Meghan McCarty Carino

There’s been a decades-long push to grow the workforce but many early career job seekers are hitting a firewall.

“Flatness” refers to the elimination of layers of middle management, as AI agents take over some coordinating functions.

Massive tech companies like SpaceX and OpenAI look to be finally going public. They’re expected to find a lot of pent-up demand from investors.

Three companies with trillion-dollar-plus valuations are expected to go public in quick succession. New rules mean major stock indexes are fast-tracking their inclusion, triggering mandatory buying from the index funds that dominate American retirement accounts.

The streaming service has long invested in podcasts and audiobooks, and this will allow it to provide even more spoken word content.

Spending on AI infrastructure is consuming almost all of the revenue Big Tech firms are bringing in.

Intel posted a 25% jump in sales in its latest earnings report. The federal government’s roughly 10% stake in the chipmaker is now worth around $40 billion.

As AI systems get integrated across the economy, they’re creating new liabilities for businesses, and pushing new insurance offerings to cover them.

AI summaries are keeping more users on Google, leaving many publishers and businesses searching for new ways to reach customers.

As AI brings challenges to higher education, USC is embracing the tech with a new school dedicated to researching innovations and applying AI across disciplines.