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Ukraine, NATO Build AI to Predict Where and When Russian Drones Strike

Ukraine's defense ministry said on Tuesday that its forces are about to start using a jointly NATO-developed artificial intelligence model to predict where and...

The Treasury just fined BofA $1.2 billion, saying it didn't report Chinese money laundering networks

The US Treasury Department said it is imposing more than $1.2 billion in penalties against Bank of America. The Treasury said in a Tuesday news release that th...

I retired in my early 50s to care for my husband with dementia. We've exhausted his 401(k) and had to sell our house. - Business Insider

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Wendy Rowland, 53, who lives in Mississippi. Rowland, who was a stay-at-home mom, returned to work in her 50s to help pay for her husband's long-…

Trump's quest to bring down gas prices ahead of the midterms is not going great - Business Insider

President Donald Trump is running into the limits of his influence as he seeks to bring down sky-high gas prices ahead of the midterm elections. In social media posts and stump speeches across the c…

A mathematician says OpenAI wiped out entire research programs in one day - Business Insider

OpenAIs latest math release has some academics celebrating breakthroughs and others wondering what happens to the researchers who were still working toward them. Tristan Buckmaster, a mathematics pr…

RIP, Amazon Fire tablets: 2011-2026

Goodbye, Amazon Fire tablets. You lasted longer than the Fire Phone. After 15 years, the e-commerce giant is discontinuing its Fire tablets and replacing the b...

Trump says you're an 'enemy' of the White House if you don't support his AI rebrand

It's SI or else. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that anyone who doesn't use his preferred term of super intelligence (SI) will be considered an "enemy...

I Regretted My Move From Oregon to Philadelphia. I Missed My Car.

When I moved across the country for a job after spending my entire life in outdoorsy West Coast cities, I didn't expect the homesickness that would follow. I s...

I made 5 game-day appetizers in my slow cooker. The Buffalo wings were a major crowd pleaser.

Football season is back, and Sundays are once again reserved for touchdowns, quality time with family and friends, and an all-important game-day snack spread....

I spent 10 hours flying Virgin Atlantic's upper class. My seat had its drawbacks, but the flight mostly won me over.

As soon as I learned what business-class life was like, I never wanted to go back. Now, my husband and I use credit-card points to get the experience whenever w...

US colleges could face a $70,000 fee for international students to work after graduation

US colleges might soon have to fork out cash to help their international graduates land jobs in the US. The Department of Homeland Security announced a propose...

Amazon employees hit by fresh job cuts across several teams - Business Insider

Amazon employees reported a new round of job cuts across several parts of the company on Tuesday. A group of employees wrote in an internal Slack channel that they had received emails telling them t…

Business class seemed out of reach for my family of 4 — until we found an easier way to find the right deals

Two years ago, when my family of four flew from Dallas to Scotland via London, our young children barely slept on the 10-hour economy flight, leading to meltdow...

Woman Diagnosed With Colon Cancer Days After Landing Her Dream Job - Business Insider

When Anastasia Sevriukova first noticed blood in her stool at age 25, she didn't tell anyone at first not her then-boyfriend or her mom. Her Google search narrowed the cause down to either colon can…

People say I don't look like a multimillionaire. Good — I'm not trying to.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tori Dunlap, founder of Her First $100K and author of "Financial Feminist." It has been edited for length...

I've been to Cancún countless times — but I prefer this quieter island about 30 minutes away

I love Cancún's balmy, multi-blue-toned water, but I'm less fond of the crowds, nightlife, and traffic. These days, when I travel, I want as much peace and nat...

Elon Musk Says Tesla Is Trying to Prevent Robotaxis From Hitting Cats

There are many challenges to putting self-driving cars on the road. Elon Musk says one of them has nine lives. The Tesla CEO announced on Saturday that the com...

OpenAI safety leader David Robinson resigns as the team's upheaval mounts - Business Insider

David Robinson, a leader on OpenAI's Safety Systems team, has resigned from the company. An OpenAI spokesperson told Business Insider on Friday that Robinson left last week, marking yet another mome…

The 25 best new restaurants in the country, according to diners

America's most exciting new restaurants aren't just opening in New York, Los Angeles, or Miami — they're opening nationwide. A Yelp ranking of the best new r...

I swallowed my pride and moved back in with my parents after a layoff. I'm glad I did.

New York City is expensive, even when you're employed. If you happen to be job hunting, that expense hits even harder. In 2024, about a year after I was laid o...

A woman in her 30s noticed her period was irregular. It turns out, she had ovarian cancer. - Business Insider

In front of a crowd of about a thousand people, Natalie May stepped onstage to talk about something she'd barely even spoken to close friends about her vagina. Her husband was mortified. But by 20…

Trump's tech advisor has advice for AI companies worried they're building unsafe models: 'Just stop'

There's a simple solution for AI companies that feel like their models are developing at a frightening speed: Hit the brakes. That's the advice Michael Kratsio...

A 60-year-old took out student loans to help her kids succeed. She's facing retirement with a $156,000 balance. - Business Insider

Nansi Lynch never went to college. But she's approaching retirement with a $156,000 student-loan balance. "I don't get rid of it until I turn 75 years old," Lynch said. "I've never heard of somethin…

A colorectal dietitian shares 2 foods she eats regularly and 1 she avoids to lower her cancer risk - businessinsider.com

Sophie Medlin has been a colorectal dietitian for 20 years, and in that time she has made some changes to her diet to lower her risk of colon cancer. Medlin and her husband, who is a chef, cook most…

Inside airlines' panic as FAA pushed new AI tool - Business Insider

Airline industry officials have finally stopped panicking about the Federal Aviation Administration's soon-to-launch artificial intelligence tool for managing flights and easing congestion in air tra…

Meet San Francisco's 'permanent underclass' — and the ones who think they still have a shot - Business Insider

Halfway through our interview with Kacie Barrett, a 26-year-old project manager in San Francisco, her screen froze. When she came back on 30 seconds later, she apologized for the choppy WiFi, a resu…

Trump threatens trade with Europe if it makes Canada an associate member of the EU

President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to retaliate against Europe if the European Union follows through on a proposal to make Canada its first associate m...

Airplane parts need thorough inspections, and AI can help — but only if data is up to snuff

When parts inspectors at the aviation manufacturer Safran received a toilet lid that the company just manufactured, they used to spend 20 to 30 minutes examinin...

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I Commute From New York City to Washington DC Every Week for a Job - Business Insider

It's 5:52 a.m. in Moynihan Train Hall. I'm balancing a container of fruit and my water bottle in one hand while tightening the straps of a backpack that's weighed down by two laptops with the other. …

Palantir Cofounder Joe Lonsdale on AI's Threat: 'We're on Top of It'

Everything's fine! Take it from the cofounder of Palantir. In an X post on Saturday, Joe Lonsdale brushed aside the salient worry that advanced AI systems coul...

Read the memo: CBS News leadership is selling staffers on '60 Minutes' as it relaunches under Bari Weiss

CBS News is getting employees hyped about the first full season of "60 Minutes" under top editor Bari Weiss, months after a string of high-profile exits. "We d...

My First Cruise Surprised Me. There Were a Lot of Pros, and 1 Big Con. - Business Insider

For all the things I loved about cruising, one of my original reservations did bear out. I usually think of travel as a way to experience a place and its culture. I like wandering neighborhoods, eat…

Charity founder says he secretly gave FTX fraud figure Caroline Ellison a job - Business Insider

It looks like Caroline Ellison has emerged from stealth mode. A nonprofit CEO announced Friday that he secretly gave a job to Ellison who went to prison in connection with fraud by Sam Bankman-Fried…

Former Google chief scientist Jeff Dean is raising again for his new AI startup, seeking around a $50 billion valuation - Business Insider

Jeff Dean, who resigned as chief scientist from Google last month, is raising again for his new AI startup, Discovery Loop, this time seeking a valuation of around $50 billion, according to people fa…

Breaking down my $550,000 retirement savings in Bali, Indonesia

At 57, Debbie Welsch sold her US home and belongings for $550,000, then relocated to Bali with her 82-year-old mother. Today, she pays $375 a month in rent and...

Meta's effort to harvest employee data sparked a massive internal revolt - businessinsider.com

This spring, members of Meta's elite AI unit, TBD, decided that the social media giant needed an edge in the AI race. The edge they were looking for? Data from tens of thousands of Meta employees. M…

OpenAI pulls out of Caltech math hackathon after mathematicians issue open letter criticizing AI math 'slop' - businessinsider.com

The latest math problem OpenAI is trying to solve is a bunch of angry mathematicians. A researcher at OpenAI said on Thursday that the ChatGPT maker is no longer sponsoring Caltech's "math hackathon…

Meta is asking some of its employees to become managers again in a new reorg - Business Insider

Meta wants some of its employees to be managers again. The social media giant has been asking some individual contributors in its Applied AI (AAI) division to transition back into management roles a…

Wall Street already loves ChatGPT. Now OpenAI is doubling down.

ChatGPT's role on Wall Street is evolving. OpenAI announced ChatGPT for Financial Services on Thursday, its latest foray into crafting AI tools for specific se...