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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 23m
"There's an urgency at Paramount Skydance to get to scale. They have their laser sight on Netflix," analyst Rich Greenfield tells me about David Ellison's company. bit.ly/4hUdOKv
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The Ellisons won Paramount, and then Warner. Now comes the hard part: taking on Netflix and YouTube.
David Ellison bought Paramount, and is about to add Warner and its HBO. Now he has to figure out how to compete with Netflix and YouTube.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 32m
"I think it's morally binding," Trump said of the voluntary AI safety accord signed by tech leaders. bit.ly/4y46VLO
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4 wild moments from Trump's AI safety lunch with tech leaders
Trump's lunch with tech leaders like Elon Musk produced a "morally binding" safety accord, a new name for AI, and a handful of eye-catching moments.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 37m
The closures span 33 US states, 5 Canadian provinces, and the District of Columbia. Take a look at our interactive map. bit.ly/4xRVA0Y
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Starbucks closed 250 stores across the US and Canada. Search our database to see if yours is one of them.
Starbucks closed 250 stores across the US and Canada, but hasn't released a full list. Search our map of 239 verified store closures.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 47m
"When you have robots and you have superintelligence, it means that everyone in the world can have better medical care than anyone here, including me." bit.ly/4rHMqD5
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Elon Musk says AI promises wealth and great healthcare for all, but jobs will look different
Elon Musk said AI would change how jobs look in future, but this is nothing new, and isn't necessarily a bad thing.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 57m
Clio has bought Learned Hand, a startup building AI tools for judges and law clerks. bit.ly/4hAYXU6
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Clio just made an acquisition to deepen its push into the courts
Clio has bought Learned Hand, a startup building AI tools for judges and law clerks.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 1h
"I'm probably the least stressed person you've ever met," says Scott Kirby. bit.ly/4dfJtDH
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I'm the CEO of United Airlines and the least stressed person you've ever met. Here's my daily routine.
CEO of United Airlines Scott Kirby shares his daily routine, emphasizing family time, efficient meetings, and the role of AI in enhancing his work.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 1h
On July 29, 2023, Michael White got the call no parent ever wants to receive. bit.ly/47qRGBv
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My 17-year-old son was killed. Within days, I learned about the hidden business of dying.
After Michael White's teenage son, Magnus, was killed, he left his $187,000 job and faced lost income, legal expenses, therapy bills, and other costs.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 2h
Vacation homes that might have once sparked bidding wars are now languishing on the market or taking huge price cuts as the Airbnb boom cools off. bit.ly/3TsivSE
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Vacation homes were once real estate's hottest play. Owners say they've become a nightmare to sell.
Vacation homes that might have once sparked bidding wars are now languishing on the market or taking huge price cuts as the Airbnb boom cools off.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 2h
At DevDay, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said AI's impact should be likened to the Renaissance, not the Industrial Revolution. He also said it's the "best time" to enter the job market. bit.ly/4zbsk6F
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The 5 most surprising takeaways from Sam Altman at OpenAI's big developer conference
At DevDay 2026, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman weighed in on the job market and called tokens a "terrible" metric. He also shared how he uses the Dots agents.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 4h
The voice in Ari Emanuel's head telling him to sleep in doesn't stand much of a chance. bit.ly/4hu8c8n
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Hollywood exec Ari Emanuel says he treats his to-do list like a 'contract' with himself
WME chairman Ari Emanuel said his "relentless" approach to getting things done helped him get noticed early in his career.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 5h
Losing one of these bombers is a significant blow to Russia's long-range nuclear attack fleet. The Kremlin can no longer make any more of these aircraft, after dismantling production facilities in the 1990s as the Soviet Union collapsed. bit.ly/47sQZHQ
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Russia lost an irreplaceable Tu-95 nuclear bomber in deadly crash
Six of the seven crew members on board died in the crash in Far Eastern Amur, the defense ministry said.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 5h
Elon Musk's SpaceXAI is also part of the confusion and is set to capitalize on any typos potential OpenAI customers make when looking up the agents. bit.ly/4xMiBSZ
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OpenAI named its new agent system Dots. It's already causing confusion.
SpaceXAI is all set to capitalise on any typos that OpenAI users name when looking up Dots.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 8h
"David is optimizing for HBO stability as we move into this next chapter, and I fully support that," Cindy Holland said of CEO David Ellison. bit.ly/4hmcKiy
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Paramount's streaming chief is out ahead of WBD merger -- read the memo
Paramount Skydance's streaming head exits ahead of the WBD merger. She told staff CEO David Ellison was "optimizing for HBO stability."
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 10h
At DevDay, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said AI's impact should be likened to the Renaissance, not the Industrial Revolution. He also said it's the "best time" to enter the job market. bit.ly/4zbsk6F
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These are the 5 most surprising takeaways from Sam Altman at OpenAI's big developer conference
At DevDay 2026, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman weighed in on the job market and called tokens a "terrible" metric. He also shared how he uses the Dots agents.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 10h
AI is getting a presidential rebrand. bit.ly/4hgLTEs
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AI is getting the Trump rebrand
Trump directed federal agencies to replace "AI" with "Super Intelligence" and announced the rebrand alongside a lineup of tech CEOs.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 12h
OpenAI's Dots agents will start as a premium product, but the company has bigger ambitions. bit.ly/4yoEZ6g
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OpenAI says its new AI agents won't stay a premium product forever
OpenAI's Dots agents will launch on premium plans, but its executives said the company eventually wants to bring them to billions of users.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 13h
The company said it plans to continue hiring in strategic areas and locations throughout fiscal 2027. bit.ly/4AAlZDn
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Workday is doing its second round of layoffs this year in the wake of the SaaSpocalypse
The software-as-a-service giant said in a securities filing that it's cutting approximately 2.5% of its workforce.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 13h
The NYC tax on second homes owned by wealthy out-of-towners hit a major legal roadblock. bit.ly/4hjI2Xc
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Judge rules Mamdani's pied-à-terre tax rollout needs a do-over
New York City plans to place a tax on multi-million-dollar second homes. A judge ruled Tuesday that its rollout needs to be redone.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 13h
The NYC tax on second homes owned by wealthy out-of-towners hit a major legal roadblock. bit.ly/4hjI2Xc
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Judge rules that Mamdani's pied-à-terre tax rollout needs a do-over
New York City plans to place a tax on multi-million-dollar second homes. A judge ruled Tuesday that its rollout needs to be redone.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 13h
OpenAI's Sam Altman reveals his three-part strategy at DevDay, as ChatGPT sees soaring use. bit.ly/3VjRtNQ
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Sam Altman outlined OpenAI's 3-part plan for dominance
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman outlined a three-pronged approach to business dominance at the company's DevDay conference on Tuesday.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 13h
Donald Trump hosted a lunch for the top AI leaders on Tuesday. Jensen Huang and Elon Musk were by his side on a seating chart. bit.ly/4AKOMoS
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Who sat next to Trump -- and who was missing -- at his big AI lunch
Donald Trump hosted a lunch for the top AI leaders on Tuesday. Jensen Huang and Elon Musk were by his side on a seating chart.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 14h
Mark Zuckerberg is proud of his rapidly growing family — of apps. Here's why Meta is busy launching so many new products like Muse. bit.ly/4xQ4wUM
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It's not just Muse: Meta is on an app rampage
Muse, Pocket, Instants. Meta is launching apps left and right in search of an AI app that becomes the company's next mega-hit.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 15h
The fallout from Good Good's ad scandal continues to rock the YouTube group. bit.ly/4z2ITl5
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2 more Good Good leaders are out in the wake of the YouTube group's ad blow-up
The YouTube golf collective's heads of content and events posted that they had left the organization.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 15h
Amazon vans may be NYC's latest target in delivery crackdown bit.ly/4AGQojh
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Amazon vans may be New York City's latest target in a crackdown on delivery services
Amazon delivery vehicles in NYC received over 14,000 traffic citations, raising safety concerns supported by local officials amid a city crackdown.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 16h
The Baghdad Airport was surprisingly full of pigeons, and the short flight served a hot meal in economy. But the seats were dated and I worried about safety. bit.ly/4hTTUzm
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I flew Iraqi Airways, an airline few Americans have experienced. Here were the 4 biggest surprises.
I was surprised to get a full hot meal in economy. But the seats were worn and dirty and I worried about the airline's safety.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 16h
"I'll tell you there isn't one answer to the drone threat," said Brent Ingraham, the assistant secretary of the Army for acquisitions, logistics, and technology. "So we didn't build around one solution." bit.ly/4hoBMvW
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A US military task force just showed it's ready to bet billions of dollars on answers to the drone problem
Military officials have said they see no silver bullet for stopping all drones. Instead, a layered defense of different counter-UAS systems is needed.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 16h
Donald Trump hosted a lunch for the top AI leaders on Tuesday. Jensen Huang and Elon Musk were by his side on a seating chart. bit.ly/4AKOMoS
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Trump revealed the seating chart for his big AI meeting. See who's in -- and who's missing.
Donald Trump hosted a lunch for the top AI leaders on Tuesday. Jensen Huang and Elon Musk were by his side on a seating chart.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 16h
The largest coming data center so far is a city-sized Texas campus with up to 11 gigawatts of planned capacity. For reference, one gigawatt of electricity continuously supplied for a year could power roughly 835,000 average American homes. bit.ly/3T94Dww
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Here's where some of the largest data centers in the US are located
The largest coming data center is a city-sized Texas campus designed to have up to 11 gigawatts of power capacity. See the other giant ones planned.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 17h
Disney is laying off employees for the third time since CEO Josh D'Amaro took the top job in mid-March. bit.ly/46MFcUD
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Disney is starting its 3rd round of layoffs under CEO Josh D'Amaro
Disney is cutting employees following its April and July downsizing under new CEO Josh D'Amaro.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 17h
Anthropic is planning its massive IPO after the November midterms, Reuters reported. Market watchers and techies are weighing in. bit.ly/4yc7Xp7
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What smart people are saying about Anthropic's leaked IPO prospectus numbers
Anthropic is planning its massive IPO after the November midterms, Reuters reported. Market watchers and techies are weighing in.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 17h
The new $500 plan includes "Ultrafast" computing. bit.ly/3TvFVqc
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ChatGPT's new plan costs $500 a month
OpenAI announced a $500 a month plan for ChatGPT. The company also downgraded the compute allowance of its $200 a month plan.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 17h
"This opportunity was strange, new, and a little scary, but also exciting … so we put in our application." bit.ly/3Tv9LLi
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We moved to a small island with our 10-month-old after finding a house for $1,000 a month that felt too good to be true
While deciding where to settle down with our baby, we found an affordable home on an island in Maine. We moved there, and it's been great.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 18h
"Every loan payment is also a reminder that UPenn offered me another route, one I will never know the outcome of." bit.ly/4yoPVAP
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I turned down a scholarship at UPenn to attend the more expensive Columbia. I still wonder if I made the right choice.
I chose to attend Columbia because I always loved the idea of living and working in New York City. But I wonder if that dream was too high a price.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 18h
"I loved having the same career as my spouse, because he understood everything I was going through. " bit.ly/47oJoKl
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My husband and I met at work. Then, I switched careers.
I met my now-husband while we were working together at the same place in similar jobs as teachers. A few years later, I switched careers and fields.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 18h
Sudan has historically been the top producer of gum arabic. Experts say smuggled gum arabic is funding the civil war. bit.ly/4ABevjr
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The smuggled resource funding Sudan's civil war
Sudan has historically been the top producer of gum arabic. Experts say smuggled gum arabic is funding the civil war.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 18h
"Rivers, canals, and marshlands can severely impede or completely sever supply routes for conventional UGVs, while aerial resupply is not always viable," Brave1 said. bit.ly/4AIXhkg
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Ukraine's battlefield supply robots have learned how to swim
Ukraine said an amphibious robot completed a first-of-its-kind logistics mission across land and water.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 19h
"The hospitality industry is often viewed as a place where you go for minimum-wage work or to try to make a living off tips. We don't always realize that companies can give employees experiences they may never have on their own, or even realize they wan... bit.ly/4AGjf7l
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I'm a small business owner who took 50 of my employees to Greece. It was worth the $2,000 a person and 6 figures in revenue.
I'm a restaurant owner in New York. I spent months planning a trip to Greece for my employees, hoping to make it as affordable as possible.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 19h
"Take care everyone, and double-check what permissions AI has in your life," YouTuber Matt Robb said. bit.ly/4yXGloe
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AI sent a stranger to a YouTuber's door. Now he's warning others to 'be careful' and check one setting.
A YouTuber says an "Allow Always" setting led Meta's Muse agent to share his address with a Marketplace buyer who later showed up at his door.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 19h
Haven't put your student loans on autopay yet? Now you have three more months. bit.ly/3V93PIC
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Student-loan borrowers have 3 more months to receive a repayment benefit
The Education Department extended the deadline for student-loan borrowers to enroll in autopay and get a 1-percentage-point interest rate reduction.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 19h
Walmart is saying "No" to AI slop in its stores. bit.ly/3VhJOzG
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Walmart bans AI slop signs in stores
Walmart has issued instructions to stores banning the use of AI tools to create custom display signage.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 19h
"When I told friends I was moving to Chicago, I inevitably had to clarify that, no, I wasn't moving in with my boyfriend." bit.ly/3ViVthA
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I moved to the same city as my long-distance boyfriend. Everyone expected us to move in together, but we didn't.
When I moved to the same city as my long-distance boyfriend, we chose not to live together. It's given me room to build my own life and friendships.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 20h
Michael Burry said he's he expects the AI bubble "may burst sooner than later." bit.ly/4hljH3d
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'Big Short' investor Michael Burry says he's 'more confident than ever' of an AI reckoning in 2027
Michael Burry says he's placed a raft of short bets as he's "more confident than ever before" that an AI reckoning will "play out over the next year."
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 20h
A startup called Taste Labs hired creatives to teach AI what is good and what isn't. It raises the question, do we want AI to define what is great? bit.ly/3ToqIHr
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A startup wants to replace human creativity. But first, it needs to eliminate slop.
A startup called Taste Labs hired creatives to teach AI what is good and what isn't. It raises the question, do we want AI to define what is great?
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 21h
The comment cards at the end of your sailing may matter more than you realize. bit.ly/4z58mdG
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I spent years working on cruise ships. Here are the 8 things I used to wish all cruisers knew about the job.
As a former cruise-ship employee, I wish more passengers knew what it's like to do this job and left notes about crew members on comment cards.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 21h
Disney's AI push has extended to annual reviews, as the company encouraged employees to use chatbots to help craft their self-assessments. bit.ly/4dKz0QL
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Disney's AI push has a new target: annual reviews
Disney's AI push has extended to annual reviews, as the company encouraged employees to use chatbots to help craft their self-assessments.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 21h
The Massachusetts home where Andrew and Abby Borden were murdered in 1892 is now a bed-and-breakfast. bit.ly/4yhN10B
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From the 'Amityville Horror' house to the former Versace mansion, 12 notorious homes that have gone up for sale
Homes linked to famous crimes or notorious criminals have been put on the market throughout the years. Selling these properties isn't always easy.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 21h
It's trying to shake up the insurance industry. Cue the "Corgi girls" and doggy drama. bit.ly/4hvr7jo
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Corgi has become insurance's wildest startup. Internal messages reveal the drama behind the scenes.
Corgi reached a $5 billion valuation. Internal messages and documents reveal the drama dogging the insurance startup.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 22h
"Take care everyone, and double-check what permissions AI has in your life," YouTuber Matt Robb said. bit.ly/4yXGloe
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A YouTuber says this Muse setting led to the AI agent sharing his address: 'Be careful'
A YouTuber says an "Allow Always" setting led Meta's Muse agent to share his address with a Marketplace buyer who later showed up at his door.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 22h
Alaska Airlines is looking more and more like a major global carrier as it shores up its premium cabins for passengers willing to pay extra for fancier perks. bit.ly/47vnzJ3
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Alaska Airlines is doubling down on long-haul luxury. Take a look at its newest premium cabins.
Alaska is the latest US airline to shore up its premium offerings to attract customers willing to pay more.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 22h
Confused by personal AI agents? Here's some inspiration on how to use them from top executives at companies like Anduril and Adobe. bit.ly/4hTuaTG
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Here are the tasks that execs from Anduril to Zendesk are giving their personal agents
Top execs at companies like Anduril, Adobe, and KPMG are using personal AI agents for tasks like booking dog walkers and flu shots.
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