Uber Turns Its Best AI Engineers Loose on the Rest of the Business
Remember the executive who sparked the tokenmaxxing panic earlier this year after saying Uber had already blown through…
I Pay Each Startup Employee $18,000 a Year to Live Near the Office
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sebastian Jimenez, the CEO and cofounder of Rilla, an…
Tech Workers Are Spending Their Free Time Learning AI After Work
One night after work in Dublin, Maahir Sharma watched an AI agent that he built call hotels in…
Texas Lawyer Used AI to Beat Meta in Social Media Addiction Trial
One morning in February, Mark Lanier woke up after four hours of sleep and started preparing to cross-examine…
AI saves office workers hours, but then demands hours of babysitting
As the use of artificial intelligence spreads across companies worldwide, it is relieving workers of tedious old chores…
Paramount Leaders Praise AI for Finishing Hours of Work in Minutes
Executives at Paramount Skydance have fallen in love with AI — especially its knack for quickly knocking out…
Uber’s AI Training Gig Work Offers Good Pay but Lacks Stability
On a May evening, a calendar invite titled “Project Sandbox Kickoff” popped up in the inbox of some…
Cloudflare Announces 1,100 Layoffs Amid AI Focus Shift
Cloudflare is laying off more than 1,100 employees as the cybersecurity company says it is reorganizing for the…
I’m 23 and Working in HVAC. I Don’t Worry About AI Taking My Job.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Baylee Frankovich, a 23-year-old HVAC service technician based in…