aloud during its antitrust trial, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Google reportedly pays Apple a 36% cut of its search ad revenue through Safari as part of its deal. The US' Google antitrust case centers on how Google pays partners to promote its search engine. AdvertisementAn apparent slip-up during an expert's testimony in Google's antitrust trial reportedly drew a reaction from the search engine company's lawyer in the court room. The moment revealed more about Google's deal with Apple to remain the default search engine in Safari. So when University of Chicago professor Kevin Murphy, a Google economics expert and witness for the trial, disclosed the confidential number during his testimony, Google's main lawyer "visibly cringed," Bloomberg reported.

Persons: —, Kevin Murphy, Google's, Murphy didn't, Apple Organizations: Google, Apple, Safari, Bloomberg, Service, University of Chicago, Department of Justice, Microsoft

☆ Photos suggest Cybertruck's massive windshield wiper may be made up of two or three individual wipers attached to each other
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Photos suggest the giant wiper might actually be made of multiple wipers attached to each other. AdvertisementAdvertisementAs more details surface about Tesla's long-awaited Cybertruck, one feature that's gotten a lot of attention is the Cybertruck's ridiculously large windshield wiper. New photos seem to reveal that it might actually be multiple wiper blades stacked in a row on top of each other. Is the Cybertruck’s wiper actually multiple wipers in a row? The added windshield wiper now rests vertically alongside the driver's side of the windshield when not in use.

Persons: — Organizations: Service

☆ Members of the 'PayPal Mafia' include tech titans like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Reid Hoffman. Here's where they are now.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Tami Brehse | Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A group of early 2000s PayPal employees and founders came to be known as the "PayPal Mafia." The group includes Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman, and the founders of both YouTube and Yelp. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Members of the group include Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Reid Hoffman, along with over a dozen others. Here's a rundown of the most prominent members of this exclusive group and what they're up to over two decades later.

Persons: Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman, —, Fortune Organizations: PayPal, Elon, YouTube, Service, LinkedIn, PayPal Mafia

☆ Twitch's CEO has been living his own version of the van life
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Twitch CEO Dan Clancy is traveling the US in a van to meet top streamers and hear their concerns. AdvertisementAdvertisementTwitch CEO Dan Clancy is taking an unusual approach to strengthen the relationship between the company's leadership and its community of creators. Higa previously raised over $500,000 in a single online auction to fund her animal sanctuary with help from other big streamers. AdvertisementAdvertisement"He asked a lot of questions about how it works, and how we use Twitch," Higa told Bloomberg. Clancy went viral earlier this year after giving an impromptu singing performance in a Twitch livestream.

Persons: Dan Clancy, Clancy, Emmett Shear, —, He's, Twitch, Tyler, Ninja, Blevins, Higa, DJClancy, John Denver's Organizations: NASA, Service, Bloomberg

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