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AI is rapidly transforming how we apply for jobs. Now that applicants can use the technology to tailor their résumés, mass-apply to hundreds of roles, and bluff their way through an interview, it can feel harder than ever to stand out. Loading audio narration… Kristina Simmons, who was a partner at Andreessen Horowitz, then a chief of staff at Vinod Khosla’s VC firm Khosla Ventures, and who now runs her own firm, Overwater Ventures, cautioned against relying too much on AI when job hunting.When she’s hiring and interviewing candidates, she looks for people who communicate from the heart. “You can’t…

Nursing is among the professions viewed as least at risk from AI disruption. Not so, says a new report. Loading audio narration… The profession is being affected by artificial intelligence, as apps such as Clipboard Health and ShiftKey, where nurses can claim shifts as gig workers, grow, according to an April report by the AI Now Institute, a nonprofit group that researches AI’s impacts on societyThe apps, which have raised funding over the last few years, use automated systems to match nurses and healthcare establishments, including setting pay rates and monitoring performance metrics.The apps show that AI’s impact on jobs isn’t limited…

Cepia Harper starts her day at dawn, commuting to her job as a middle school teacher in Atlanta’s morning rush. After lecturing about thesis statements, the 43-year-old grades papers, tidies up her classroom, then clocks into her second shift selling sneakers at Nike from about 6 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Loading audio narration… The two roles keep Harper financially afloat, especially after her guaranteed basic income program ended two years ago. She was part of Atlanta’s cohort of 650 low-income Black women who received $20,400 cash between 2022 and 2024, no strings attached. While the extra money allowed her to…

Spirit Airlines kiosks at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on May 2, hours after the carrier shut down.Leslie Josephs/CNBCBALTIMORE/NEW YORK — Spirit Airlines was hours away from its final flights Friday afternoon. Jeremiah Burton was hours away from his first.”It’s my first time flying,” Burton, a 45-year-old air conditioning and heating technician, told CNBC at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on Friday, shortly before he was scheduled to depart for New Orleans to visit his daughter and her newborn twins.”To tell you the truth, I just went online and Googled the cheapest airline ticket,” he said, adding that he paid about…

I was in the room when Warren Buffett sounded the alarm on “gambling” in markets, nuclear weapons, and deepfakes on Saturday. Loading audio narration… During Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting, the company’s chairman and former CEO joined CNBC’s Becky Quick backstage for a surprise interview.The pair’s conversation was broadcast live to a crowd of thousands seated in the CHI Health Center in Buffett’s hometown of Omaha.I had a bird’s-eye view of the event from the press box overlooking the stage, and could see the crowd’s excitement at the prospect of hearing the business icon speak.Buffett, a renowned bargain hunter, has struggled…

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has had enough of your AI hot takes. Loading audio narration… While discussing AI adoption during the “Memos to the President” podcast on Thursday, Huang said industry leaders should “be mindful” of how they talk about the significance of the technology.At one point, he referred to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s prediction that AI could replace 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs in the coming years.”These kinds of comments are not helpful,” Huang said. “They’re made by people who are like me — CEOs. Somehow, because they became CEOs, you adopt a God complex and, before you know…

Warren Buffett is no longer the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, but he’s still at its annual conference, in both physical and digital form. Loading audio narration… For years at Berkshire meetings, Buffett held lengthy question-and-answer sessions with the company’s shareholders, covering everything from the inner workings of its businesses to geopolitics to his favorite foods.At 2026’s shareholder meeting, however, new CEO Greg Abel hosted the annual Q&A, and the first question came from a familiar face.After concluding a discussion with Berkshire’s insurance chief, Ajit Jain, Abel opened the floor up to questions, and beaming around the CHI Health Center was…

Warren Buffett trumpeted his Apple bet and invited outgoing CEO Tim Cook to take a bow during Berkshire Hathaway’s shareholder meeting on Saturday. Loading audio narration… Greg Abel, who succeeded Buffett as Berkshire’s CEO at the start of this year, unexpectedly announced that the legendary investor and chairman would say a few words.Buffett — sitting in the front row and fully embracing his retired status by wearing a sweater instead of his usual suit — began by saying the transition to Abel’s leadership had been “100% successful” with Berkshire’s new boss “doing everything I did and then some” and “doing…

After my husband and I bought our dream house — a 2,100-square-foot ranch-style property in a peaceful Connecticut neighborhood — we never thought we’d rent again. Owning it felt like the culmination of everything we’d been working toward. Loading audio narration… But at some point, our house stopped aligning with what we wanted. With increasing frequency, my husband and I talked about wanting a more balanced, simple life for ourselves and our two young sons.So, less than five years after buying the home, we sold it and moved our family to a 1,345-square-foot rental apartment in Las Rozas de Madrid,…

Luke Howland, 24, moved back in with his parents this year. It wasn’t part of the plan. Loading audio narration… At 19, while many people his age were heading to college, Howland used his savings from high school jobs to open an electric bike retail store in Flagstaff, Arizona. After selling the business last year and moving out of the retail space where he also lived, he found himself back in his childhood home.”For someone who has been on their own for so long and found success in business, I kind of acquired this ego in myself,” Howland told me.Returning…