Elon Musk‘s xAI laid off at least 500 workers on its data annotation team on Friday night. The company sent out emails notifying employees that it was planning to downsize its team of generalist AI tutors, according to multiple messages viewed by Business Insider. “After a thorough review of our Human Data efforts, we’ve decided to accelerate…
NEW YORK — Wall Street inched to more records on Wednesday following a surprisingly encouraging report on inflation and a stunning forecast for growth from Oracle because of the artificial intelligence boom. The Standard & Poor’s 500 rose 0.3% and set an all-time high for a second straight day. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 220 points,…
Like the high market valuation levels he warns about, Société Générale strategist Albert Edwards‘ bearish missives don’t tend to serve well as near-term market timing tools. He acknowledges as much. “An equity investor who heeded my words of caution on the US Tech ‘bubble’ will by now have taken to sticking pins in plasticine models…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Garron Chiu, 37, an American-born Hongkonger who works in advertising and stand-up comedy. His words have been edited for length and clarity. I used to run from my Asian identity. As a Westernized Chinese guy growing up between cultures, I thought the Asian part of me…
The National Hurricane Center is tracking three areas of interest in the eastern Atlantic for possible development.This is in addition to Hurricane Erin, which is anticipated to remain offshore of the Eastern U.S. coast. Leeward Islands A tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Leeward Islands is showing increased shower and storm…
CPS continuing policies limiting cell phone usage as Ohio law takes effect for first school year SCHOOL COVERAGE WITH OUR AREA’S BIGGEST DISTRICT KICKING OFF THE NEW YEAR TODAY AND OUR CO-ANCHOR STEVEN ALBRITTON LIVE AT ETHEL TAYLOR MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO, STEPHEN, YOU HAVE AN IMPORTANT REMINDER ABOUT THE RULES FOR CELL PHONE USE. YES,…
Robinhood’s CEO has said that Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk helped him when the trading platform faced backlash after the GameStop frenzy. Robinhood was one of the main platforms investors from Reddit forum Wall Street Bets used to fuel a short squeeze on GameStop in January 2021. But the platform suspended buying of the stock…
Lorenzo Antinori, the 37-year-old founder of the world’s second-best bar, hardly ever drinks. The Italian founded Bar Leone in Hong Kong in 2019. Just five years later, in 2024, The World’s 50 Best Restaurants ranked it the second-best bar in the world, clinching the top spot in Asia. It won the same award in 2025,…
It’s day two of the semifinals at EURO 2025 — Spain vs. Germany for the chance to face England. After a long and tortuous road the German women’s national team find themselves again at the semifinals of the European Championships. This time, three years since their last one, the Germans enter on the back of…
Was it a restaurant opening or a car show? On Monday, Cybertrucks and Teslas filed into the parking lot and lined around the block for the opening of the Tesla Diner: a two-story, retro-modern, steel-covered restaurant with two towering movie screens for customers to watch as they “supercharge” their cars. It marks the popular but…