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Move over, tokenmaxxing.Focusing on AI usage rather than what it delivers risks incentivizing the wrong efforts, said Laura Gonzalez, head of people at the AI video company Synthesia‍.The better goal, she said, is impact. Her view aligns with a sentiment from a growing number of leaders that heavy AI use isn’t necessarily a win for business.Measuring software developers chiefly on token usage would be like evaluating a salesperson based on how many calls they made rather than how many deals they closed, she said.”It’s not the metric for success,” Gonzalez said of token use. Instead, she said, companies should focus…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kristi Edleson, a 34-year-old chief of staff at Yutori, based in San Francisco. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I work at a startup as the chief of staff, and my company’s goal has always been to build an AI chief of staff. It’s funny that when I took this role, I was signing up for that. I wasn’t nervous about it, though; I actually loved the irony.A chief of staff’s role involves a lot of context switching, and I believe the AI product my company built focuses more…

The world’s richest man is rocketing toward a new milestone.Elon Musk is getting closer to becoming the world’s first trillionaire as his aerospace company, SpaceX, goes public at an astronomical price. At the initial public offering price of $135 per share, his SpaceX stock is worth $688 billion, bringing his total net worth to $971 billion, according to Bloomberg.Before SpaceX’s IPO was priced on Thursday, Bloomberg pegged Musk’s net worth at $696 billion. His private stake in SpaceX accounted for the majority of that; Bloomberg calculated it was worth $426 billion based on a $1.03 trillion valuation. Shares in Musk’s other companies —…

The Supreme Court Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images The Supreme Court ruled late Thursday evening that Alabama cannot immediately execute a man using nitrogen gas. The decision upheld a lower court order that had blocked the execution on grounds that the use of nitrogen gas violates the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.  In a one-sentence order, the high court ruled that Alabama’s request “was denied.” Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch would have sided with Alabama, but they did not prepare a written dissent. The decision is a victory—albeit a…

My corporate sales job was sucking my soul out one call at a time. I’d drag my feet from one mind-numbing meeting to the next, asking myself: Why am I choosing this life?After I graduated from college in 2016, I was unsure what I wanted to do. I bought a one-way ticket to Puerto Rico and traveled the world. I visited 12 countries that year and discovered how free I felt while abroad. Have you relocated abroad for career opportunities, retirement, or lower living costs? We want to hear from you. Fill out this short form to share your story.…

When the Knicks won Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday, I immediately turned to my husband and screamed, “IT WORKED!”I didn’t mean OG Anunoby’s miraculous tip-in that clinched the Knicks’ third win of the series. I was, of course, referring to Jordyn Woods’ purse.Woods, who’s engaged to Knicks player Karl-Anthony Towns, rarely misses a game. Lately, the $125 tux clutch mini from her Woods by Jordyn brand has also become a staple in the stands. Jordyn Woods at Madison Square Garden in May 2026.  MEGA/GC Images/Getty Images The bag made its first post-season appearance on April 18, when…

Executives at Paramount Skydance have fallen in love with AI — especially its knack for quickly knocking out tasks that would otherwise take workers hours to complete.Paramount streaming leaders trumpeted “productivity acceleration” thanks to AI during a quarterly tech meeting on Wednesday, according to a screenshot of the presentation viewed by Business Insider.During the meeting, higher-ups highlighted how an AI-powered triage tool for data processing finished a two- to four-hour task in less than 10 minutes, the screenshot showed.The presentation also said that tech staffers have used the AI coding tool Claude Code to complete a task that used to…

The AI race has a blue-collar problem. Big Tech wants to fix it.Days after Meta said it was launching a $250 million program to train Americans for data center construction jobs, Google announced a similar initiative.The search engine giant on Thursday said it is investing $50 million in skilled-trades training programs across the US in fields critical to building AI and energy infrastructure.They are tailored for aspiring construction workers, electricians, plumbers, pipe fitters, welders, and other laborers. Some training program partnerships are already underway, a Google spokesperson said.The moves follow efforts unveiled earlier this year by Oracle and Microsoft to…

Ken Bianco lets out a brief laugh when he hears the question. Open a factory in California — where most of his customers are? “Absolutely not,” says JCB’s vice president of commercial operations, slicing the air with his hand as if swatting away a bothersome fly. “California has become too slow,” he says. “Everything takes too long there — it’s simply not business-friendly.”Bianco is standing in the lobby of construction and industrial equipment manufacturer JCB. To his left sits a model of the world’s fastest diesel engine, to his right a backhoe loader painted with a flame motif. When the…

With inflation heating up, Americans’ spending power is under stress. But in a few sectors, wages are still growing faster than inflation. New data published on Wednesday showed inflation in May exceeding 4% for the first time since 2023 and outpacing private-sector wage growth for the second-straight month, at 4.2% and 3.4%, respectively. The chart below shows the range in wage growth based on the 12-month change in average hourly earnings: It’s important to look at wage growth and employment changes in tandem. Wage growth in the information sector, which tends to be higher than in other sectors, was more…