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‘Let’s circle back’: The most overused email jargon, revealed

We can connect offline and run this up the flagpole by EOD.

“Let’s circle back when we have the bandwidth to touch base on whether we need to hop on a call to tackle the low-hanging fruit.” 

Your teams use AI, but do they think with it?

Five ways we made the shift to AI-native thinking, not just AI-powered deliverables.

Every year, Audience Audit publishes a study on what agency clients really want—and the 2025 edition revealed a stat that should stop any agency leader in their tracks: 77% of clients say they’re more likely to hire an agency that’s a recognized AI expert (not just self-proclaimed). But only 32% believe their current agency fits that description.

Employee ownership isn’t an exit plan—it’s a legacy

Shared ownership can sustain a company beyond any one leader.

What if, instead of working toward an exit strategy, we built companies for longevity?

Carbon literacy is the new financial literacy in business

Tomorrow’s balance sheet includes your carbon footprint.

In business, there’s one skill no leader would dare neglect: the financials. Financial literacy, like understanding a balance sheet, cash flow, or P&L, is one of the foundations for decision making. As climate change rewrites supply chains, consumer demand, and regulation, another fluency is becoming just as essential.

Sora is blocking people from nabbing celebrity and public figure usernames

Donald Trump likes posting deepfakes, but it’s not clear whether politicians will be welcomed to the app.

As OpenAI rolls out its new social media app Sora—which allows users to prompt the company’s Sora 2 model to produce fantastical videos of almost anything—there are obvious concerns that the platform could be used to generate deepfakes and otherwise misleading content. 

NYC mayoral race: How to livestream the debate tonight as Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo, and Curtis Sliwa face off

New Yorkers and cord-cutters, here’s how you can watch the first debate in the hotly contested three-way race.

On Thursday, October 16, New Yorkers and people across the country who have been watching the city’s mayoral race will tune in as Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa face off in the first of two mayoral debates, ahead of New York City’s upcoming election on November 4.

Pinterest now lets you dial down the AI slop as human-powered social media faces an existential moment

Seeing too much artificial intelligence in your feed? There’s a setting for that.

As we scroll through our feeds, it’s not unusual to stumble upon AI-generated slop—the kind of empty, nonsensical content that’s unmistakably artificial. You click on one, and before you know it, your feed’s flooded with more of the same. It’s left users craving the authenticity they once savored—a pervasive frustration spreading across social media

California just made insulin affordable—without Big Pharma’s help

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s CalRx program will sell five-packs of insulin pens for $55 starting in January, a landmark step toward state-controlled drug pricing.

One of the most vital drugs with a high price tag will get dramatically more affordable next year—if you live in California. 

Powell: Fed ‘should have’ stopped buying mortgage-backed securities sooner as the pandemic housing boom raged on

He acknowledged the Federal Reserve kept purchasing mortgage-backed securities for too long—but he’s also unsure how much it actually contributed to the housing boom.

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Uber’s newest gig work: Train AI to earn extra cash

The ride-hail app is offering quick tasks to drivers and couriers, like uploading photos and video recordings, which will feed its artificial intelligence models.

Uber’s U.S. drivers and couriers have a new way to earn extra money.