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This “as-told-to” essay is based on a conversation with Vivian Chu, 38, cofounder and Chief Innovation Officer of Diligent Robotics. Diligent builds robots that can automate tasks within a hospital. This essay has been edited for length and clarity.I wanted to start a company. That was a road that I actually thought more about than kids, actually.I ended up starting Diligent Robotics first, then doing the next step — starting a family.My wife and I have two little ones at home. Our oldest is two years and seven months, and our youngest just turned 10 months.My wife gave birth to…
Older people who earn less than $20,000 a year die nine years sooner on average than those who earn $120,000 or more.That’s the conclusion of a new analysis that shows a strong connection between longevity and later in life earnings.”These findings suggest that the more financial resources older adults have, the longer they live,” study authors wrote in the report by the National Council on Aging and the University of Massachusetts Boston’s LeadingAge Long-Term Services and Supports Center.The report looked at data from the national Health and Retirement Study to assess the financial stability of Americans over the age of…
Peyton Perry heard a rumor that delivery robots would be coming to campus when she was a student at Fairfield University.Soon after, she saw her first robot at a campus Starbucks. She ordered food delivered by the robots multiple times during her junior year before her initial excitement wore off. By her senior year, she said, the robots had become a regular part of campus life.”Every single day, I’d see multiple robots,” she told Business Insider. She said Starbucks and cafeteria workers were “constantly loading up the robots.”A few years ago, food delivery robots were infamous for being kicked and…
Sam Altman’s breakneck pace has some tech leaders awed and others uneasy.In the past few weeks alone, the OpenAI cofounder and CEO signed blockbuster computing deals with AMD and Nvidia, bringing his startup’s total dealmaking this year to about $1 trillion.The company launched Sora, an AI video app that gained more than 1 million users in its first five days, as well as Instant Checkout, a shopping feature for its ChatGPT chatbot. OpenAI also unveiled new AI-powered workplace tools that its employees are using internally, signaling a potential move into the enterprise software market.And that’s just a sampling of the…
Week 7 of college football features marquee matchups from coast to coast, with playoff hopes and conference races at stake. A number of matchups could bring more chaos to the AP Top 25 poll after two wild weekends.Alabama heads to Missouri in a ranked matchup headlining SEC play. The Crimson Tide hopes to keep momentum rolling against Missouri and the nation’s top rusher, Ahmad Hardy.In the Big Ten, Oregon hosts Indiana in an electric quarterback matchup featuring Dante Moore and Fernando Mendoza. Ohio State will face its biggest test in weeks at Illinois. Top games to watch— No. 1 Ohio…
NEW YORK (AP) — Former first lady Michelle Obama is putting new force behind efforts to ensure girls overcome educational barriers in some of the world’s most economically disadvantaged areas.The Obama Foundation’s Girls Opportunity Alliance pledged Saturday to rally $2.5 million for dozens of grassroots groups who advance adolescent girls’ education by covering school-related costs, challenging patriarchal practices such as child marriage, counseling survivors of sexual abuse and providing other forms of support.“These groups are changing the way girls see themselves in their own communities and in our world, helping create the leaders we need for the brighter future we…
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Walking along the broad pedestrian street that runs along the base of Athens’ famed Acropolis Hill, visitors can now enjoy something not seen in decades: an unobstructed, scaffolding-free view of the Parthenon temple.The scaffolding set up along the 5th century B.C. temple’s western façade for conservation work about 20 years ago has been removed, allowing an uncluttered view of the UNESCO World Heritage site.The western side of the Parthenon affords the best street-level view, so the removal from that side, which was completed in late September, has been the most noticeable for visitors. But Culture Minister…
Chris Lehane is one of the best in the business at making bad news disappear. Al Gore’s press secretary during the Clinton years, Airbnb’s chief crisis manager through every regulatory nightmare from here to Brussels – Lehane knows how to spin. Now he’s two years into what might be his most impossible gig yet: as OpenAI’s VP of global policy, his job is to convince the world that OpenAI genuinely gives a damn about democratizing artificial intelligence while the company increasingly behaves like, well, every other tech giant that’s ever claimed to be different. I had 20 minutes with him…
SEATTLE (AP) — Jorge Polanco hit a game-ending single in the 15th inning, and the Seattle Mariners advanced to the AL Championship Series by outlasting the Detroit Tigers for a 3-2 victory Friday night in the longest winner-take-all postseason game in baseball history.With one out and the bases loaded, Polanco drove in J.P. Crawford with a liner to right off Tommy Kahnle. Crawford hit a leadoff single, Randy Arozarena was hit by a pitch and Julio Rodríguez was intentionally walked before Polanco’s big swing on the 472nd pitch of an epic Game 5 in a tightly contested Division Series.The Mariners…
A’ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces are in rarified air.The franchise won its third WNBA championship in four seasons, completing a sweep of Phoenix in the best-of-seven Finals on Friday night. Only Houston has done better over a four-season span, winning the first four titles in WNBA history from 1997-2000.Wilson was a huge reason why the Aces were champions again after falling in the semifinals last season. She became the first player to win the regular-season MVP, Defensive Player of the Year and Finals MVP in the same season. The 29-year-old forward was the best player on the court…