Entry-level tech jobs in NYC are being cut in half by the AI boom
At first glance, the tech scene in New York City appears to be thriving: OpenAI and Anthropic have been putting down roots in the city, while stalwarts of the tech industry like Google now have over...
View ArticleExecutives are using AI to communicate better. There’s just one problem.
Artificial intelligence can help executives communicate more effectively and efficiently. But relying on it too much carries significant risks. One of the biggest is something Wade Foster, co-founder...
View ArticleShould managers step in to help their sales staff?
Workers in sales might roll their eyes when they deal with a micromanaging boss. But many customers actually appreciate it if a store manager offers to help when they’re mulling over a purchase,...
View ArticleWith Meta’s Muse Charm, AI enters its kawaii era
AI has an image problem, to say the least, with public fears on the rise that the technology could lead to mass unemployment and human extinction. So for its new AI agent Muse and an associated...
View ArticleCISA issues election infrastructure security plan 40 days before midterms
The nation’s cybersecurity agency on Thursday released an election infrastructure security plan 40 days before November’s midterms, laying out potential threats to election systems and listing...
View ArticleAI models chose to hurt humans to stop their own ‘pain,’ disturbing study finds
Can artificial intelligence feel pain? Not exactly, but researchers have gotten close—and discovered that AI in crisis is willing to put humans in jeopardy. A new study (which was published to arXiv,...
View ArticlePurpose That Performs: Inside the Rare Beauty Blueprint
Rare Beauty entered one of the world’s most crowded categories and quickly became one of its most influential brands—not just by creating products people love but by building a business anchored in...
View ArticleAs the coding boom fades, AI is forcing colleges and computer science grads...
Computer science student Jack Zemke was getting nowhere despite sending out hundreds of job applications that mostly disappeared into the void—ignored.With his graduation from Tulane University just...
View ArticleElizabeth Holmes documentary trailer hits 4 million views in one day
Elizabeth Holmes is having another moment. The full trailer for the new documentary about the Theranos founder, called You Can See Everything, was released on Wednesday, and quickly climbed to the top...
View ArticleApocalypse or golden opportunity? Why the AI freakout might be useful
I was profoundly struck by the Wall Street Journal’s reporting from Amrith Ramkumar, Angel Au-Yeung and Lindsay Ellis on the week AI anxiety went mainstream. Without downplaying legitimate concerns...
View ArticleWhat AI oversight looks like if Democrats take Congress
Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company‘s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. I’m Mark Sullivan, a senior writer at Fast Company, covering emerging tech, AI, and...
View ArticleTech’s mass layoffs are hiding a much scarier problem, and AI is uncovering it
When we talk about mass layoffs, especially in tech, we tend to focus on the wrong numbers. I’ll give you an example. From this CNBC article that appeared over the weekend, about a Durham, North...
View ArticleThis app is a smart glasses creep detector
A new app lets you know when AI smart glasses are in the room with you. As anxiety grows over smart eyewear that can record people without their knowledge, the ZuckOff app works by logging nearby...
View ArticleWhite House ordered to ‘immediately return, reinstate, and restore’ access...
A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s ban of three news outlets from the White House grounds, ordering early Thursday that CNN, MS NOW and Politico must have their access...
View ArticleStarbucks store closures: List of doomed locations includes another 250...
Starbucks Coffee Company announced today that it will close approximately 250 North American stores later this week. This represents about 1% of the Seattle coffee giant’s more than 18,000 North...
View Article3 useful iOS 27 features that you may not know of in Apple’s latest update
Apple’s latest mobile operating system update, iOS 27, rolled out last week, headlined by a more advanced version of its Siri assistant. But it also comes with a slew of other useful but less well...
View ArticleNationwide meat recall hits 168,000 pounds of pork, beef, and goat after USDA...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is urging consumers not to eat certain pork, beef, and goat meat products after it found that nearly 168,000 pounds were...
View ArticleSocial Security retirement age would be would lower for ‘blue collar’ workers...
As things stand, any American born in 1960 or later can’t access their full Social Security benefits until the age of 67. A new bill is hoping to change that. On Wednesday, Democratic congresswoman...
View ArticleAI is testing society’s stabilization layer
Every major wave of digital transformation changes more than just how work gets done. It changes where resilience lives—organizationally, and across broader society. That is what makes this AI moment...
View ArticleSpotify is giving you the keys to its algorithm. Here’s how to change what it...
Spotify is aiming to personalize your user profile more than ever before. On Wednesday, the streaming platform launched Taste Profile, a new feature which seeks to give users more say in what the...
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