Thinking about a career pivot? A Google engineer shares what he learned from taking a leap of faith.

Former Wallaby hooker Charles confirms MND diagnosis. Former Australia rugby international Nathan Charles, who overcame cystic fibrosis to forge a professional career in a contact sport, has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND).

Emotional Nishikori finishes career in style with 23-shot rally against Tiafoe. Kei Nishikori bowed out in style, with the last point of his incredible career being a 23-shot rally against Frances Tiafoe.

AI researcher says an ‘intelligence explosion’ could lead to ‘Mythos-level’ moments every month. Alan Chan cowrote a paper alongside some of the AI industry's biggest names that urges policymakers to a grip on how AI could build itself.

It’s time to retire the ‘stochastic parrot’ definition of AI. Early generative AI models, circa 2017-2022, were “stochastic parrots.” That is, they generated language by choosing the statistically most likely next word based on patterns in their training data, rather than truly understanding what they were saying. Beginning in 2023, artificial intelligence labs began releasing large language models (LLMs) that had evolved beyond autoregressive next-token prediction, as researchers call it. For many people, the stochastic parrot definition stuck. And lately, the “they’re just stochastic parrots” argument has been used as a way of downplaying the potential risks of huge language.

A serial entrepreneur raised $17 million to build a Big Law alternative. Read the pitch deck. Arceus combines a law firm with software. The bet is that in-house legal teams don't want another tool to manage; they want the work done faster.

What therapists say about this new antidote for doomscrolling—and no, it’s not bricking your phone. With seemingly endless studies showing doomscrolling is bad for mental health , more people are rethinking their relationship with social media and digital content. Enter “bloomscrolling,” the latest trend on social media, which encourages people to intentionally and actively seek out uplifting and inspiring content online. According to experts, it reflects a broader shift away from passively consuming negative news content. Sreela Roy-Greene, a licensed therapist at online therapy platform BetterHelp, says the bloomscrolling trend isn’t about ignoring difficult realities or forcing yourself to feel.