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Smartphones can be distracting with their dizzying array of apps and constant stream of notifications. A new app called Poppy aims to organize the chaos by combining your calendar, email, messages and other sources into a single dashboard. The idea, per the company’s website, is that “Poppy pays attention so you don’t have to.” Users can connect various services to Poppy’s app, like their email, calendar, and, at a minimum, their location. Poppy then uses that data along with AI to guess what’s important to you right now based on what’s going on in your life. At a high level,…

For years, AI researchers have anticipated the moment when AI systems will be able to improve themselves better than humans could. With investors pouring money into a new generation of research-driven AI labs, there are more resources than ever available to pursue the goal. Now, one of those neolabs has taken a major step towards making it real. On Wednesday, Adaption introduced a new product called AutoScientist that helps models learn specific capabilities quickly by using an automated approach to conventional fine-tuning. The techniques are applicable to a wide range of fields, but the Adaptation team is particularly focused on…

Roblox just made a big hire it hopes can unlock its next stage of growth. Loading audio narration… The online entertainment and gaming platform exclusively told CMO Insider it had appointed John Ciancutti as its first-ever chief growth officer.Ciancutti is responsible for Roblox’s discovery team, which works on its TikTok-like algorithm that recommends games and experiences to users most likely to play them. Roblox is a virtual universe available on mobile devices, desktops, and video game consoles that allows users to play and design games and other online experiences.Ciancutti is also charged with leading the company’s international growth, including its…

Elon Musk and Jensen Huang headed to China on Air Force One. Loading audio narration… The Tesla and Nvidia CEOs are part of the delegation accompanying President Donald Trump to Beijing, which touched down around 8 p.m. local time on Wednesday.In a post on Truth Social, Trump named 10 other business leaders who were traveling with him, too. Although in an X post during the flight, Musk said he and Huang were the only ones on board the presidential airplane.Musk also said that he was using a Starlink internet connection, allowing him to post from over the Pacific Ocean.It comes…

Anthropic engineer Boris Cherny says his coding setup now involves “a few thousand” AI agents working for him overnight. Loading audio narration… Cherny, the creator of Claude Code, described his AI workflow during an interview with Sequoia Capital on May 4.His answers — including how he mostly runs the agents via his phone — highlighted how some Silicon Valley engineers are beginning to use AI systems less like chatbots and more like always-on autonomous assistants.”I have the Claude app, and if you open the Claude App, on the left-hand side, there’s this little code tab, and I just have a…

Yes, there are techies walking around with their laptops cracked open. And yes, there may also be a better way. Loading audio narration… Business Insider interviewed eight AI coders who keep their laptops ajar while on the move, even in public, so their agents can continue running.The reader response was loud.Some called it relatable; others warned against mixing code and life. Many, many commenters pointed out that there are plenty of ways to keep the laptop awake, even if the lid is firmly shut.”AI is killing us if we don’t know you can keep the laptop running while closed,” one…

Kevin O’Leary has said his Utah data center development will create 10,000 construction jobs and 2,000 permanent roles. Loading audio narration… There’s one problem: It probably won’t.The “Shark Tank” investor may have overstated the data center’s hiring potential during the construction phase, Business Insider learned in a conversation with O’Leary Ventures CEO Paul Palandjian.The accurate estimate is closer to 4,000 new construction jobs over 10 to 15 years — and that isn’t a guarantee.”Look, these numbers are fluid, and they change by the day,” Palandjian said, adding that the updated estimate is reflective of “our current thinking on the project.”…

Thinking Machines Lab has raised billions in capital while assembling one of AI’s most elite technical teams. Now it’s watching some of that talent walk out the door. Loading audio narration… As Big Tech rivals dangle eye-popping pay packages and early employees unlock their first slice of equity, the buzzy, 1-year-old startup has become ground zero for tech’s escalating talent wars.Nearly a third of its 42-person founding team — 13 people — have left since its launch, a Business Insider review of LinkedIn profiles and conversations with four sources found. Those departures include three of its six co-founders.Thinking Machines Lab’s…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia region has welcomed major championships to five of its golf clubs, most notably Merion and this week’s PGA Championship at Aronimink.Yet the area’s greatest contribution to the game may have come a few miles away in West Philadelphia, where a rebirth is taking place at Cobbs Creek Golf Club.While Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan and Gary Player were competing for titles and trophies at the venerable Main Line layouts, Cobbs Creek offered something more tangible: inclusion and opportunity.Opened in 1916, Cobbs Creek welcomed golfers of all backgrounds. Women could play at Cobbs Creek before they were…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Princess Catherine is set to make her first overseas trip since announcing her cancer was in remission, traveling to Italy for a two-day tour starting Wednesday focused on early childhood education that will undoubtedly receive widespread media attention.The princess, commonly known as Kate, will travel to Reggio Emilia in northern Italy to learn about its child-centered approach to early education, which has become a focal point for educators around the world. The trip is part of what her office called an international “fact-finding mission” to explore different approaches to supporting young children and their carers.The choice…