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[ad_1] Though I grew up in Scotland and now live in Ireland (both of which are gorgeous), I’m a sun seeker and not sure where I want to settle when I retire. The best way to find out, though, is to give different countries a try.So, in August 2023, I arranged my projects so I could spend a whole month scoping out a spot on my list of possible places to live: Malta.Though the country is undeniably lovely, I realized after visiting for a month that it isn’t actually my ideal forever home.Don’t get me wrong — Malta has a…

[ad_1] Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 4.5, its latest model, on Monday. The company positioned it as the world’s best AI coding system and a leap forward in applied artificial intelligence.The upgrade arrives just four months after its predecessor, Sonnet 4, underscoring the startup’s rapid product cadence in the generative AI arms race.Anthropic said Sonnet 4.5 delivers state-of-the-art results on SWE-Bench Verified, a standard for evaluating software engineering performance.The startup also pitched the new model’s ability to generate practical business outcomes through autonomous computer use, cybersecurity capabilities, and the creation of production-ready applications and context-aware AI agents.Anthropic’s revenue has surged this…

[ad_1] As human and AI-generated “slop” floods the internet, Perplexity says it’s fighting back by making Comet — its AI-native browser that normally costs $200 a month — free for anyone in the world, forever.”We want to build a better internet, and that needs to be accessible to everybody,” Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas told Business Insider at a launch event in San Francisco on Wednesday.The free version of Comet, which launches today, will come with rate limits, Srinivas made clear.Comet can summarize webpages, pull key details, and wade through links on a user’s behalf. It first debuted in July but…

[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Leigh Coney, a 34-year-old AI consultant based in France. It’s been edited for length and clarity.AI models can tend to be “yes-men.”They are sycophantic by design, meaning they agree with us, support our ideas, and want to help. Part of the reason I think so many AI projects fail is because the human factor is overlooked. The same biases that apply to us also apply to AI, so it’s important to factor in psychological principles when building experiments, agents, and automation.I decided to pivot from teaching psychology at a university…

[ad_1] Starbucks is undergoing surgery. It’s one CEO Brian Niccol has performed before.On Thursday, the company announced its second round of corporate layoffs this year and a swath of store closures across North America in service of Niccol’s “Back to Starbucks” initiative. The move takes a page from his previous turnaround playbook, which he enacted as CEO of Chipotle from 2018 to 2024.Chipotle’s turnaround was widely seen as a success. Under Niccol’s tenure, sales skyrocketed, and the company’s share price soared more than eightfold, trading at around $6 a share when he became CEO to around $56 each by the…

[ad_1] There’s no more hiding from AI if you’re a software engineer.Google Cloud released a report on Tuesday about AI-assisted software development. The study, from the tech giant’s DevOps Research and Assessment team, shows that AI adoption has surged to 90% among software professionals. That’s a 14% increase from last year.The findings are based on a survey of 5,000 global technology professionals and more than 100 hours of qualitative interviews. Developers and other professionals are spending a median of two hours daily using AI in their core workflows, according to the survey.Nathen Harvey, who leads the DevOps Research and Assessment…

[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jake Castillo, a 30-year-old cofounder at Cal AI, an AI-powered nutrition and food tracking app, based in California. Business Insider has verified the financial claims mentioned in this artical. This story has been edited for length and clarity. Right after my master’s, I worked in management consulting, and hated it. I immediately looked for something I’d hate a lot less that would pay a comparable salary.I joined an AI startup part-time after I saw its founder’s post on Twitter about scaling his business. At the startup, we got a high…

[ad_1] The CEO of Shopify likes to go fast.During an interview on Stripe’s “Cheeky Pint” podcast, published Monday, Tobi Lütke said he enjoys trying out the hobbies of people he admires. He said he started racing cars after visiting the track with friends, for example, and “immediately fell in love” with it.The German-born entrepreneur has competed in the Rolex 24, a sports car endurance race held at Daytona in January, among other competitions.Lütke said he was surprised that motor racing stuck with him because he didn’t have a driver’s license for a time, after moving from Germany to Canada. The…

[ad_1] My father-in-law, Frank Noble from Porepunkah, Australia, was 55 years old when he retired.Frank, now 87, said that given his time again, he would still choose to retire young.Over the past few decades, he’s found pleasure in gardening, golfing, and going to the gym. He’s told me he has no regrets about stopping work early. (In Australia, the average retirement age is closer to 65.)However, his early retirement, though successful, made me realize I don’t want to travel the same road. As I head toward my 50s, retiring early just doesn’t appeal to me or align with my goals…