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The big strategy themes behind Microsoft’s executive overhaul

Microsoft CEO Satya NadellaGeorge Chan/Getty ImagesThis post originally appeared in the Business Insider Today newsletter.You can sign up for Business Insider's daily newsletter here.Microsoft is hitting Ctrl+Alt+Delete on its leadership structure.As Big Tech's elder statesman reinvents itself for AI, it's forcing a rethink of how its most powerful executives are organized. BI's Ashley Stewart has …

US Marines are exploring using helicopters as ‘airborne motherships’ and flying command posts for FPV drones

Launching the drones from helicopters extends their reach and allows the aircraft to operate at further distances.US Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Symira BosticUS Marines tested deploying and controlling FPV drones from helicopters.They also passed control of a drone launched by ground forces to a helicopter miles away.These practices could deliver advantages in combat for …

Microsoft veteran executive Yusuf Mehdi is leaving after the next fiscal year, an internal memo shows

Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft executive vice president and consumer chief marketing officer.JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty ImagesMicrosoft executive Yusuf Mehdi is transitioning to a new role and eventually leaving the company.That's according to an internal memo viewed by Business Insider that Mehdi sent Thursday afternoon.Mehdi wrote that he will "help reimagine Windows for the agentic era" through …

JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon says bank chief’s viral AI comment was ‘inartful’

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon spoke about AI-driven job losses.Bloomberg/Getty ImagesJamie Dimon addressed controversial comments from Standard Chartered's CEO in a new interview.The JPMorgan CEO said "lower-value human capital" was an "inartful" description of employees.Dimon said he hopes to offer reskilling, relocating, or even early retirement to displaced workers.Jamie Dimon has weighed in after a fellow …

SpaceX warns investors that Grok’s NSFW AI is risky business

Elon Musk faced backlash after his NSFW AI, Grok, generated sexualized AI images of women, including minors. SpaceX listed those possible generation of such images as a risk factor in its S-1.Bloomberg/Getty ImagesSpaceX warned investors about the risk that Grok could generate "potential nonconsensual or exploitative imagery."The company's S-1 paperwork cited investigations into Grok "content …

TikTok’s middle class is gaining power

Micro creators on TikTok are having a moment.Ulet Ifansasti/Getty ImagesA version of this post appears in the CMO Insider newsletter.You can sign up for Business Insider's weekly marketing newsletter here.The TikTok middle class is thriving.The average rates that TikTok "micro" creators — those with follower counts between 5,000 and 50,000 — charged brands for partnership …

Microbiome startup Seed Health hired its first CMO to scale from cult favorite to household name

Anisha Raghavan is Seed Health's new CMO.Seed HealthSeed Health hired Anisha Raghavan as its first chief marketing officer.The microbiome science company sells pre- and probiotics and has a slew of celebrity backers.Raghavan is tasked with growing the company's brand awareness and expanding its product mix.Buzzy microbiome startup Seed Health is paving the way for its …

Don’t drive your Cybertruck into a lake

Cybertruck in Grapevine LakeGrapevine Police DepartmentA man in Texas was arrested after police said he drove his Cybertruck into a lake.Police said the man told them he did it to test out the Cybertruck's "Wade Mode" feature.Tesla says the driving mode works for water up to 32 inches deep; the lake's maximum depth is around …