At some point during the rapid development of any new technology, consolidation is inevitable. Big players eventually buy out smaller competitors or crowd them out by capturing market share. In the current A.I. boom, large firms are taking this further through a strategy known as an “acqui-hire,” where a company purchases a smaller firm mainly…
The life of an Uber driver often involves stretches of downtime—waiting on ride requests or charging an electric vehicle’s battery. To make the most of those idle moments, Uber is launching a pilot program that allows drivers and couriers to make extra money by completing digital tasks that train A.I. models for Uber’s enterprise clients….
Some of the nation’s largest philanthropic players are banding together with one goal in mind: ensuring Silicon Valley isn’t the only force shaping how A.I. impacts society as the technology becomes increasingly embedded in areas like labor, education and art. The new initiative, called Humanity AI, will see ten foundations commit at least $500 million…
United Airlines, which has increasingly tapped into premium offerings and brand-loyalty programs, expects surging revenue in these areas to deliver a strong finish to 2025—so long as the ongoing government shutdown doesn’t dampen travel demand. During United’s third-quarter earnings call today (Oct. 16), CEO Scott Kirby told analysts that the airline’s cancellation rates and on-time…
After years of ambitious pledges and multibillion-dollar bets on the future of electric vehicles, legacy automakers are facing a cold market reality: consumer adoption has slowed, incentives have dried up, the political and cultural debate around EVs has grown more partisan, and Wall Street’s patience is wearing thin. Just this week, General Motors took a…
Buying a home is the only major purchase in modern life that still feels like stepping into a maze designed to keep you lost. We can buy a car online, invest with a few taps or file taxes on an app, but in real estate, you’re still funneled through layers of middlemen, jargon and rules…
It’s three in the morning and you can’t sleep. You’ve scrolled endlessly, checked if anyone is awake, but the only thing to turn to is ChatGPT. It doesn’t sigh, or judge or roll its eyes. It simply says, “That sounds painful. Do you want to talk about it?” With 1.7 million people on NHS mental…
Google is deepening its bets on India as it ramps up an unprecedented A.I. spending spree. The company announced today (Oct. 14) that it will invest $15 billion by the end of the decade to establish a data center hub in the city of Visakhapatnam, which represents its largest-ever investment in India. “It’s an investment…
As the 2025 Nobel Prize announcements rolled out last week, one of this year’s new laureates was blissfully unaware that his life had just changed. American immunologist Fred Ramsdell didn’t learn he had won the Nobel Prize in Medicine until several days after the announcement because he was camping off the grid, with no cell…
While no one can predict what the art of the future will look like, it seems increasingly clear that at least some of it will be created with the help of artificial intelligence. A growing number of visual arts programs at independent art colleges and universities now offer courses—and in some cases, entire degree programs—focused…
