I say … no. In fact my mission today is to tell you that your education was not in vain. You do have a great future ahead of you no matter how smart and capable ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Llama get. And here is the reason: You have something that no computer can ever have. It’s a superpower, and every one of you has it in abundance.Your humanity.Liberal arts graduates, you have majored in subjects like Psychology. History. Anthropology. African American, Asian, and Gender Studies. Sociology. Languages. Philosophy. Political Science. Religion. Criminal Justice. Economics. And there’s even some English majors,…
A chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s multibillion-dollar artificial intelligence startup xAI appeared to be suffering from a glitch Wednesday when it repeatedly brought up white genocide in South Africa in response to user queries about unrelated topics on X. Grok, which competes with other chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, is directly…
In case you missed Friday’s NYT Mini, you can find the answers here: The NYT Mini is a quick and dirty version of the newspaper’s larger and long-running crossword. Most days, there are between three and five clues in each direction on a five by five grid, but the puzzles…
Americans consider $1.46 million the minimum for a comfortable retirement, a Northwestern Mutual study found. However, the threshold of savings required to retire well varies considerably across states.No matter where you spend your golden years, it’s important to be realistic about how much cash you’ll need to fund the future.People…
Steve Yeng, co-founder with his wife, Brittany, of Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey, was born in Cambodia in the wake of the Cambodian genocide, which left more than 1.7 million people dead at the hands of the Khmer Rouge. When Steve was one year old, he was diagnosed with polio. His…
In sports, success is easy to quantify on the field — fans and analysts alike rely on everything from points per game to advanced metrics like effective field goal percentage to evaluate performance. But off the field, progress is often less obvious.Sometimes, it’s as subtle as improving a marketing campaign…
Donald Trump’s jaunt to the Middle East featured an entourage of billionaire tech bros, a fighter-jet escort, and business deals designed to reshape the global landscape of artificial intelligence.On the final stop of the tour in Abu Dhabi, the US president announced that unnamed US companies would partner with the…
In today’s column, I explore the use of generative AI and large language models (LLMs) to aid in devising wedding speeches. That might sound hazily inappropriate since wedding speeches are supposed to be heartfelt and presumably crafted by hand. Well, not everyone is a master at writing such missives and…
There is some chatter about what’s going to happen with the economy based on all of the recent changes. I personally think we’re heading for a boom and not a recession, but I understand that some are nervous about what may happen. I thought this would be a good time…
When we first set out to launch a telehealth startup, my brother Eli and I were hit with obstacle after obstacle, each one more confusing and contradictory than the last. It felt like the system was designed to keep outsiders out. And for a while, we believed what so many…
Among funding announcements from new generative AI startups was underplayed AI/XR news from Meta, whose Ray Ban smart glasses got their expected boost this week with a Llama app upgrade. Apple is chewing its heart out with envy as it races to catch up. There’s plenty happening in the Metaverse,…
Stretching your budget is one of the toughest aspects of founding a startup and bringing products and services to market. How do marketing and branding fit into a limited budget? In this article, we take a deep dive into bootstrapped branding to give you the ideas and tools you need…
Ask any entrepreneur why they chose to start a business, and you’ll probably get a hundred different answers. However, you’re likely to see an underlying theme emerge. While the individual reasons might be different, they typically boil down to a single idea — freedom. One of the best things about…
Many entrepreneurs start their business journey while working a day job. And it’s no wonder, since having a steady income provides security while you build something on the side. But what happens when your side gig begins to take off? That moment when you realize your passion project is making…
Visiting the plant again today, and from where he held a video conference with Trump, Starmer said the partial deal was “an incredible platform for the future.”Speaking in front of car assembly plant workers, Starmer said the deal “reduces massively from 27.5 percent to 10 percent of tariffs on the…
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