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I still remember the thrill I felt in 2013 when I got the chance to interview IBM’s Watson team. Two years earlier, it had competed on the popular game show Jeopardy! and beaten human champions Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings. After that interview, I wrote an article for Forbes arguing that Watson would inaugurate a new era of cognitive collaboration. As I look back now, more than a decade later, the article holds up remarkably well. I compared learning to collaborate with AI to pilots learning to “fly by wire,” using automated rather than manual controls. We still have pilots, of course, but they don’t actually fly planes anymore. They manage the systems that fly the p…

As a graduate of Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School I believed full-time roles were the only way to succeed, until an unexpected Bollywood acting opportunity opened my eyes to freelance-forward careers. Since then, I have toggled between holding full-time executive roles and fractional ones. If you’re not familiar with the phrase, you can think of fractional work as the executive version of freelancing. Fractional leaders work in a C-suite or other senior role part-time, usually for multiple companies simultaneously. Landing a fractional role I landed my first fractional General Counsel role when I attended an industry conference in the hopes of finding …

AI-generated content is making it harder to trust what we see and hear. But at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival, a new installation is using the same tech to place people inside history’s most defining moments. “The Great Dictator,” which premiered this week in Austin, flips the script on what deepfakes have come to represent. Instead of using generative AI to create misinformation, it uses AI video and voice tools to blend participants into archival footage to experience history through their own voice and likeness. It’s the latest project from filmmaker and artist Gabo Arora, who wanted to show how emerging tech can be used for something other than profit…

About three years ago, David Lafitte surveyed the website, social media, and marketing content from Tecovas, the Western apparel brand he leads, and realized that the messaging had become “very diluted.” So the Austin-based company decided to establish a company-wide OKR—the goal-setting framework it uses, short for “objectives and key results,”—that focused on storytelling. Tecovas brought on more creative types who experimented with different messaging, including long-form commercials, and things started to click, Lafitte said during a discussion at the Fast Company Grill at SXSW. “I think everyone embraced this storytelling concept because we have to talk …

Earlier this month, photos depicting Zendaya and Tom Holland’s wedding just about broke the internet. Images of the celebrity power couple standing at the altar, popping champagne, and posing with a Spider-Man mask quickly racked up more than 10 million likes on Instagram. The only catch? They weren’t real. The collection of AI-generated images, first shared in a since-deleted Instagram post from AI creator Juan Regueira Rodríguez, went so viral that they reached Zendaya herself, as the Emmy-winning actress revealed in a new interview. On the latest episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Zendaya discussed her upcoming film The Drama, which centers on her character’s…

Walking down the street to scavenge for creatures like Snorlax and Squirtle was a regular 2016 activity, as the world was introduced to augmented reality (AR) games thanks to Pokémon Go. But now, 10 years later, images captured by players looking to “catch them all” are helping Niantic Spatial—a spinout of Niantic, the San Francisco–based company behind the game—teach robots to navigate the world more effectively by building a highly accurate Visual Positioning System. “It turns out that getting Pikachu to realistically run around and getting Coco’s robot to safely and accurately move through the world is actually the same problem,” John Hanke, CEO of Niantic Spat…

Project management software giant Asana is rolling out what it calls “AI teammates”—bots that can participate in handling and discussing work via Asana’s platform in similar ways to actual humans. Unlike some AI assistant and copilot products that take direction only from one human user, Asana’s AI teammates are designed to work with multiple humans, similar to how an actual new hire might receive assignments, feedback, and comments from a range of coworkers. The aim is to offer a set of AI tools that integrate not only with software companies already use, but with the Asana-based workflows they rely on to divvy up and discuss work. So while the bots won’t necessaril…

When Andrey Khusid cofounded Miro in 2011, the idea was simple: bring a whiteboard into the browser, and let people collaborate visually, not just with text. Now that digital canvas is evolving into what the CEO calls an “AI Innovation Workspace.” More than 100 million people use Miro these days, so the company’s ventures into AI are quickly reaching more than 250,000 organizations, including GitHub, Prudential, and Cisco. To serve those Fortune 500 companies, Miro now offers a platform for collaborative AI workflows with Sidekicks that work alongside teams on the canvas, and tools for turning rough sketches into clickable prototypes. The company, which sported a $17…

The doughnut chain that hardly needs an excuse to give away free doughnuts is, you guessed it, giving away more free doughnuts today. In honor of St. Patrick’s Day 2026, America’s favorite doughnut chain, Krispy Kreme, is giving away green doughnuts to those wearing the right colors. Here’s what you need to know. Get green for green Krispy Kreme usually has fun holiday-themed doughnuts for holidays throughout the year, and today, Tuesday, March 17—aka St. Patrick’s Day—is no different. The doughnut chain has been selling a selection of assorted St. Patrick’s Day-themed treats for the past week. But today, customers can get a Patty’s Day-themed doughnut at …

In recent years, news around women at work has been bleak—especially for Black women. Unemployment for Black women rose significantly in 2025, moving from 5.4% to a rate of 7.3% by December, as federal job cuts disproportionately hit them. And, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, over 300,000 Black women either left the workforce or were laid off in a period of just three months last year. However, there is a silver lining: Black women are becoming the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs in the United States. According to recent data from Wells Fargo, between 2024 and 2025, Black women-owned employer businesses grew by 13% and their revenue was up alm…

Web browsers love the theme of navigation. Safari is clearly a compass. Chrome appears to be an all-seeing cyborg eye. But Firefox? It’s comparatively unhinged: a wild animal made of flame. It’s like a beast out of Pokémon, Digimon, or Chinese mythology. And now, for the first time, the fox is breaking out of the Firefox logo to become a full-blown corporate mascot ready to protect its customers. In an era when AI companions are quickly becoming commonplace, the fox named Kit is a keen-nosed scout, helping you navigate a world filled with unprecedented surveillance. “Kit is really like your companion for this internet era,” says Amy Bebbington, global head of brand at …

We’ve all been there: You need something at this exact moment—maybe toilet paper, staples, or ibuprofen—but you also can’t be bothered to run out to the local store for it. Enter Amazon’s newest solution: 1-hour and 3-hour delivery. It sounds good until you see the final bill. Here’s what you need to know. Amazon announces new 1-hour and 3-hour deliveries Today, Amazon announced that it will offer new 1-hour and 3-hour delivery options for 90,000 products, including everyday essentials such as health and beauty items, cleaning products, over-the-counter medications, and more. The new super-quick delivery windows won’t be available to every Amazon custom…

Attention Costco members: If you recently stocked up at Costco, you’re going to want to check your fridge. The warehouse club retailer is recalling select packages of its popular Meatloaf with Mashed Yukon Potatoes and Glaze meal kit. According to a note to members, the recall was announced after food supplier Griffith Foods Inc. recalled an ingredient that may be contaminated with Salmonella. No illnesses have been reported. Here’s what you need to know. What products are included in the recall? Costco has recalled its heat-and-serve Meatloaf with Mashed Yukon Potatoes and Glaze meal kit. The meal kit contains meatloaf, Yukon mashed potatoes, and glaze …

Elon Musk and Tesla want to call their autonomous robotaxi service Cybercabs, a name that would seem to fit snugly with the company’s line of “Cyber” products. But an obscure French beverage wholesaler, run by someone who appears to be a devoted Musk fan, could ruin those plans. UniBev, based in Ajaccio, France, beat Tesla to filing for the trademark for Cybercab. Last week, Musk’s company struck back, filing a 167-page complaint with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that called UniBev “a bad faith trademark squatter, who started as a Tesla fan.” UniBev has until April 19 to respond to the complaint. Should the issue go to trial, a decision could be delayed un…

A year ago, Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans were rejoicing. The beloved ‘90s series was finally getting a follow-up, thanks to the announcement of a sequel series coming to Hulu. But that excitement has turned to outrage as of March 14, when star Sarah Michelle Gellar announced on social media that Buffy wasn’t coming back from the dead after all. The reboot series, titled Buffy: New Sunnydale, would see Gellar reprise her role as the titular teenage vampire hunter, now all grown up and mentoring a new slayer, played by Ryan Kiera Armstrong. Oscar winner Chloé Zhao was set to direct and executive produce after pitching the project to Gellar four years ago. The team had …

Students using AI to cheat on homework or tests is a source of much discussion. But some scholars argue the greater risk of students using AI is that they will simply not learn. Approximately 90% of 1,100 U.S. students surveyed at two-year and four-year colleges in 2025 reported using generative AI for everything from drafting assignments to clarifying complex concepts. But when students use AI as a tutor or study partner, not as an immediate answer generator, does it make it easier or harder for them to learn? We are economists who tried to answer this question by designing an AI tool using ChatGPT’s custom GPT feature, with the web access of the chatbot disa…

America’s leading public storage provider, Public Storage (NYSE: PSA), has announced plans to acquire one of its main competitors, National Storage Affiliates Trust (NYSE: NSA), further solidifying its position as the dominant storage provider in the country. Here’s what you need to know about the proposed merger, and how the news is affecting the companies’ stock prices. What’s happened? Yesterday, Public Storage announced plans to acquire one of its main competitors, National Storage Affiliates. As of December 31, Public Storage operated 3,533 self-storage facilities across 40 states. As of the same date, National Storage Affiliates Trust operated 1,063 …

Human beings are complicated creatures, but we are also relentless forecasters. We spend much of our lives trying to infer the future from the past. Investors scrutinize market data to anticipate tomorrow’s returns. Meteorologists analyze yesterday’s weather to predict next week’s storms. And most of us, at some point, wonder where our own lives are headed. There is a reason for this impulse. A future that is completely predetermined would make life dull. But a future that is entirely random would make life impossible. After all, randomness means that past events provide no information whatsoever about what will happen next. If that were truly the case, planning would be…