A soldier with the 1st Special Forces Group adjusts a leg splint during medical training at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.Sgt. Jose Camacho/US ArmyArmy instructors are using AI to analyze student performance and optimize medic training.The goal is to make room for more battlefield skills without extending a nearly nine-month course.Lessons from Ukraine and drone warfare …
Chris Jung/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesThis post originally appeared in the Business Insider Today newsletter.You can sign up for Business Insider's daily newsletter here.OpenAI wants to help companies run AI agents across their systems. On a completely separate note, its models are so powerful that they broke containment.Those two sentences encapsulate the weird AI-driven environment we're …
Mario Tama/Getty ImagesTaco Bell is selling $1 Enchiritos after foot traffic dropped in the wake of the cyclosporiasis outbreak.Shredded lettuce served at Taco Bell was linked to cases of diarrhea in five Midwestern states.Lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms was traced back to people who fell ill after eating at Taco Bell.Get your one-dollar bills ready.Taco …
Google CEO Sundar Pichai.Bloomberg/Getty ImagesGoogle's parent, Alphabet, said it earned an additional $98 billion this quarter from its equity investments.The tech giant didn't disclose which investments, but it's most likely from SpaceX and Anthropic.Alphabet's stock is still down slightly as investors fret about its huge AI spend and AI struggles.Imagine making nearly $100 billion extra …
President Donald Trump with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as he speaks at a press conference during the G7 Leaders' Summit.Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesAlmost 200 companies are urging the Trump administration not to cut off access to Chinese open-weight AI models.The companies say cutting off access risks …
Computer science's two-decade boom may have reached a turning point in the age of AI.Bloomberg/Getty ImagesA Stanford economist says computer science enrollment fell for the first time in roughly two decades.Jacob Light's study links the slowdown to AI's rise, but stops short of saying ChatGPT caused it.National data also show computer science enrollment fell in …
Elite Ukrainian soldiers are walking more and spreading out to avoid drone attacks.Roman PILIPEY/AFP via Getty ImagesElite Ukrainian soldiers are walking farther and spreading out more as they enter the kill zone.A special operator said the measures were put in place following a surge in Russian drones.Soldiers also carry shotguns as a last-resort defense against …
Lettuce and bagged salad is thought to be a potential cause of the cyclosporiasis outbreak.Nico De Pasquale Photography/Getty ImagesMichigan has reported the most cases of cyclosporiasis during the ongoing outbreak. Cyclosporiasis is spread through contaminated food and water, and causes symptoms including diarrhea.We made two maps to show the states with the most reported cases, …
Former flight attendants say in-flight phone calls can be distracting to other passengers and crew.Cristóbal Alvarado Minic/Getty ImagesLawmakers introduced a bill to ban phone calls on flights.Former flight attendants say the rule would benefit crew and passengers.Phone calls on flights have been allowed by some airlines as in-flight WiFi becomes more common.Talking on the phone …
Jamie Dimon, who has run JPMorgan Chase since 2006, says the best leaders are "not embarrassed by not knowing."Bloomberg/Getty ImagesJamie Dimon warned on a podcast that insecurity, not arrogance, is a leader's biggest enemy.He says he leaves every board meeting so the board can meet without him.Humility is a characteristic he looks for when promoting …
