Author: arthursheikin@gmail.com

[ad_1] The first time I read about AI, I was amazed. I showed ChatGPT to many of my fellow teachers and asked them to enter their favorite essay prompts. While it did not live up to our school’s writing standards, within seconds, it spit out an impressive answer.That first year, it was fairly easy to spot AI-generated essays from my students. The arguments spun their wheels, often repeating the same ideas but never getting to the point; the support was sparse, vaguely referencing broad events or characterization; and the thesis statements were trite, giving the most obvious arguments without diving…

[ad_1] Facebook Tweet Email Link CBS News is not hiring an outsider to helm “60 Minutes” as the program’s correspondents feared might happen. Instead, the coveted executive producer job is going to Tanya Simon, a 25-year veteran of the newsmagazine, which has faced intense political pressure from President Trump for nearly a year. Simon took charge on an interim basis last spring when the program’s longtime leader Bill Owens resigned under pressure last spring. The promotion became official on Thursday morning when CBS News president Tom Cibrowski announced her new title at the network news division’s daily editorial meeting. Simon…

[ad_1] In order to enjoy your retirement, it’s important to know where you can live your best life. But while conventional wisdom might suggest heading to retiree-heavy communities in warm-weather states like Florida and Texas, a study from Bankrate suggests some less sunny states offer retirees a sunnier future.Bankrate broke down the best states for retirees based on categories like affordability, weather, and healthcare. By their calculation, Florida is nowhere near the top 10 — and neither are many Southern states known for their warmer weather and plentiful retirement communities.It’s important to note that each of the categories were weighted…

[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with June Boyd, 90, who lives in Toledo, Ohio. Boyd works as a director’s assistant for a community development nonprofit that helps people 55 and older find work. Boyd doesn’t have much in savings, though she isn’t worried about her future. Her words have been edited for length and clarity.My career has been wonderful. In 1953, I was the first African American to graduate from one of Toledo’s premier high schools. I also attended a couple of years of college studying business but didn’t graduate.The main basis of my happiness has…

[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Alex Mars, a 28-year-old music content creator based in New York, about leaving a career in tech marketing to pursue content creation full-time. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I always said that I would become a full-time content creator when my income from content creation outdid my salary at my corporate job in fintech. I ultimately didn’t get to that point because I was laid off before I could quit.Since my layoff in April, I’ve been creating content full-time. I have the algorithm kind of figured out, but I…

[ad_1] 2025-07-24T09:03:01Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. What puts off job seekers from applying for a certain role? A lot, it turns out. New Adobe Acrobat data points to unlimited PTO, mandatory cover letters, and words like “rockstar.” Business Insider wants to hear your biggest gripes with the job application process. Tell us below. If…

[ad_1] Microsoft is working on a major upgrade of its flagship software-development product Visual Studio, a sign the tech giant is responding to intense competition from new AI coding tools, according to an internal memo viewed by Business Insider.Microsoft has a free, open-source code editor called VS Code that rivals such as Amazon and Windsurf have used to build competing developer tools.Visual Studio, meanwhile, is a paid Integrated Development Environment, or IDE, that offers more features to help developers write, debug, edit, and deploy code — and manage entire projects. Jay Parikh is the relatively new executive who leads Microsoft’s…

[ad_1] Camila Hernandez has been working minimum-wage jobs since she was 16.She’s rung up McDonald’s orders and roasted coffee, but her least favorite job was working in warehouses preparing fresh food for delivery. No matter how many layers she wore, she was freezing in the refrigerated rooms of produce.”We were the youngest ones there,” Hernandez said of herself and her sister, who worked alongside her. They felt out of place surrounded by their colleagues, mostly older migrant workers.Today, Hernandez is 22 and has a bachelor’s degree. She works as a shift lead at a coffee shop in Sacramento, where she…

[ad_1] Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, is worried the kids won’t be alright.Altman was speaking to podcaster Theo Von in an interview that aired Wednesday when he was asked how parents could prepare their children for the AI age.Altman said what really worried him was the psychological impact addictive social media platforms could have on children.”I do have worries about kids in technology. I think this short video feed dopamine hit, it feels like it’s probably messing with kids’ brain development in a super deep way,” he said.Representatives for Altman did not respond to a request for comment from…

[ad_1] Cluely, the AI startup that promised to help people “cheat on everything,” is betting big on high compensation to recruit top-tier talent.Chungin “Roy” Lee, the CEO and cofounder of Cluely, wrote on LinkedIn this week that the San Francisco startup is offering engineers up to $1 million in base salary and $250,000 to $350,000 plus equity for designers.Entry-level engineers in San Francisco typically start at $75,000, with senior engineers earning up to $235,000, according to a startup compensation guide by Kruze Consulting. Designer salaries range from $80,000 to $150,000 for junior roles and $100,000 to $172,000 for senior positions.”A…