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☆ Bill Gates says nuclear power has 'impressive' bipartisan support
  + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Katie Balevic | Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Read previewThe forecast looks bright for American nuclear energy, Bill Gates says. The billionaire former Microsoft CEO is already building a nuclear power plant in Wyoming with TerraPower, a company he cofounded. Related stories"Their support for nuclear power is very impressive in both parties," Gates told CBS News on "Face the Nation" on Sunday. And you really don't want the nuclear reactors around the world, made by our adversaries, because it's economically a huge job creator." That steam is then routed through the nuclear reactor's steam system to spin turbines and produce electricity.
Persons: —, Bill Gates, Gates, It's, Joe Biden Organizations: Service, Microsoft, Business, CBS, of Nuclear Energy, Tech Locations: Wyoming, United States
☆ Can the stars predict the stock market? Gen Z thinks so.
  + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Some young investors are using astrology and tarot cards to guide day trading decisions. They believe stock market behavior aligns with cyclical patterns of planets and the moon. Gen Z sees astrology as a form of inner clarity, akin to religion, amid shifting identities. The idea is that everything — from the whims of the stock market to the rotation of the planets — is cyclical. AdvertisementSo relying on astrology, tarot cards, or some other method of divination is, in some sense, an act of faith.
Persons: —, it's, TJR, MAREN, Paige Doherty Organizations: Service, Business, Genius Ventures
☆ Hybrid workers are happier and just as productive as office workers, new study says
  + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Hybrid work boosts job satisfaction, a study published in Nature found. Hybrid work also fosters employee well-being and benefits businesses like cafes and gyms. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementOne of the greatest debates of the post-pandemic age is whether hybrid work is the best — or worst — of both worlds. Advocates of hybrid work say it helps them achieve a better work-life balance and is more engaging.
Persons: — Organizations: Service, Employers, Business Locations: Nature
☆ Why OpenAI is getting harder to trust
  + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
OpenAI appointed former NSA Director Paul Nakasone to its board of directors. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . It just appointed a former NSA director to its board. In its latest eyebrow-raising move, the company said Friday it had appointed former NSA Director Paul Nakasone to its board of directors.
Persons: OpenAI, Paul Nakasone, — Organizations: NSA, Service, Business
☆ Students say these tips helped them get an internship despite stiff competition this summer
  + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Summer internships at top-tier companies are more competitive than ever this year. Applications per internship jumped to 93, up from 53 last year, according to Handshake, a jobs site. Students who landed a summer role say their top tip is to apply early and network. AdvertisementLanding a summer internship at a top-tier company isn't easy, but this year, the competition is steeper than ever. The number of internships offered on Handshake, a job and internship platform used by millions of college students, fell by 7% this year.
Persons: — Organizations: Service, Business
☆ McKinsey exec tells summer interns that learning to ask AI the right questions is the key to success
  + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Learning to ask AI the right questions is important for young consultants, McKinsey exec says. The McKinsey exec told one intern to learn to be a great 'prompt engineer.' AdvertisementStanding out in a summer internship these days boils down to one thing — learning to talk to AI. At least, that's the advice McKinsey's chief client officer, Liz Hilton Segel, gave one eager intern at the firm. "My advice to her was to be an outstanding prompt engineer," Hilton Segel told The Wall Street Journal.
Persons: McKinsey, —, Liz Hilton Segel, Hilton Segel Organizations: McKinsey, Service, Wall Street Journal
☆ OpenAI seems awfully defensive about its AI voice engine
  + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
OpenAI released a statement Friday on its safety efforts for Voice Engine, its text-to-speech model. Voice Engine generates natural-sounding speech that some fear could be used for deepfakes. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.
Persons: OpenAI, — Organizations: Service, Business
☆ A researcher fired by OpenAI published a 165-page essay on what to expect from AI in the next decade. We asked GPT-4 to summarize it.
  + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Fired researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner published a 165-page essay on the future of AI. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . That is, until earlier this week, when Leopold Aschenbrenner, a researcher fired from OpenAI in April, published his thoughts on the AI revolution in an epic 165-page treatise. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.
Persons: Leopold Aschenbrenner, —, haven't Organizations: Service, Business Locations: OpenAI
☆ I'm a 20-year-old college dropout who founded an AI company. Generative AI has broken down the barriers.
  + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Read previewThis is an as-told-to conversation with Molly Cantillon, a Stanford dropout and founder of NOX, a personalized AI assistant. NOX, the personal AI assistant I built, was created to fill that void. I'm building NOX to help people like me stay saneI initially built NOX as a hardware solution in June 2023. In some sense, I'm building NOX to help people like me stay sane. Some might say we're a group of college dropout nobodies gunning after a crown jewel: A personalized AI assistant.
Persons: —, Molly Cantillon, hadn't, It'll, Reilly Opelka, Aayush, nobodies gunning, It's, We're Organizations: Service, Stanford, Business, Tennis Locations: Palo Alto
☆ I dropped out of Stanford to build an AI assistant. Generative AI helps my new company compete with the major players.
  + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Read previewThis is an as-told-to conversation with Molly Cantillon, a Stanford dropout and founder of NOX, a personalized AI assistant. NOX, the personal AI assistant I built, was created to fill that void. I'm building NOX to help people like me stay saneI initially built NOX as a hardware solution in June 2023. In some sense, I'm building NOX to help people like me stay sane. Some might say we're a group of college dropout nobodies gunning after a crown jewel: A personalized AI assistant.
Persons: —, Molly Cantillon, hadn't, It'll, Reilly Opelka, Aayush, nobodies gunning, It's, We're Organizations: Service, Stanford, Business, Tennis Locations: Palo Alto, heynox.com
☆ Nvidia's Jensen Huang breaks down 'CEO math'
  + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Nvidia's Jensen Huang explained 'CEO Math' ahead of Computex in Taiwan. AdvertisementThere's math, and then there's what Nvidia's Jensen Huang calls "CEO Math." "The more you buy, the more you save," Huang said ahead of Computex, an annual technology exposition held in Taiwan. "That's called CEO math. Huang explained the concept by describing why companies should invest in both graphics processing units (GPUs) and central processing units (CPUs).
Persons: Nvidia's Jensen Huang, Huang, —, That's Organizations: Service Locations: Computex, Taiwan
☆ Nvidia reveals new chip named after an astronomer who discovered dark matter
  + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang revealed the Rubin platform at Computex in Taipei. The Rubin, named after astronomer Vera Rubin, comes just months after Nvidia unveiled Blackwell. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . CEO Jensen Huang hesitantly revealed Rubin, the company's latest AI platform, at the Computex conference in Taipei on Sunday. The announcement comes less than three months after Nvidia unveiled its predecessor, the Blackwell chip.
Persons: Jensen Huang, Rubin, The Rubin, Vera Rubin, Blackwell, —, Jensen Huang hesitantly, Huang didn't Organizations: Nvidia, Service, Sunday, Business Locations: Computex, Taipei
☆ Tribeca Festival will feature 5 films created using OpenAI's Sora
  + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Tribeca Festival will feature five short films made with OpenAI's Sora on June 15. Filmmakers received early access to Sora and created the films in just weeks. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementGenerative AI is making its debut at the Tribeca Festival, a 20-year-old New York film festival founded by actor Robert de Niro. In collaboration with OpenAI, the Tribeca Festival is set to premiere five short films created using artificial intelligence on June 15.
Persons: OpenAI's Sora, Creatives, —, Robert de Niro, OpenAI Organizations: Tribeca, Filmmakers, Service, Business Locations: York
☆ AI could disrupt the job market by 2030 as severely as COVID did in 2020
  + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
AI will force about 12 million workers to change jobs by 2030, a McKinsey partner said on Thursday. Job losses will hit four key sectors, including administrative, customer service, and manufacturing. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AI is going to disrupt a lot of jobs in the coming years. "That's about, give or take, the pace of occupational transitions we had during COVID."
Persons: —, Kweilin Organizations: McKinsey, Service, Global Institute, Business
☆ Veteran investor Paul Graham breaks down why Sam Altman left Y Combinator
  + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has faced a lot of negative press recently, impacting his once-clean image. Not least among the controversies was the collapse of OpenAI's safety team. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementOpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been hit with a bout of bad press in the past few weeks, which has cast a shadow over his once-squeaky-clean image. There was also the abrupt breakdown of OpenAI's safety team, which raised doubts about the company's commitment to responsible AI development.
Persons: Sam Altman, Paul Graham, —, Scarlett Johanssen Organizations: Tech, Service, Business
☆ PwC inks deal with OpenAI for powerful ChatGPT version as almost all its consulting clients 'actively' engage with AI
  + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
PwC has a new deal with OpenAI as the largest user and first reseller of ChatGPT Enterprise. The deal comes amid surging interest in GenAI, with 950 of its top 1,000 clients engaging with it. "Your business strategy and your AI strategy in this world need to be intertwined," said a PwC exec. AdvertisementBig Four consultancy firm PwC has a new deal with OpenAI to help its staff and clients leverage generative AI. The companies announced Wednesday that PwC will now be the largest user of ChatGPT Enterprise, the most powerful tier of ChatGPT geared toward businesses.
Persons: PwC, —, OpenAI Organizations: OpenAI, ChatGPT Enterprise, Service, US, Business Locations: GenAI, OpenAI
☆ Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella explains how he views his partnership — and competition — with OpenAI
  + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella spoke to Stratechery about its $13 billion partnership with OpenAI. "There's going to be competition," he told the tech and media newsletter. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella believes both forces are at play in its more than $13 billion partnership with OpenAI. "Long-term stability comes from both sides winning on a continuous basis and that's how at least I approach it," Nadella told the media and tech newsletter Stratechery.
Persons: Satya Nadella, Mustafa Suleyman, —, Nadella Organizations: OpenAI, Microsoft, Service, Business
☆ Longevity fanatic Bryan Johnson says 'sleep is the new coffee'
  + stars: | 2024-05-19 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
"Sleep is the new coffee," longevity enthusiast Bryan Johnson told the Journal. Experts say workers who sleep more are likely to be more productive and focused. AdvertisementSome tech execs aren't starting their days anymore with a jolt of caffeine — they're betting on sleep instead. "I think sleep is the new coffee," Bryan Johnson told The Wall Street Journal. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.
Persons: Bryan Johnson, —, Johnson Organizations: Service, Wall Street, Business Locations: Braintree
☆ If you want to fight depression, head to a sauna
  + stars: | 2024-05-19 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Regular sauna sessions may help alleviate depression, a new study shows. 11 out of 12 no longer met depression criteria after the study. AdvertisementThe next time you need to boost your mood: Head to the sauna . According to a new study conducted by Ashley Mason, a clinical psychologist at the UC San Francisco Osher Center for Integrative Health, regular sauna sessions might benefit individuals with depression. By the end of the trial, 11 out of the 12 participants no longer met the criteria for major depressive disorder.
Persons: —, Ashley Mason, Mason Organizations: Service, UC San Francisco Osher Center, Integrative Health, Business
☆ Longevity hacks are the latest luxury apartment perk
  + stars: | 2024-05-18 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Luxury buildings in Los Angeles, Miami, and New York are now offering IV drips to tenants. AdvertisementLuxury residential buildings are now equipped with more than just hi-fi fitness centers, outdoor movie theaters, and dog spas — they're offering longevity hacks, too. A growing number of high-end buildings in Los Angeles, Miami, and New York are offering IV drips to tenants, according to The New York Times. The luxury condominium unit One Manhattan Square offers five different IV drip formulas that range from $300 to $350. The Park — a luxury apartment building in Los Angeles where units can go for as much as $38,000 a month — has been offering IV treatments since 2023.
Persons: — Organizations: Service, The New York Times, Manhattan Square, Business Locations: Los Angeles, Miami, New York
☆ AI 'godfather' Geoffrey Hinton says he's 'very worried' about AI taking jobs and has advised the British government to adopt a universal basic income
  + stars: | 2024-05-18 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Read previewSome say AI will be a great equalizer. And he believes a universal basic income might be the solution. "I advised them that universal basic income was a good idea." AdvertisementOpenAI CEO Sam Altman — who's been racing to develop artificial general intelligence — is running his own experiment around a universal basic income, the results of which he expects to release soon. He also recently floated the idea of a "universal basic compute."
Persons: —, Geoffrey Hinton, It's, Hinton, Sam Altman — who's, Altman Organizations: Service, BBC, Business Locations: Downing, South Africa, Kenya, India, United States
☆ OpenAI founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman go on the defensive after top safety researchers quit
  + stars: | 2024-05-18 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
OpenAI's Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike, who led a team focused on AI safety, resigned. Founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman are now scrambling to reassure everyone. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementTwo of OpenAI's founders, CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman, are on the defensive after a shake-up in the company's safety department this week. Sutskever and Leike led OpenAI's super alignment team, which was focused on developing AI systems compatible with human interests.
Persons: OpenAI's Ilya Sutskever, Jan Leike, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, —, Ilya Sutskever, Leike Organizations: Service, Business
☆ Inside the life and career of Larry Page, Google's co-founder and first CEO
  + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Avery Hartmans | Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +13 min
AdvertisementSo who is Larry Page and how did he get to where he is today? AdvertisementPage and Sergey Brin create GoogleGoogle co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page met as students at Stanford. Google's parent company, Alphabet, has developed self-driving cars through Waymo, the company formerly known as the Google Self-Driving Car project. Page's personal lifeGoogle cofounder Larry Page and his wife, the scientist Lucinda Southworth C Flanigan/FilmMagicThroughout it all, Page has kept information about his personal life closely guarded. Life after GoogleGoogle cofounder Larry Page bought Cayo Norte, an island in Puerto Rico.
Persons: —, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Page, Sundar Pichai, Gloria, Carl Page —, Larry, what's, Nikola Tesla, he's, Brin's, BackRub, Brin, Eric Schmidt, Schmidt, Andy Rubin's, he'd, Andrew Kelly, Sergey, Lucinda Southworth C, Lucinda Southworth, Richard Branson, Page's, Carl Victor Page, Carl Page, He's, Hugh Langley Organizations: Service, Google, Business, Michigan State University . Education, Getty, Michigan State University, The, Montessori, Google Google, Stanford, Associated Press, University of Michigan, Labs, Reuters Page, Virgin Group, Investments, Carl Victor Page Memorial Foundation, Zee Aero, Pacific, Virgin Island, Atomic Locations: Michigan, Waymo, Toronto, Stanford, Caribbean, Palo Alto, Cayo Norte, Puerto Rico, Koop, Tavarua, Fiji
☆ DC just got serious about taking on China in the AI arms race
  + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Katie Balevic | Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
A bipartisan Senate group is calling for $32 billion in annual federal AI spending. The group wants to ensure the US stays ahead of China — which is also spending big on AI. Group leader Sen. Chuck Schumer said the money will "cement America's dominance in AI." AdvertisementA bipartisan group of US Senators wants to spend billions of dollars on a game plan to dominate artificial intelligence. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and three other senators who assembled an AI Working Group released their initial report on Wednesday.
Persons: Sen, Chuck Schumer, —, It's Organizations: Senate, Service, US, Business Locations: China
☆ OpenAI's Sam Altman has a new idea for a universal basic income
  + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has long supported the idea of a universal basic income. Many in AI think a universal basic income could help mitigate the impacts of the tech on workers. Altman floated a new kind of basic income last week that he calls "universal basic compute." AdvertisementOpenAI CEO Sam Altman has an interesting new idea to help those struggling financially. He calls it "universal basic compute."
Persons: Sam Altman, Altman, — Organizations: Service, Business
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