Since taking over the coffee chain in 2024, Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol has been on a mission to go “back to Starbucks” and rekindle the feeling of warmth inside the coffee giant. That’s led to
OpenAI’s Codex AI coding assistant is having a growth spurt. OpenAI tells Fast Company that its weekly active users have tripled since the start of the year, while overall usage (measured in tokens) has increased
Recently, Grok AI faced criticism after users found it was creating explicit images of real people, including women and children. Although xAI has now implemented some restrictions, this incident revealed a serious weakness. Without safeguards
Dell’s top line is booming, and it has AI to thank. Michel Porro/Getty Images Dell reported record annual revenue of $113.5 billion in its latest financial year. Dell’s server and storage business surged 40% and
At hundreds of Burger King restaurants across the U.S., there’s a new invisible worker who’s tracking which ingredients are in stock, analyzing daily sales data, and checking in on whether employees are saying “Thank you”
Joe Raedle/Getty Images This post originally appeared in the Business Insider Today newsletter. You can sign up for Business Insider’s daily newsletter here. Block be nimble/Block be quick/Jack thinks cutting nearly half his staff because
It’s the last week of Black History Month (BHM) and it’s clear Americans are over performative values. Trite BHM-inspired merchandise sits on retailer shelves untouched while media is abuzz covering the artistry, activism, and symbolism
If you don’t want to be left behind by the AI revolution, you really need to start paying for it. At least that’s become the common refrain among some AI enthusiasts, who seem intent on
Tesla CEO Elon Musk at the opening of Giga Berlin in 2022. PATRICK PLEUL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk said the future of Tesla’s German gigafactory is under threat from “outside organizations.” His comments come
We’ve been sold a lie. Somewhere between “go to school” and “get a job,” work became the central node of our lives—the very thing that defines us. We measure our worth by our output, our
I have what I consider a healthy skepticism toward authority. I’ve always considered leaders—despite what titles they hold—as fallible people who don’t necessarily deserve blind adulation or deference. That skepticism has made it hard for
NGC2 has been developed through an iterative process involving soldiers, leadership, and command. US Army photo by Spc. Samuel Brandon The US Army’s new warfighting software uses AI and machine learning to help get supplies
Jack Dorsey told Block staff that the layoffs were not due to AI. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Jack Dorsey said Block overhired during COVID after building two company structures. Block slashed nearly half its workforce in
Being a middle manager often feels like living in two worlds at once. On one side, executives cascade big goals and sweeping strategies. On the other, teams look to you for clarity, advocacy, and daily
Early in my career, a colleague and I made a shared commitment one summer to eat healthier. Salads. Smoothies. The full routine. Like many well-intentioned plans, our discipline began to fade after a few weeks.
Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s President, reflected on the tktk-day period when CEO Sam Altman was removed from his duties. Caroline Brehman / AFP via Getty Images Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president, described the five-day period when CEO
“The tariff thing you got to play almost day by day,” grocer Stew Leonard Jr. said. Mario Tama/Getty Images The Supreme Court struck down one set of tariffs last week, only for the Trump administration
There was no shortage of yacht names that tempted fate. Bradley Saacks/Business Insider Hedge funds, institutional investors, and more were in Miami for the annual iConnections conference. The city has become a larger player in
As a young child, interior designer Jeremiah Brent and his mother visited open houses and model homes in his hometown of Modesto, California, as a form of daydreaming. Brent walked through the houses, imagining the
It’s sometime in the future, and Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Sam Altman have joined forces on a new venture called Energym. The global chain of gyms is designed to harness the energy of the