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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with 41-year-old Devi Parikh, who lives in San Francisco. The following has been edited for length and clarity.The seed of my passion for AI was planted in the early 2000s when I studied electrical and computer engineering at college. I was exposed to a type of machine learning called pattern recognition.In 2009, I completed a Ph.D. in computer vision at Carnegie Mellon — well before the current excitement around LLMs and generative AI. But we had the same goal: make machines more intelligent.Next, I moved into research and teaching roles, and in…

Carly Xie looks over facial mask items at the Face Shop, which specializes in Korean cosmetics, in San Francisco, April 15, 2015.Avila Gonzalez | San Francisco Chronicle | Hearst Newspapers | Getty ImagesOn a recent Saturday at an Ulta Beauty store in midtown Manhattan, Denise McCarthy, a mother in her 40s, stood in front of a wall of tiny pastel bottles, tubes and compacts. Her phone buzzed — another TikTok from her 15-year-old daughter.”My kids text me the TikToks,” she told CNBC, scooping Korean lip tints and sunscreens into her basket, destined for Christmas stockings. “I don’t even know what…

YouTube megastar MrBeast said he’s gearing up for what he calls “ultra grind mode” — a pledge that places him squarely in the growing hardcore worker moment, reshaping both the creator economy and corporate America.In a post on X on Wednesday, the 27-year-old creator, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, told his 33.4 million followers that he hasn’t been fully satisfied with the quality of his latest videos.”After some reflection, I just want to say I think some of our newer youtube videos haven’t been as good as I wanted. I apologize,” MrBeast wrote. “Ya boy is going to go…

Jamie Dimon’s penchant for straight talk means that Dimon is willing to admit that job cuts are coming.”It will eliminate jobs,” Dimon said at a Fortune-hosted conference earlier this month. “People should stop sticking their heads in the sand.”The comments echoed those Dimon made at a town hall for the firm’s employees in Columbus, Ohio, earlier this year, where he said that AI will “change some of your jobs,” whether as a “copilot,” a solution for “drudgery,” or by eliminating them.More immediately for JPMorgan, according to an interview on CNN earlier this month, Dimon sees head count remaining steady, or…

This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Rob Nachbar, who, along with his wife, rents out his backyard in Portland, Oregon, on the platform Swimply as a side hustle. His earnings have been confirmed by Business Insider. This story has been edited for length and clarity.We started renting pools on Swimply to take our kids during the pandemic when public pools were closed.We also had just redone our backyard at the beginning of the pandemic. It took a solid six months, and we were just doing it for ourselves, but after a few iterations, we realized we…

Tubi is best known for its free slate of Gen Z-friendly shows and nostalgia-inducing movies, but sports have played a small yet important role in its rise.The Fox-owned free streamer, which became profitable for the first time last quarter, made a name for itself in 2023 with a viral Super Bowl ad. That month, Tubi ranked on Nielsen’s ratings chart for the first time. Tubi reintroduced itself to football fans in February by streaming the Super Bowl at no cost. At its peak, more than 15 million people tuned into Tubi’s Super Bowl simulcast.Nine months later, Tubi’s NFL strategy is…

Survival for some tech workers could come down to something more than code quality or shipping speed: likability.There is an increased focus in the industry on pleasing the boss as well as “upper upper management,” said Soubhik Dawn, who has worked in tech for nearly two decades.Of course, being well-liked is important if you want to get ahead in any career, but it’s become an especially relevant topic in tech as layoffs and AI transform the industry.”There is a little bit of showmanship that is going on. That’s what I’m hearing from my circle,” said Dawn, founder of Upplai, which…

‘Tis the season for big brands to start selling on TikTok Shop.After largely struggling to onboard blue-chip brands during previous Black Friday and Cyber Monday campaigns, TikTok is seeing a wave of household names join its US e-commerce platform this year.Among the new entrants are Samsung US, Ralph Lauren, and the Disney Store, which on November 20 began listing Mickey Mouse T-shirts and “Frozen” plush toys on TikTok.To boost sales on the app, the companies are offering a mix of Black Friday flash deals, holiday gift options, and livestream sell-a-thons tied to the November shopping rush.While some global brands were…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sriram Ramkrishna, a 56-year-old job seeker in Portland, Oregon, who worked at Intel for over two decades cumulatively, most recently as a senior community manager and developer relations professional. He is among the thousands of Intel employees who have been laid off this year. Business Insider has verified his past employment and layoff documentation. This essay has been edited for length and clarity.In July, I was laid off by Intel — for the second time.Although I was given a few weeks’ notice to land a new role within the company, I…

Sometimes, the more options you have, the harder it is to choose.It’s the prime day for holiday gift shopping — but lower prices and seemingly unlimited choices won’t necessarily help you figure out what to buy.To help inspire your Black Friday gift shopping spree, we asked the CEOs of five beauty, fashion, and style brands to share their go-to gifts.Read on to learn about their favorite items to give others. Noura Sakkijha said Mejuri has introduced 10-karat gold options. WWD/WWD via Getty Images True to her brand, Noura Sakkijha, CEO of the jewelry brand Mejuri, said she often opts for…