Coworkers often engage in small talk, which is usually a well-meaning attempt at forming connections. However, some subjects or remarks can be misunderstood or come across as inappropriate in a professional setting, potentially straining relationships between coworkers. That’s why Business Insider asked four etiquette experts about the topics people should avoid discussing at work. Here’s
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Meghan Cliffel was eight months postpartum from the birth of her second daughter when she began hallucinating. It was a Friday in 2015 and she had just finished her workday in New York City. She became convinced that people were following her, she thought she was being recruited for a cult, and she thought the
Topline Former President Donald Trump’s attorney Alina Habba argued in a court filing Monday that the judge overseeing writer E. Jean Carroll’s defamation trial against Trump had a conflict that resulted in Carroll receiving “preferential treatment” —but legal experts say she’s unlikely to succeed, and Carroll’s attorney has denied the “baseless allegations.” Former U.S. President
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White House science adviser Michael Kratsios said Moonshot, the Chinese company behind the Kimi K3, the largest open-weight LLM available, built its model by copying Anthropic’s Fable LLM while using chips that are not authorized for export to China. “Large-scale covert industrial distillation aimed at stealing patented American technology and undermining American research is unacceptable,”
