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Caroline Chambers, Substack’s top cooking creator, doesn’t have time to be online 24/7.”I’m not a TikToker. I am a mother of four,” Chambers, the writer behind the “What To Cook When You Don’t Feel Like Cooking” blog, told Business Insider in an interview.Social media, however, is fueling the growth of her Substack. Since launching her newsletter in December 2020, Chambers has accumulated over 568,000 subscribers and is the No. 1 food publication on the platform.”I’m hiring for the first time ever a social media person,” Chambers said.Chambers is part of a broader trend of Substackers — and the platform itself…

A person exits the JPMorgan Chase & Co. headquarters on Feb. 17, 2026, in New York City. Zamek | View Press | Corbis News | Getty ImagesJPMorgan Chase plans to deploy artificial intelligence agents later this year that can work autonomously for far longer than existing versions, marking another milestone in the corporate adoption of AI, CNBC has learned exclusively.AI agents are evolving from tools that complete single tasks to digital workers that manage workflows across multiple steps and disparate software programs, Derek Waldron, JPMorgan chief analytics officer, told CNBC in an interview.”We’ve entered now the era of long-running autonomous agents,”…

SpaceX signage outside the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. facility in Hawthorne, California, on June 3, 2026. Michael Yanow | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesA group of current and former SpaceX employees who joined forces to manage their post-IPO wealth has created a new, low-fee advisory option with Choreo, according to people familiar with the agreement.The employee group has more than 100 members and represents potential wealth of between $1 billion and $5 billion, according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss confidential agreements. What began as an informal chat forum focused on philanthropy has grown into…

Rivian CEO and founder RJ Scaringe (right) speaks with longtime employee and engineer Max Koff during a launch event on June 2, 2026 for the company’s R2 SUV in Park City, Utah.Michael Wayland / CNBCPARK CITY, Utah — Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe is energetic as he makes his way through displays for the electric vehicle maker’s new R2 SUV.The company founder moves quickly from the EV’s suspension and software systems to different models of the R2 that will soon begin to reach American consumers, including a roughly $45,000 entry-level model that Rivian said Tuesday is being pulled ahead from late…

Ground crews load cargo and supplies onto airplanes from airlines including Lufthansa Group, Emirates, Austrian Airlines, and British Airways, as they stand parked at the Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in El Segundo, California, on September 11, 2023.Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty ImagesRIO DE JANEIRO — Hundreds of airline leaders gathered in Brazil this week at the International Air Transport Association’s annual assembly to discuss high fuel costs, sharply lower profits, engine reliability issues and elusive emission reduction goals, among other things.Toward the end of the assembly in Rio de Janeiro, news…

The robot-training gold rush is coming for gig work.Instawork, best known for matching hourly staff with shifts at hotels, warehouses, and stadiums, is launching a wearable camera system that helps gig workers collect real-world data for training machines.Business Insider got the first look at the new system, called Instacore. It includes five cameras mounted on the head, chest, and wrists, connected to a compute backpack built to last an eight-hour shift.The goal is to have Instawork workers, known as Pros, record themselves doing tasks on the job, from chopping vegetables in a commercial kitchen to stocking shelves in a grocery…

Hollywood workers, take note.An AI-made feature film headed to the Tribeca Film Festival on Wednesday offers a glimpse of what filmmaking jobs could look like in the future.Ash Koosha, the creative force behind “Dreams of Violets,” said he brought it to life almost entirely alone from his London flat using Anthropic’s Claude and other AI tools in lieu of a traditional cast and crew. It is the first fully AI-generated feature film to screen at Tribeca, one of the most competitive stages in independent cinema.An Iranian exile, Koosha said he relied on AI out of necessity to create the film,…

Wall Street tends to reward CEOs who slash jobs in the name of efficiency.However, those companies are leaning into an area with the “smallest level of return,” Dan Diasio, EY’s global consulting AI leader, told Business Insider.”There’s a very clear limit to the amount of value you can create by just focusing on productivity and cost reduction,” said Diasio, who also serves as EY’s Americas consulting CTO.He said AI may be able to shrink the time spent on a task, but it doesn’t necessarily eliminate the job around it. If cost reduction is the main strategy, those companies are effectively…

While most college kids spent December cramming for finals, 19-year-old Zach Yadegari was selling his multimillion-dollar nutrition app.MyFitnessPal acquired Cal AI, an AI-powered calorie-tracking app that Yadegari cofounded while he was in high school, late last year. The app officially launched in May 2024, amassing 10 million users and $30 million in annual revenue. While there are many reasons to sell an app — money, partnerships, shifting consumer trends — Yadegari said honest conversations between the founders solidified their decision.”Ultimately, it came down to us discussing everyone’s priorities and goals in life. That framework really helped us come to a…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Mary Grigsby, a 43-year-old who moved from New York City to Baja, Mexico, and is the founder of The Fish Ranch. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I was raised in Oregon and took a non-traditional route that led me into policy work and, eventually, finance. I was working in Manhattan when the pandemic hit, and I decided to visit my dad and brother in Baja, Mexico, where they spend a significant amount of time enjoying the climate and culture.I fell in love with Agua Amarga, a little town…