The annual Allen & Company conference, often dubbed the “summer camp for billionaires,” is underway in the resort town of Sun Valley, Idaho. Over the next few days, some of the most influential figures in tech and finance will gather for a series of discreet meetings and panels. The mogul-packed event which officially kicked off…
As head of the non-profit foundation overseeing Signal, the messaging service known for its end-to-end encryption, Meredith Whittaker is always on the lookout for emerging security risks. Right now, she’s particularly concerned about agentic A.I., which she warned could reach “a very dangerous juncture” during her speech at the AI for Good Summit in Geneva…
For the world’s top tech and media moguls, there’s only one place to be in the week after July 4: Sun Valley, Idaho. The quiet resort town has hosted the annual Allen & Company conference, often dubbed “summer camp for billionaires,” for more than four decades. This year’s gathering kicks off today (July 8), with…
A new labor force is taking shape—one that doesn’t clock in, file payroll taxes in the traditional sense or interact much with a local employer. It earns in dollars, stablecoins or platform credits, withdraws through digital wallets and builds an audience across borders before ever establishing a career at home. These are the creators and…
If A.I. research remains open and accessible, wouldn’t that give U.S. rivals—like China—an advantage? “You might think that. The problem is we’ll be slowing ourselves down, and geopolitical rivals will be better able to catch up,” said Meta’s chief A.I. scientist Yann LeCun during an onstage interview with The Atlantic CEO Nicholas Thompson on July…
For a glimpse into how A.I. is transforming company workforces, consider Salesforce. The software giant has embraced the technology internally, allowing it to pause hiring for roles like customer service agents, engineers and even lawyers, according to CEO Marc Benioff. “We’re able to reshape our company,” Benioff said today (July 8) at the AI for…
In times of high volatility, investors find that even traditionally stable assets can lose their defensive edge. Recent market swings have shaken confidence in long-standing safe havens like sovereign bonds, main fiat currencies and commodities that were once believed to be a shelter. This raises a key question: What are the best ways to manage…
Tech layoffs are nothing new in Silicon Valley, a region long shaped by boom-and-bust hiring cycles, speculative investment and shifting economic conditions. But in recent months, executives have offered a different explanation for job cuts: the rapid rise of A.I. So far in 2025, nearly 400 tech companies have announced layoffs, affecting close to 94,000…
Ilya Sutskever, who co-founded Safe Superintelligence (SSI) last year, is stepping into the CEO role after the startup’s former leader, Daniel Gross, left for Meta amid an aggressive recruitment campaign. Both SSI and Meta’s newly formed superintelligence team are racing to develop advanced AI systems with capabilities that surpass those of humans. Gross officially exited…
At the Friedman Memorial Airport in Hailey, Idaho, the most hectic time of the year revolves around what locals call “fly-in” and “fly-out” days. These mark the arrival and departure of private jets packed with billionaires headed to the annual Allen & Company Conference in nearby Sun Valley, a mountain resort that brings together some…
