AI has become good at producing polished writing, answering questions, and generating ideas in seconds. But John Nosta, an innovation theorist and founder of the Nostalab think tank, worries that technology could gradually displace the original, uncommon thinking that has historically driven humanity’s greatest advances. Nosta compares human thought to a bell curve. Most people
AI is escaping the tech industry. The latest evidence suggests that the technology is no longer limited to software engineers and data scientists; It is spreading to the broader economy, including in Europe. New data from Indeed shows that employers are increasingly adding AI directly to jobs for non-tech roles in sales, human resources, legal
Perplexity could be the latest entrant in the hot AI coding wars. The San Francisco-based AI search startup has created an internal AI coding tool that it may release publicly later, a person familiar with the matter said. For now, Perplexity has dubbed the tool “Teammate” and its engineers have been using it since May,
Native AI graduates can have a key advantage in the workplace, says startup founder. Clay Bavor, co-founder of Sierra in 2023, said some of the company’s most effective employees are in their early 20s because they are more comfortable using AI than many experienced workers. “I can’t remember a time where a young person with
If you’re just starting your career, your boss may expect to see you in the office more often than your colleagues. British financial technology company Revolut recently said that starting in 2027, interns and participants in a recent graduate program will be expected to work in the office at least three days a week. The
When Robin Olsen started applying for communications jobs three months ago, she noticed a change: The job descriptions had gotten longer. One combined communications and marketing, normally two separate functions, into one. Others seemed to have “crazy wish lists,” Olsen says. One was so overwhelmingly long that it made Olsen close it from her browser.