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Costco CEO Ron Vachris: ‘I don’t see AI making choices’ for the retailer

The chief executive staunchly believes that human employees are Costco’s biggest competitive edge. He’s using AI to elevate them, not eliminate them.

28.05.2026 3

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Nearly half of CEOs plan upskilling, reskilling initiatives for workers to keep up with AI

A new EY-Parthenon survey shows how leaders are thinking about the future of employees, new hires, and their companies at large.

28.05.2026 2

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Why the CEO of Box says CEOs are more prone to AI psychosis

Leaders who only see ‘the happy path results’ of AI are ‘uniquely prone to AI psychosis,’ Aaron Levie wrote in a post on X.

27.05.2026 8

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang calls AI a ‘lazy’ excuse for layoffs

In an interview with Channel News Asia, Huang gave his advice to people who are worried about losing their jobs to artificial intelligence.

26.05.2026 2

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Being a CEO “is not that complicated,” says Google CEO Sundar Pichai

In a recent interview with The Verge, Pichai said that AI is “very, very helpful in terms of decision-making” for CEOs—and only getting better.

26.05.2026 4

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Stephen Colbert’s decade-old lesson on navigating uncertainty is more relevant than ever

As the late-night host signs off from CBS, his 2015 Wake Forest University commencement speech feels especially timely for the class of 2026.

22.05.2026 3

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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says he’ll hire fewer bankers, more ‘AI people’

The billionaire banker told Bloomberg that AI will reduce certain roles at JPMorgan, which already has a $20 billion technology fund.

21.05.2026 5

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This sentence about AI got Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak applause—not boos—for his commencement speech

New grads keep booing speakers for their comments on AI. But Wozniak told them something they actually wanted to hear.

20.05.2026 6

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Bolt CEO says firing his HR team made the company’s problems disappear

“We had an HR team, and that HR team was creating problems that didn’t exist,” Ryan Breslow said at Fortune’s Workforce Innovation Summit....

20.05.2026 5

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Delta CEO used AI to write his commencement speech, then trashed it

‘Taking a shortcut or pushing the easy button can sometimes be quite tempting,’ Ed Bastian said. ‘But they never yield an enduring result …’

16.05.2026 10

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Dropbox chief people officer: The hybrid work model is ‘the worst of all worlds’

While other companies roll out RTO mandates, Dropbox is embracing a ‘virtual-first’ model for its workforce.

16.05.2026 20

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Martha Stewart’s new AI startup: A good thing?

Her new home management AI platform received $10 million in funding and will launch this summer.

14.05.2026 9

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Google, Box CEOs say this is the ‘most in-demand’ job in tech

Google is planning to fill hundreds of these positions, while Anthropic and OpenAI are also expanding their use of the role.

13.05.2026 5

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How new BuzzFeed CEO Byron Allen turned the ‘worst thing that ever happened’ into success

In an interview with radio host Charlamagne tha God, the comedian-turned-business leader revealed what he considers his ‘greatest currency.’

13.05.2026 20

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to new grads: ‘Run, don’t walk’ toward AI

During a commencement speech at Carnegie Mellon University, Huang said that now is the best time to start a career.

12.05.2026 9

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Poppi cofounder Allison Ellsworth says you have to sacrifice work-life balance to succeed

The cofounder and her husband sold Poppi to Pepsi for $2 billion last year—now they’re navigating life as centimillionaires.

12.05.2026 10

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Naomi Osaka says this is the one myth about success she used to believe

‘People ask what I did to get here,’ the tennis star wrote in a piece for Fortune. ‘But the truest answer might be this.’

11.05.2026 10

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Chili’s CEO: The ‘secret sauce’ to the chain’s huge comeback was this

The casual dining eatery’s CEO, Kevin Hochman, attributed Chili’s consecutive growth to two things in a recent Business Insider interview.

08.05.2026 10

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‘I’m selling stuff on eBay to pay for eBay,’ GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen posts following combative interview

After offering to buy eBay, the billionaire CEO avoided questions on CNBC this week about how the company would fill its $16 billion gap in funding.

07.05.2026 5

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Salesforce says it will hire 1,000 ‘AI-native’ new grads

Amid a brutal entry-level job market, the company is fast-tracking young talent familiar with AI into new roles.

06.05.2026 7

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80% of CEOs worry their job is at risk if AI fails this year, survey shows

A new survey of 900 CEOs reveal that they’re feeling the pressure from their boards to prove AI ROI, and that they worry about over-investing in the...

06.05.2026 6

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Read the email Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong sent when he laid off 14% of his staff

He said the company will reduce management layers and downsize teams to just one person in its push for an ‘AI-native’ workforce.

05.05.2026 10

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Hugh Jackman tells new grads the most “painful lesson” he learned

During his Ball State University commencement speech, the X-Men actor shared his windy path to becoming an actor and the roles he regrets taking.

04.05.2026 10

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Mark Cuban shares the ‘crucial’ career advice he gave his daughter

The entrepreneur and investor believes that whoever best learns how to use automation tools will succeed in the AI era.

04.05.2026 9

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Mark Zuckerberg says AI spending and war drove Meta layoffs

In an internal meeting with employees, the CEO said May layoffs are due to slower sales during the U.S. war in Iran and stepped-up AI infrastructure...

01.05.2026 10

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Good American CEO Emma Grede says working from home is “career suicide”

The Skims founding partner says being in the office is better for your career and mental health.

30.04.2026 9

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the ‘most noble’ career is this

Huang said this profession is responsible for creating the ‘foundation of what builds society today.’

29.04.2026 10

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2 years ago, incoming Apple CEO John Ternus gave a commencement speech at his alma mater. His advice is still relevant today.

‘Always assume you’re as smart as anyone else in the room, but never assume that you know as much as they do,’ he told grads.

29.04.2026 10

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‘Dead and depressing’: Meta staff vent about AI and layoffs on Blind

Negative posts about AI at Meta have more than quadrupled on the anonymous workplace platform since 2024.

29.04.2026 10

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Somehow, new college grads are optimistic amid a brutal job market, report shows

The survey finds that recent graduates are working harder, applying more, and settling for less—all while colleges leave them unprepared for how AI...

28.04.2026 8

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Barbara Corcoran shares the number one reason she fires people

The Shark Tank star said she learned a “very valuable lesson” she learned after firing her first salesperson.

24.04.2026 10

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai says 75% of the company’s code is AI-generated

As the company goes all in on AI agents, Google engineers are no longer constrained by time or human energy, Google Cloud’s senior director told...

23.04.2026 10

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Meta will lay off 10% of workforce, company told staff today

As Meta spends heavy on AI initiatives and pushes for efficiency, 8,000 employees will be cut and 6,000 open roles shut.

23.04.2026 10

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Deloitte and Zoom cut back on parental leave and other benefits

The cuts could act as a precedent for other employers to reduce paid time off, parental leave, and pensions, according to Business Insider.

21.04.2026 9

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Tim Cook reveals the first thing he did as CEO every day. It’s a leadership habit everyone should steal

The Apple CEO’s morning ritual has nothing to do with products or investors.

21.04.2026 10

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang: ‘Most people will lose their job to somebody who uses AI’—not to AI itself

The billionaire founder said it is ‘unlikely’ that most people will lose their job to AI—and that AI agents will micromanage you, not steal your job.

20.04.2026 30

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‘No idea what tomorrow will look like’: In TikTok’s ‘unemployment diaries,’ workers document life after layoffs

Welcome to unemployment TikTok—where young, recently laid-off professionals post about life after losing their 9-to-5s.

20.04.2026 10

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Shuttered startups are selling old Slack chats and emails to AI companies

Defunct companies are striking gold by selling their digital footprints to AI labs as training data, Forbes reports.

17.04.2026 10

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Nearly two-thirds of parents support their Gen Z kids financially, survey finds

Rising costs and shaky job prospects are keeping young adults financially dependent.

16.04.2026 10

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Duolingo was evaluating its workers’ AI use. Workers pushed back.

CEO Luis von Ahn said the company ‘backtracked’ from performance reviews that evaluated employees’ use of the technology.

15.04.2026 20

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Jack Dorsey wants to have 6,000 direct reports

The Block CEO and former Twitter cofounder is hoping AI can replace middle management roles this year after laying off nearly half the payment...

14.04.2026 20

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Nearly a third of workers admit to sabotaging their company’s AI strategy

Some employees who are fed up with AI are refusing to use the tech, while others are feeding sensitive company information to unapproved AI tools.

14.04.2026 10

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Meta is reportedly building a Mark Zuckerberg AI clone

The ‘photorealistic’ AI version of its CEO will directly interact with employees.

14.04.2026 10

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Job listings for this tech job are spiking amid AI layoff fears

A new report shows that tech companies are looking to hire more in this role, with listings climbing 30% this year.

07.04.2026 10

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Gen Z wants their job to cover GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, survey suggests

Nearly half of Gen Z says company coverage of weight-loss drugs would determine which jobs they take. And they’re not the only ones.

06.04.2026 10

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