Welcome to Eye on AI. Beatrice Nolan here. In today’s issue: AI testing is getting complicated. Anthropic strengthens founder control. OpenAI targets a 2027 listing. Spirit flight attendants fight Google data bid. And Anthropic lines up more credit. The past few months have given us a glimpse of an uncomfortable new reality for AI labs.
Former Sequoia investor Jeff Wang is close to launching one of the biggest hedge funds this year. Wang’s Augnition Global Investors is set to start trading in October with more than $2 billion in assets, two people close to the manager told Business Insider. The launch was the talk of Morgan Stanley’s popular Breakers conference
After a series of delays, Grand Theft Auto VI is expected to release later this year and be one of the biggest launches in video game history. And the hype is already spilling into the real world: One U.S. Army unit in Fort Stewart, Georgia is offering active-duty soldiers a four-day pass to play the
On our two-week vacation to Portugal, my husband and I planned a fairy-tale day trip to the town of Sintra, less than an hour northwest of Lisbon. Known as the first center of European Romantic architecture, Sintra is home to a stunning palace, the remnants of an ancient castle wall, and a sprawling estate designed
The net worths of CEOs and founders are largely at the whim of their company stock—all it takes is one breakout earnings report or blockbuster news to shake up their fortunes. Now, Moderna cofounder Robert Langer has re-entered the billionaires club following promising cancer vaccine trials that sent the company’s stock soaring. Langer, known as
Walmart, America’s largest retailer and one of its most critical economic bellwethers, just sent a worrying message. The firm beat second-quarter earnings estimates and lifted its full-year guidance, but unveiled several worrying figures that suggest US consumers aren’t doing so hot. Shares of the 64-year-old retail giant tumbled as much as 9% to a 2026
