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Every time I see someone opening ChatGPT on the subway or at the grocery store, I feel a tinge of dread. Surely, our basic questions can be answered with a bit of thinking, or a search that surfaces information that we can critically assess.Most evidence suggests that I’m simply falling behind the times. About a third of Americans interact with AI several times a week. Plenty of people I respect use it in cool and interesting ways, and basic AI usage has become a fact of life.When I was assigned to work on a project about the rise of vibe…

A federal judge is reviewing a $1.8 billion fund set up to pay people the president says were wronged by the federal government. China Pool/Getty Images AsiaPac hide caption toggle caption China Pool/Getty Images AsiaPac A federal judge will review the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” after a group of former federal judges questioned its legitimacy. The fund was established following Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns. Instead of going to trial, Trump administration lawyers and the president’s personal legal team settled by agreeing to stand up the taxpayer-supported fund. U.S.…

DoorDash is hiring an “executive communications professional” who’s maybe not your typical PR person.Specifically, the delivery service is looking for someone who embodies a “fight promoter meets growth hacker meets clip merchant.”In a May job posting, DoorDash said it’s trying to build the “next generation of local commerce,” which includes autonomous robots, agentic commerce, and in-store software.”These efforts require a nimble ‘build in public’ mentality to reach and engage with technical talent, the terminally online, policymakers, market observers, and prospective partners,” the company said.DoorDash is looking for an experienced candidate who can help its social media accounts participate in real…

For a lot of homeowners, summer means more than vacations — it also means staying vigilant during hurricane season.A problem most associated with Southern states hugging the Gulf Coast, like Florida and Texas, hurricanes also pose a serious threat to the Northeast.Property data and analytics firm Cotality found that while Florida and Texas have the highest amount of homes with moderate or greater risk of hurricane wind damage, the damage in the Northeast can be more devastating.”While hurricanes hit the Northeast less frequently than the Gulf Coast, the region’s immense population density and property value mean the stakes are incredibly…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Mattie Gardner. It has been edited for length and clarity.My husband and I are in credit card debt. We started at $63,227, and our current balance is $17,401. Back in 2022, we took a big risk and jumped into a building business opportunity offered to us by an acquaintance. I was working full-time then, but we decided to leap, and I quit my job. My husband also walked away from his career for this business. We had no income. It was a combination of bad timing, not great choices, and an…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Andrew Schnipper, cofounder of multiple restaurants, including Schnipper’s and Hamburger America. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.When my brother and I opened Schnipper’s in 2009, we thought having a broad menu made sense. We were focused on burgers, but we also served salads, sandwiches, and other comfort food.At the time, we thought people would want variety because, honestly, even we were asking ourselves how many burgers someone could eat every week.What I’ve learned over the years is that today’s customers are looking for specialists. They want restaurants that…

When music strategist Anjula Acharia began launching superstar actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas into Hollywood in the early 2000s, her label partner Jimmy Iovine — the name behind pop sensations such as Eminem and Lady Gaga — told her she was 20 years too early to bring South Asian talent to the U.S.Now, Acharia is the founder and CEO of 5 Junction, a joint label with Warner Music Group focused specifically on investing in South Asian artists in the U.S.”That sounded crazy, to think we were 20 years too early, but now, 20 years later, with the explosion of people like…

Hollywood can breathe a sigh of relief: Generation Z is not only going to the movies, it’s driving box office growth.During the pandemic, when theaters shut down and streaming became a dominant force in the media landscape, fears rose that this young cohort would shun the big screen as they matured into more engaged consumers. However, this generation, which ranges from around 14 to 29 years old, is one of the most active moviegoing demographics and attends more films per year than some older generations, according to data from Fandango.In 2025, members of Gen Z saw an average of seven movies…

New York officials rolled out the details of the city’s new pied-à-terre tax this week, so we took out our calculators and got busy.The tax will impact an estimated 10,000 properties in New York City, including those of Ken Griffin, who has found himself at the center of the discourse about the levy.When Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the tax in April, he called out Griffin by name.The Citadel CEO, who lives full-time in Miami, owns three apartments in New York City: a penthouse on Central Park South that broke records when he bought it for $240 million in 2019 and…

CEOs want you to embrace AI. Many are also citing it as a reason for job cuts.That disconnect is becoming harder for some to ignore.Lis Cooper, a 30-year-old in Melbourne, recently left their job as a data analyst after growing uneasy about AI. The tools they were asked to use weren’t as effective as humans so far, Cooper said, yet every interaction felt like contributing to technology that could eventually replace them.”It was an impossible situation to navigate,” Cooper said.Across industries, execs are encouraging workers to embrace AI via hackathons, trainings, and performance reviews that score AI use.Yet many tech…