Memory chip stocks surged on Monday as an AI-driven shortage continues to reshape the semiconductor industry, with analysts predicting the supply crunch will extend well into 2027. Sandisk led the rally with a 16% gain, followed by Western Digital (+10%), Micron (+6%), and Seagate Technology (+6%), as investors bet on what William Blair analysts are calling a “supercycle in full force.”

According to tech intelligence firm IDC, the industry is experiencing an “unprecedented …

Sam Wright, a 31-year-old head of growth at Huntr, an AI-powered résumé builder and job search tracker based in Seattle, has conducted over 500 free one-on-one job search support sessions since July 2024. Wright works primarily with tech professionals—including software developers, engineers, UI/UX designers, and product managers—many of whom are coming from layoffs at major companies like Amazon and Google.

Huntr leverages AI technology to help job seekers optimize their résumés and track …

Artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping the workforce landscape, with major technology companies including Amazon implementing significant layoffs as they pivot toward AI-driven operations and automation. According to reports, the integration of AI technologies is accelerating workforce restructuring across the tech sector, marking a pivotal moment in how companies balance human labor with automated systems.

Amazon, one of the world’s largest employers, is among the firms making …

MassPay, a Las Vegas-based payments company, has successfully overcome employee resistance to AI adoption through an innovative profit-sharing program that rewards workers for efficiency gains achieved through artificial intelligence. CEO Ran Grushkowsky, who co-founded the company in 2019 and assumed the CEO role in December, revealed that the initiative has transformed both productivity and employee attitudes toward AI technology.

The program, announced a year ago, addresses a common workplace …

Peter Steinberger, the developer behind the viral AI agent Clawdbot (now known as OpenClaw), has revealed he had to step back from development after becoming dangerously obsessed with vibe coding. In a candid interview on the “Behind the Craft” podcast published Sunday, Steinberger described how the practice pulled him into a “rabbit hole” that affected his personal life and mental health.

The developer recounted finding himself vibe coding on his phone during dinner with …

Moltbook, a Reddit-style social network exclusively for AI agents, has emerged as a fascinating experiment in artificial intelligence interaction, attracting attention from tech luminaries like Elon Musk and Andrej Karpathy. With over 120,000 posts, the platform prohibits human participation—users can only observe as AI agents communicate, debate, and create content among themselves.

Created by Matt Schlicht, Moltbook aims to make AI “funny” and explore how autonomous agents interact …

Top consulting firms are revolutionizing their legendary interview processes by integrating AI technology, marking a significant shift in how they evaluate candidates. McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and other elite firms are now incorporating AI chatbots directly into their case interviews, fundamentally changing the decades-old recruitment playbook.

McKinsey has begun piloting Lilli, its proprietary internal chatbot, during candidate interviews. Lilli synthesizes the …

Moltbook, a groundbreaking social network exclusively for AI agents, has emerged as a fascinating experiment in artificial intelligence autonomy and behavior. Launched last week by Matt Schlicht, founder of Octane AI, the platform allows AI agents—created by humans with distinct personalities and instructions—to independently create posts, vote, comment, and interact with each other.

The platform has experienced explosive growth, with over 1.5 million AI agents and 85,000 comments as of February …

LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman has made a bold proclamation about the transformative power of artificial intelligence in the workplace: teams of just 15 people equipped with AI tools can now compete with organizations of 150 people operating without AI assistance. This statement, shared in a recent LinkedIn post and on his “Possible” podcast episode that aired Wednesday, underscores a fundamental shift in how businesses can operate in the AI era.

Hoffman argues that AI fundamentally …

Elon Musk has officially merged his aerospace and artificial intelligence empires, announcing that SpaceX has acquired xAI in a groundbreaking deal that aims to create what Musk calls “the most ambitious, vertically-integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth.” The acquisition, confirmed through a memo to employees on February 2, 2026, represents a major consolidation of Musk’s business empire and signals an ambitious pivot toward space-based AI infrastructure.

xAI, founded …

Four Malaysian developers demonstrated the power of AI-assisted coding at Google’s Gemini 3 Hackathon in Singapore, building a fully functional feng shui app in just seven hours using primarily AI-generated code. The team—comprising accountant Chan Wei Khjan, AI lecturer Chan Ler-Kuan, IT professional Loh Wah Kiang, and CTO Lee How Sien (Benny)—embarked on what’s known as “vibe coding,” where developers rely heavily on AI models to generate and debug code.

The hackathon, …

Amazon’s massive layoff wave has eliminated 16,000 corporate positions, adding to the 14,000 cuts announced in October 2023, creating a total of 30,000 job losses at the tech giant. This comes amid a broader tech industry contraction where artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping workforce requirements.

The layoffs extend beyond Amazon. UPS is eliminating 30,000 roles (on top of 48,000 previous cuts), Home Depot is cutting 800 corporate employees, and Pinterest announced a 15% …

Elon Musk’s corporate ecosystem is becoming increasingly interconnected, with artificial intelligence at the center of a new $2 billion investment deal. Tesla announced it will invest $2 billion in xAI, Musk’s AI startup, alongside a “framework agreement” to explore deeper collaboration opportunities between the companies.

The investment represents one of the clearest examples of capital flowing from Musk’s public company into his privately held AI firm. Tesla has …

While autonomous vehicles like Waymo and Zoox represent cutting-edge AI technology, thousands of human workers worldwide remain essential to their operation. These data labelers, annotators, and validators spend their days analyzing driving data collected by sensor-equipped vehicles, helping AI systems understand and navigate the real world.

Rowan Stone, CEO of Sapien, a data foundry serving clients like Zoox, explains that these workers help cars “understand where it is in space and …

A 20-year-old retail trader is making waves on Reddit with a bold bearish thesis on Palantir Technologies, one of the most popular AI stocks among retail investors. Laurence Bradingmunn, posting in a forum dedicated to “The Big Short” investor Michael Burry, has disclosed his significant bet against Palantir through put options with strike prices in 2027 and 2028, mirroring Burry’s own short position on the company.

Bradingmunn’s thesis centers on two key concerns: …

A groundbreaking experiment in Chile is demonstrating how artificial intelligence chatbots are transforming human communication and community engagement. The Chilean community initiative showcases the integration of AI-powered conversational technology into daily human interactions, representing a significant shift in how communities leverage artificial intelligence for social connectivity.

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American electric bills are set to skyrocket in 2026 as utilities requested a staggering $31 billion in rate increases in 2025—more than double the $15 billion sought in 2024, according to a new study from PowerLines, a nonprofit utility customer advocacy organization. The dramatic surge is directly linked to Big Tech’s aggressive expansion of power-hungry AI data centers across the United States.

Utilities have explicitly attributed these unprecedented rate increase requests to the …

Innovation theorist John Nosta is raising alarm bells about a hidden danger of workplace AI adoption that goes beyond typical automation concerns. While AI is marketed as a pure performance enhancer that helps workers write faster, analyze better, and perform at higher levels, Nosta warns of what he calls the “AI rebound effect” — a phenomenon where workers’ baseline skills actually deteriorate after relying on AI assistance.

Nosta, founder of NostaLab, an innovation and tech …

The Big Four accounting and consulting firms—Deloitte, PwC, KPMG, and EY—are confronting a fundamental challenge as agentic AI transforms traditional career development paths. For decades, junior employees built foundational expertise through repetitive tasks like drafting documentation, data input, reconciliations, and quality checks. Now, AI agents can complete these tasks in seconds, fundamentally disrupting how the next generation of professionals develops critical skills.

Yvonne Hinson, CEO …

Rodney Zemmel, global head of Blackstone’s operating team, has unveiled a comprehensive playbook for CEOs struggling to maximize returns on their AI investments. Speaking at a Blackstone-hosted conference for CEOs, Zemmel outlined five critical questions that company leaders must address to ensure their AI spending translates into tangible business value.

Zemmel, who advises Blackstone’s 250 portfolio companies generating a combined $226 billion in annual revenue, emphasized that AI …

China has emerged as a global powerhouse in autonomous vehicle technology, with robotaxis becoming an increasingly common sight on streets across major cities. Two Stanford-connected experts with over three decades of combined experience in automated driving have published a comprehensive guide to experiencing China’s AI-powered robotaxi services firsthand.

The country’s three largest robotaxi developers—Baidu Apollo, Pony.ai, and WeRide—are all publicly traded on Nasdaq and actively …

A new boycott strategy targeting major AI and tech companies is gaining attention as an alternative to traditional protests against the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Scott Galloway, a marketing professor at New York University known for his Big Tech critiques, is calling for Americans to unsubscribe from services like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Amazon’s Prime Video, and Microsoft Office throughout February.

The proposal comes in response to Friday’s nationwide …

Tony Fadell, the former Apple executive known as the “father of the iPod,” has revealed that becoming parents fundamentally changed how Silicon Valley’s top leaders approach privacy and AI issues. In a recent interview on journalist Eric Newcomer’s podcast, Fadell discussed how Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin now think about data privacy “in a very different way” after having children.

Fadell described a dramatic shift …

Apple is facing mounting pressure from the global memory chip shortage, with CEO Tim Cook warning that rising memory costs will significantly impact the company’s profit margins in the coming quarters. During Apple’s first-quarter earnings call, Cook revealed that the tech giant is beginning to feel the effects of a memory crisis driven largely by surging AI infrastructure demand.

Despite reporting blockbuster results with $143.76 billion in revenue and earnings per share of $2.84 …

A leaked organizational chart reveals significant leadership changes at Amazon Web Services (AWS) under CEO Matt Garman, who took the helm in June 2024. The chart shows 15 key executives reporting directly to Garman, with six new additions, 10 retained leaders, and two departures since January 2025. These changes come as AWS navigates Amazon’s massive 16,000-employee layoff and intensifies its focus on artificial intelligence services.

Among the most notable additions is Swami …

Copper prices have surged to record levels, touching above $14,000 per ton on Thursday before pulling back to around $13,800 on Friday, mirroring the volatile movements seen in precious metals like gold and silver. While copper is primarily an industrial metal, it has experienced dramatic price increases over the past year, driven by a combination of factors including geopolitical tensions, US-China trade disputes, and crucially, the massive AI infrastructure buildout.

Goldman Sachs analysts …

Craig Mundie, former Chief Technical Officer at Microsoft, has shared critical insights on the transformative nature of modern artificial intelligence and the urgent governance challenges it presents. In an extensive interview with Business Insider, Mundie draws on his years of experience working on technology policy to explain what fundamentally distinguishes contemporary AI systems from traditional computing approaches.

Mundie emphasizes that today’s AI systems possess qualities that …

Google has launched an ambitious internal initiative called “Project EAT” designed to transform the tech giant into an “AI-powered workplace” by supercharging employees with cutting-edge artificial intelligence capabilities. The project, which originated in May 2025 as a grassroots employee initiative, operates within Google’s AI and Infrastructure unit (AI2), led by senior vice president Amin Vahdat, who reports directly to CEO Sundar Pichai.

According to internal …

Marc Andreessen, venture capitalist and cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz, is pushing back against widespread fears that artificial intelligence will eliminate jobs. In a recent episode of “Lenny’s Podcast” released Thursday, Andreessen argued that the real economic threat isn’t AI-driven job displacement—it’s what would happen to the global economy without AI.

According to Andreessen, without major technological advancement through AI, the world faces “a …

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg used the company’s Q4 2025 earnings call to set expectations for a gradual, rather than revolutionary, approach to AI development. Rather than promising an immediate breakthrough model, Zuckerberg emphasized Meta’s long-term trajectory in artificial intelligence, stating that “the first models will be good, but more importantly, we’ll show the rapid trajectory that we’re on.”

In June 2025, Meta launched Meta Superintelligence Labs …

Michael Burry, the legendary investor famous for predicting the 2008 financial crisis in “The Big Short,” has issued a nuanced assessment of Elon Musk’s futuristic vision, particularly regarding AI and advanced technologies. In a series of posts on X and his Substack, Burry praised Musk as “an American treasure” while cautioning that the Tesla CEO’s ambitious timeline for technological breakthroughs may be overly optimistic.

Burry characterized Musk as a …

Nvidia’s explosive growth during the AI boom has transformed compensation across the company, with H-1B visa data revealing base salaries reaching up to $425,500 for top engineering and research roles. The chipmaker’s relatively lean workforce of 36,000 employees has benefited enormously from stock appreciation, with CEO Jensen Huang claiming to have “created more billionaires on my management team than any CEO in the world.”

Software engineers at Nvidia command base …

OpenAI is permanently retiring GPT-4o, the conversational AI model that gained a devoted following for its warm, supportive personality, along with several other older models on February 13, 2026. The company announced that GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and OpenAI o4-mini will all be sunset as usage has shifted overwhelmingly to newer models.

GPT-4o became famous—and somewhat infamous—for its overly enthusiastic and flattering responses that some users described as “sycophantic.” …

The debate over how to measure successful AI adoption in enterprise settings has intensified following McKinsey & Company CEO Bob Sternfels’ announcement that the consulting firm now employs 25,000 AI agents alongside 40,000 human employees. However, Dan Priest, Chief AI Officer at PwC, has challenged this numbers-focused approach, arguing that counting agents is “probably the wrong measure” for evaluating AI deployment success.

Priest told Business Insider that the quality …

Elon Musk’s business empire is poised for a dramatic consolidation as SpaceX prepares for a potential $1.5 trillion IPO and considers blockbuster mergers with either Tesla or xAI, Musk’s artificial intelligence startup. Multiple reports emerged Thursday night detailing these potential combinations, which would represent a significant escalation of the so-called “Muskonomy.”

The three companies have already been moving closer together operationally and financially. Tesla …

Uber is making a major push into autonomous vehicles with a newly announced partnership with Waabi, a Canadian self-driving trucking startup, aiming to deploy 25,000 robotaxis on public roads. The ride-hailing giant will invest $250 million in Waabi, contingent on the startup achieving undisclosed milestones.

The partnership reunites several Uber alumni in the autonomous vehicle space. Raquel Urtasun, Waabi’s founder, previously served as chief scientist at Uber’s Advanced …

Avishai Abrahami, CEO of billion-dollar company Wix, has issued a stark warning about the future of work in the age of artificial intelligence. In an interview with Business Insider, Abrahami revealed that he’s “really worried about the employment market,” predicting that approximately 70% of the top 20 most popular jobs in the United States will be significantly affected by AI within the next five to 10 years.

The CEO’s concerns extend beyond job displacement to the …

YouTube is taking aggressive action against AI-generated spam content as it seeks to maintain its position as a premium advertising platform and viable alternative to traditional television. The video platform recently shut down over a dozen popular accounts that were churning out AI-generated content featuring characters like cats and Jesus, according to analysis from video editing platform Kapwing.

The scale of the problem is significant: Kapwing’s November report estimated that 21% of …

Big Tech layoffs are accelerating in 2025, with Amazon announcing 16,000 corporate job cuts globally in January—its second major round since eliminating 14,000 roles in October 2024. Meta also cut approximately 1,500 employees from its Reality Labs division earlier this month. These cuts reflect a broader trend affecting the entire tech industry, where US tech companies announced roughly 154,000 layoffs in the past year, representing a 15% increase from 2024 and the highest of any private-sector …

A prominent business professor has issued a stark warning about the artificial intelligence sector, comparing the current AI investment bubble to the size of Jupiter and predicting catastrophic consequences when it bursts. Erik Gordon, an entrepreneurship professor at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, told Business Insider that rampant speculation and massive overinvestment in AI have created an unprecedented financial threat.

The warning comes as Microsoft stock …

Geoffrey Hinton, widely recognized as the “Godfather of AI” for his pioneering work in artificial intelligence, has identified education as one of the few AI applications that makes him feel proud of his contributions to the field. In a recent interview with BBC Newsnight, Hinton specifically highlighted the Alpha School network in the United States as an exemplary use case for AI technology.

The Alpha School represents a revolutionary approach to education, operating private …

At a Business Insider roundtable in Davos titled “Futureproofing Your Workforce in the Age of AI,” 15 HR and C-suite executives revealed how artificial intelligence is fundamentally transforming hiring practices and career pipelines across industries. The discussion, presented by Indeed, highlighted two critical shifts: AI’s impact on entry-level positions and the evolution of candidate evaluation methods.

Elizabeth Faber, Global Chief People & Purpose Officer at Deloitte, …

A concerning trend has emerged in the travel industry where artificial intelligence-generated content is promoting nonexistent tourist destinations, particularly hot springs that don’t actually exist. This phenomenon highlights the growing challenges of AI-generated misinformation in the tourism sector.

The issue appears to stem from AI content generation tools creating travel recommendations, blog posts, and promotional materials for destinations that have never existed in reality. These …

Amazon has executed another massive round of layoffs, cutting 16,000 jobs in what appears to be a direct response to the AI revolution transforming corporate America. This follows the company’s mass layoffs last fall and represents a broader shift across Big Tech as companies restructure their workforces around artificial intelligence capabilities.

According to internal Slack messages reviewed by Business Insider reporters Eugene Kim and Ashley Stewart, the cuts affected multiple divisions …

Andrej Karpathy, one of the most influential figures in artificial intelligence and the creator of the term “vibe coding,” has declared that AI coding agents have reached a critical threshold that is fundamentally transforming software engineering. The former OpenAI founding member and Tesla AI director shared his observations in extensive notes posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday, January 26, 2026, detailing how his own coding workflow has undergone a dramatic transformation. …

Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, the AI startup behind ChatGPT competitor Claude, has issued a stark warning about the turbulent path ahead as artificial intelligence transforms the global economy. In a recent essay, Amodei acknowledged that while AI promises to “raise the quality of life for everyone” and create unprecedented abundance, society faces a “brutal rite of passage” to reach that future.

Amodei’s comments come on the heels of Elon Musk’s recent …

Apple delivered blockbuster earnings results for its holiday quarter, with CEO Tim Cook attributing much of the success to “staggering” and “unprecedented” iPhone demand. The tech giant reported revenue of $143.76 billion and earnings per share of $2.84, both significantly exceeding analyst expectations.

A major highlight of the earnings call was Apple’s discussion of its AI strategy and partnership with Google. Cook revealed that Google will help power …

Blackstone’s strategic investments in AI infrastructure and data centers have emerged as the primary driver of growth for the Wall Street investment giant’s $1.3 trillion portfolio in 2025. The firm reported that QTS, the data center developer and operator it acquired for $10 billion in 2021, was the single largest contributor to gains across its entire portfolio, signaling a major win for its digital infrastructure strategy amid the artificial intelligence boom.

In a year-end …

Dow Inc., one of the world’s largest chemical manufacturers, has announced plans to eliminate approximately 4,500 jobs as part of a major strategic restructuring that emphasizes artificial intelligence and automation technologies. This significant workforce reduction represents the company’s effort to modernize operations and remain competitive in an increasingly technology-driven industrial landscape.

The job cuts come as Dow pivots toward implementing AI-driven solutions and …

Elon Musk is reportedly planning to merge xAI, his artificial intelligence company, with SpaceX, his aerospace manufacturer and space transportation company, according to Reuters. This potential consolidation would bring together Musk’s rockets, Starlink satellites, the X social media platform, and the Grok AI chatbot under one corporate umbrella. Bloomberg has also reported that SpaceX is considering a separate merger with Tesla, though the xAI-SpaceX combination appears more imminent. …