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In the second half of 2025, there was a notable jump in delistings, as some home sellersparticularly in the Sun Beltwho couldnt get their desired price decided to pull their homes off the market. Indeed, U.S. delistings as a share of inventory ticked up to 5.5% in fall 2025a decade-high reading for that time of year.
In December 2025, ResiClub noted to readers: Looking ahead, in markets seeing the biggest jumps in delistings right now, many of those listings will likely return to the resale market in spring 2026or test out the rental market.
Fast-forward to January 2026, and we are indeed seeing an upswing in relistings, according to Compass chief economist Mike Simonsens analysis of Altos Research data.
A relisted property is a home that was previously listed for sale, taken off the market (expired, withdrawn, or canceled), and then later put back on the market.
Relistings as a share of single-family housing inventory for sale:
January 24, 2025 > 10.1%
January 23, 2026 > 11.0%
Total relistings:
January 24, 2025 > 64,410
January 23, 2026 > 76,426
What housing markets are most likely to see the biggest upswing in relistings over the coming months?
The answer, of course, is the markets that saw the most delistings last fall. Last fall, Midwestern marketswhich, relatively speaking, remain on the tighter sidesaw the fewest delistings. Meanwhile, weaker and softer housing markets in places like Texas and Florida saw the highest levels of delistings.
Why should buyers pay attention?
Rising relistings can create buying opportunities. A relisted home often signals that the property was previously marketed, failed to transact at the sellers desired price, and is now returning with perhaps more realistic expectations. That dynamic can produce real seller fatigue, as months of showings, price cuts, and stalled negotiations reset pricing psychology and increase willingness to negotiate on price, concessions, repairs, or rate buydowns.
Relistings also give buyers an information advantage by revealing prior list prices, time on market, and whether earlier deals fell apart, helping anchor offers to true market-clearing levels rather than aspirational pricing.
Savvy buyersand their agentsshould always do their homework and confirm whether a property was listed in the prior year, how pricing evolved, and why it didnt sell, as that context can materially strengthen negotiating leverage.
AI slop seems to be everywhere. Low-quality digital content made with artificial intelligence has flooded our feeds, screens and speakers. Is there anything we can do about it?
If you want fewer cartoonish videos of dead celebrities, creepy or absurd images or fake bands playing synthetic tunes, a few platforms have rolled out settings and features to help minimize AI-generated content.
Here is a guide on how to use them. But first, a caveat from Henry Ajder, who advises businesses and governments on AI and has been studying deepfakes since 2018. He warned that it’s incredibly difficult to entirely remove AI slop content entirely from all your feeds.
He compared AI slop to the smog generated from the industrial revolution, when there weren’t any pollution controls in place.
It’s going to be very, very hard for people to avoid inhaling, in this analogy.
Pinterest
Pinterest’s move to lean into the AI boom made it something of a poster child for the AI slop problem, as users complained that the online moodboard for pinning inspirational material by themes has become overrun with AI content.
So Pinterest recently rolled out a tuner that lets users adjust the amount of AI content they see in their feeds.
It rolled out first on Android and desktop operating systems, before starting on a more gradual rollout on iOS.
Now, users can dial down the AI and add more of a human touch, Pinterest said, adding that it would initially cover some categories that are highly prone to AI modification or generation, such as beauty, art, fashion, and home decor.
More categories have since been added, including architecture, art, beauty, entertainment, mens, womens, and childrens fashion, health, home décor, and sport, food, and drink.
To use the tuner, go to Settings and then to refine your recommendations, and then tap on GenAI interests, where you can use toggles to indicate the categories you’d like to see less AI content.
TikTok
It’s no surprise that AI-generated videos proliferate on TikTok, the short-video sharing app. The company says there are at least 1.3 billion video clips on its platform it has labeled as AI-generated.
TikTok said in November it was testing an update to give users more control of the AI-generated content in their For You feeds. It’s not clear when it will be widely available. TikTok did not respond to requests for comment.
To see if you have it on the TikTok mobile app, go to Settings, then Content Preferences, then to Manage Topics where you’ll see a set of sliders to control various types of content, such as dance, humor, lifestyle, and nature.
You can also access the controls from the For You feed, by tapping the Share button on the side of a post, then tap Why this Video, then Adjust your For You, and then Manage topics.
There should be a new slider that allows you to dial down or turn up the amount of AI-generated content that you receive. If you don’t see it yet, it might be because you haven’t received the update yet. TikTok said late last year that it would start testing the feature in coming weeks.
These controls are not available on the desktop browser interface.
You won’t be able to get rid of AI content altogether TikTok says the controls are used to tailor the content rather than removing or replacing it entirely from feeds.
This means that people who love AI-generated history content can see more of this content, while those whod rather see less can choose to dial things down, it said.
Deezer
Song generation tools like Suno and Udio let users create music merely by typing some ideas into a chatbot window. Anyone can use them to spit out polished pop songs, but it also means streaming services have been flooded with AI tunes, often by accounts masquerading as real artists.
Among the music streaming platforms, only Deezer, a smaller European-based player, gives listeners a way to tell them apart by labeling songs as AI.
Deezer has been really, really pushing the anti-AI generation music narrative, said Henry Ajder.
Deezer says 60,000 fully AI-generated tracks, or more than 39% of the daily total, are uploaded to its platform every day and last year it detected and labeled more than 13.4 million AI tracks. The company says the people doing it are trying to make money by fraudulent streams.
Change your platform
If you can tear yourself away from Big Tech platforms, there is a new generation of apps targeting users who want to avoid AI.
Cara is a portfolio-sharing platform for artists that bans AI-generated work. Pixelfed is an ad-free Instagram rival where users can join different servers, or communities, including one for art that does not allow AI-generated content. Spread is a new social media platform with content for people who want to access human ideas and escape the flood of AI slop.
Watch out for the upcoming launch of diVine, a reboot of Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s defunct short-form video app Vine. The app has only been available as a limited prerelease for Apple iOS. It promises No AI Slop and uses multiple approaches to detect AI. An Android beta app is expected soon. The company plans to launch it in app stores soon but needs more time to get ready for unexpectedly high demand.
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This week, Im focusing on a new class of AI video generation tools that could let scammers speak with a completely different face and voice on video calls. I also look at how Apple employees see Tim Cooks appeasement of President Donald Trump, and why OpenAI models got worse at writing.
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A scammers dream
Video generation models have been improving over the past several years. Weve always known that things could get weird when generative video becomes nearly indistinguishable from real video, and were entering that phase now. Weve already seen convincing political and sexual imagery deepfakes. Another devious application of AI generative video will be phishing scams.
Over the past six months or so, people have been posting on X about new AI tools that are capable of face swapping in real-time video. For example, the AI might make it look like its Leonardo DiCaprio or Scarlett Johansson saying my words and performing my facial expressions during a Zoom call. The AI analyzes the users facial movements and vocalizations in real time and sends them out via the faces of another person entirely.
Some of these AI tools can generate a new face overlay using a single still image. So it may be possible for a scammer located anywhere in the world to find an image of a person on social media, use the AI to develop a reasonably convincing AI face from it, and then call one of the persons relatives asking for money. The scammer might use a sample of the persons voice to simulate the sound of the AI overlay character.
Of course, the first people to be targets of such deepfake calls would likely be the elderly. They might be happy to hear from a grandchild, for instance, and perhaps less likely to question the authenticity of the video. They may not even know that such a simulation is possible. Theres a special place in hell for the perpetrator of such a scam, but it appears to be technically feasible.
How Apple employees see Tim Cooks relationship with Trump
Like other tech leaders, Apple CEO Tim Cook has chosen to engage with, rather than ignore, Donald Trump. Cook has never publicly endorsed Trump or donated to his presidential campaigns. But he did personally donate to Trumps inauguration fund, has visited the White House numerous times, and is in at least semi-regular contact with the president.
During Trumps first term, Cook spoke out against the Muslim travel ban, the transgender military ban, and the presidents good people on both sides response to a deadly white-supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. In contrast, Cook has been quiet about the more extreme policies and actions Trump has brought to his second term. Until now. This week, Cook was forced to speak out, at least to Apple employees.
Cook came under fire from employees and customers for attending a private VIP screening of Amazons new Melania Trump documentary at the White House on January 24, the same day that federal Customs and Border Patrol agents shot and killed VA hospital nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This followed a January 7 incident in which an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed Minneapolis resident Renee Good.
Cook was silent about the Pretti shooting until the evening of January 27, when he reportedly sent a memo to Apple employees saying he is heartbroken about the Good and Pretti deaths and calling for de-escalation. He also said hed had a conversation on the matter with Trump. It may have had an effect. On Wednesday Trump tried to calm the backlash against ICE. Were going to de-escalate a little bit, he said, using the same term Cook did. (No actual de-escalation has taken place.)
I suspect Cooks relationship with the president is purely transactional and strictly business. As people, Cook and Trump couldnt be more different.
Based on conversations Ive had with people who work at Apple, the internal narrative is that Cook is dealing with Trump in the way thats most likely to ward off tariffs on iPhones, new regulations, and government probes of Apples various businesses. And, the narrative goes, Cook is speaking to Trump in language Trump understands.
That explains the flattery and lavish gifts hes brought to the White House, the most recent of which hits some of Trumps favorite notes. The commemorative glass piece (resembling a silicon wafer) is mounted on a 24-karat gold base and engraved with Trumps name. The president loves gifts, he loves gold things, and he loves his own name.
As I wrote for Fast Company earlier this week, the shootings of U.S. citizens Good and Pretti in Minneapolis may put Big Tech leaders political alliance with Trump to the test like never before. Even transactional friendships should be subject to some standards of trust and decency. If more violence happens, Cooks calls with Trump could become far less amicable.
OpenAI sacrificed writing skill for coding skill in GPT-5
There was some backlash among users against OpenAIs latest model, GPT-5.2. People felt that the new model had less personality, less of a voice of its own. And these shortcomings are reflected in its writing, which many users say is harder to read and less natural-sounding than that of earlier models.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged this week that GPT-5.2 isnt as good a writer as its predecessor GPT-4.5 was. I think we just screwed that up, Altman said during an internal developer town hall on January 26.
With so much money on the line, I doubt it was a simple screwup. OpenAI was entertaining a different set of priorities when developing GPT-5.2. We put most of our effort in 5.2 into making it super-good at intelligence, reasoning, coding, engineering, that kind of thing, Altman said. And we have limited bandwidth here and sometimes we focus on one thing and neglect another.
OpenAI may also have been responding to an industry-wide shift toward chatbots that are brainier but somewhat dullerthat sound less like unconditionally supportive friends and more like responsible adults. There are safety and liability reasons for this. OpenAI is now facing multiple legal claims that its chatbot failed to push back when vulnerable users (including minors) began talking about plans to end their own lives.
OpenAI may also have felt pressure from Anthropics increasingly popular Claude Code tool, used by many developers to generate production-ready software code. GPT-5.2, which now underpins OpenAIs Codex coding tool, is better than earlier models at reasoning and coding skill.
Whats unclear is why OpenAI cant have a model thats both a strong writer and a good coder. Anthropic seems to have achieved that with Claude.
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Coffee giant Starbucks just announced its rewards program is about to get a major overhaul.
On Thursday, the chain said its newly revamped rewards program will make its debut on March 10. According to Starbucks, it will feature a new, three-tier membership structure that will allow for “greater earning power” for its 35.5 million active North American members.
The new program will allow consumers to move through three tiers: green (the starter level), followed by gold, and finally, its reserve membership tier. To achieve gold status, 500 stars are required. To become a reserve member, you’ll need to accumulate 2,500 stars within a 12-month period. The higher the tier, the more earning potential gets unlocked, with green members earning one star for every dollar spent, gold members earning 1.2 stars per dollar, and reserve members earning 1.7.
The company also stated that, in response to customer feedback, it will be allowing customers to access rewards quicker with a new “60-star redemption tier.” After just 60 stars, members will be entitled to $2 off any item.
Were redefining the industry with customer-focused benefits that set a new standard and ignite fandom,” Tressie Lieberman, Starbucks global chief brand officer, said in a press release. “Starbucks Rewards has always been about creating connection, and were evolving the program based on what our members told us matters most, offering faster, more meaningful benefits that make them feel appreciated. This evolution is a key milestone in our Back to Starbucks strategy and will reinvigorate what it means to be a Starbucks Rewards member.
Starbucks’ announcement comes a day after the company released its first quarter fiscal earnings report, which showed the company made some major strides. Starbucks announced earnings per share of $0.56, just short of the company’s projection of $0.59. However, Starbucks traffic rose for the first time in eight quarters (two years). And, per the report, its earnings exceeded revenue expectations, earning $9.9 billion — more than the $9.7 billion it had anticipated.
CEO Brian Niccol expressed optimism about the company’s future on CNBC’s Squawk Box, saying This is really just the beginning,” Niccol said. In fiscal 2026, were going to be shifting to play offense and to innovate. Were not finished with our Back to Starbucks plan or our broader transformation, but I am confident in our strategy, our progress, the pace of change, and the opportunity ahead of us.
The company also outlined a long-term growth strategy, and is projecting that by 2028, U.S. same store sales will grow by at least 3% with operating margins of 13.5% to 15%. According to an analysis by InvestingPro, Starbucks has a market capitalization of $108.41 billion and annual revenue of $37.7 billion. The chain is trading at its Fair Value, with shares up 13% year-to-date.
After years of studying leaders across industries and cultures, Ive noticed something fascinating. The truly great ones, the ones who lead with clarity, curiosity, and imagination, all share the same rhythm. Its not a checklist or an app that beeps with notifications. It is something quieter and something more human.
Great leadership is less about managing time and more about mastering rhythm. And every day, without fail, these leaders do five things that keep that rhythm alive.
1. They honor their body as the first classroom
Before they answer an email or step into a meeting, great leaders move. They understand that motion fuels meaning and ideas: a walk, a stretch, a moment to breathe deeply before the day begins.
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They treat the body not as an accessory to thinking, but as its foundation. Neuroscience backs this up: physical movement increases blood flow to the prefrontal cortex, enhancing executive function and creative problem-solving. When you move your body, you move your mind- and therefore ideas flow. The most effective leaders Ive observed dont schedule exercise around their work; they recognize that movement is the work of staying sharp.
2. They guard white space like treasure
In a world that rewards busyness, these leaders protect stillness. They leave gaps in their calendars for moments that arent filled with doing. That white space becomes the oxygen for new ideas.
While others rush to fill the silence, great leaders pause long enough to listen to what silence is saying. This isnt laziness disguised as strategy. Its the recognition that innovation rarely emerges from a packed schedule. The best insights arrive in the margins- during a walk between meetings, in the quiet of an unscheduled afternoon, in the space between stimulus and response. Leaders who guard their white space arent avoiding work; they are creating the conditions for their best work to emerge.
3. They rest to remember
Great leaders understand that rest is not the opposite of work. It is the continuation of it. They know that when the conscious mind quiets down, the subconscious begins to connect the dots.
They take small moments of recovery throughout the day: a pause between calls, a walk without a phone, a minute of looking out the window. They rest not to escape, but to return clearer, sharper and more creative. This is the science of incubation at work. Research on creative problem-solving shows that stepping away from a challenge allows the brain to continue processing in the background. These leaders dont power through exhaustion;they design recovery into their rhythm, understanding that strategic rest is what transforms effort into insight.
4. They listen between the lines
Ive watched extraordinary leaders in conversation, and they have a rare ability to hear what is not being said. They pay attention to tone, tension, hesitation, and hope.
Listening, for them, isnt about waiting to respond, but rather about creating space for truth to emerge. And in that space, trust takes root and creativity flourishes. This kind of deep listening is increasingly rare in our distracted age and increasingly valuable. When people feel genuinely heard, they offer their most honest assessments, their boldest ideas, their real concerns. Leaders who master this practice dont just gather better information; they build the psychological safety that makes innovation possible.
5. They lead with wonder, not certainty
My favorite teachers have been the ones who dont hesitate to acknowledge what they dont know, and then invite me to join them in discovering answers.
Similarly, the most creative leaders are not the ones who claim to know it all. They are the ones who stay curious. They ask questions that begin with What if?; I wonder? And Why not?. They treat ambiguity as an invitation, not a threat.
Wonder keeps them flexible, alive, and open to surprise. And that openness is where innovation begins. In a business environment that often rewards the appearance of certainty, these leaders have the courage to say I dont know; and mean it as an invitation rather than an admission. They understand that the questions we ask shape the possibilities we can see. Wonder fuels discovery.
The rhythm that matters
So what do great leaders do every day? They move. They think. They rest. They listen. They wonder. But more than that, they do all of it with rhythm.
Great leadership isnt about what you know. Its about how you move through the world. When you master that rhythm, creativity stops being something you reach for, and becomes part of your capacity for working better, smarter and with innovative outcomes.
The best leaders do not manage energy, they design energy.
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In 2010, clinical psychiatrist Dale Archer published the New York Times best seller Better Than Normal, a book that highlighted the often-underappreciated benefits of various psychiatric diagnoses.
The book looked at strengths associated with conditions like bipolar disorder, OCD and schizophrenia. But there was one chapter that hit a little too close to home.
After publishing it, Archer asked a colleague to conduct a psychiatric diagnostic on him.
She said, youre off the charts for ADHD, and I go, Yeah, I know, I just wanted validation, he says.
In 2015, Archer published a follow-up book, The ADHD Advantage, focusing on some of the more positive attributes of his condition. In it, he profiled high achievers with ADHD, including the most successful athlete in Olympics history, Michael Phelps, comedian, actor and television host Howie Mandel, and Jet Blue founder David Neeleman.
Archers research ultimately led him to a hypothesis that has yet to be proven in a clinical study: That ADHDand all psychiatric diagnoses, for that matterexists on a continuum, which he plots on a 10-point scale. Those who score four and below might not even know they have the condition, those who score nine or higher are likely to struggle in everyday life and may require medication.
Those who were featured in his book fell between five and eight. Those in that range often report struggling in certain domains, while enjoying advantages in others.
According to Archer, though, that range is a sweet spot: one associated with above-average resilience and creativity. These folks also enjoy multitasking, remain calm in crisis, are more outgoing and can hyperfocus on things theyre passionate about.
ADHD Remains a Mystery and a Paradox
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, better known as ADHD, is a developmental disorder characterized by inattention, hyperactivity and/or impulsivity, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. It is also legally classified as a disability under The Americans with Disabilities Act.
While our understanding of the disorder has come a long way in recent years, there is still a lot we dont yet know. To make matters more confusing, much of what we do know seems paradoxical.
On the one hand, many with ADHD feel almost paralyzed by mundane tasks, struggle in traditional academic and workplace settings and suffer other mental health challengesincluding anxiety, depression, substance abuse and eating disordersat higher rates. They are also more likely to have unplanned pregnancies, get into car accidents and even have shorter average lifespans.
On the other, many are also more creative, entrepreneurial and intuitive. In fact, some of the worlds highest achieversincluding Simone Biles, Paris Hilton, Michael Jordan, Greta Gerwig, Richard Branson and Jamie Olivercredit ADHD for their success.
One person might experience it as a disability, and that’s really critical, because ADHD does cause functional impairment, explains Sarah Greenberg, a licensed psychotherapist for neurodivergence nonprofit Understood.org. ADHD also comes with a certain set of strengths, particularly when the environment is a right fit for that brain.
A Mixed Bag of Strengths and Struggles
Rather than viewing the condition on a continuum, Greenberg sees neurodiversity as creating jagged profiles, meaning many with neurological differences overperform in some areas and underperform in others.
I’ll be interviewing someone who is an incredible leader, incredible manager, very good at relationships, but cant really keep friendships, because theyre very bad at texting back or remembering birthdays, she explains.
Thats why Greenberg encourages those who work with, live with, love or have other close ties to someone with ADHD not take certain characteristics of the condition personally.
For example, many with ADHD struggle to sense how much time has passedoften referred to as time blindnessmaking lateness a chronic challenge.
If Im in a relationship with someone and theyre always 10 minutes late, Im naturally going to take that personally, like they dont respect my time, Greenberg says. That assumed intention is really going to impact the relationship, and we see it all the time in the workplace.
Cognitive Wheelchairs and Ramps
There are a lot of everyday activities that present obstacles for those with ADHD, and access to support can make a real difference.
Take someone who is unable to walk: If they have access to a wheelchair and a ramp, they can access the building, so they’re less disabled in that experience, explains Megan Anna Neff, an author, clinical psychologist and founder of Neurodivergent Insights, an online neurodiversity education and resource platform.
How disabled we are happens at the intersection between our impairment and our environment. Most schools and most workplaces are not built for ADHD brains, so that is why it’s a disability.
Neff explains that the medical model of disability tends to be binaryyou either have a disability, or you dontwhile the social model takes into account environmental factors.
A lot of older strategies are about trying to make the ADHD brain less ADHD, she says. [The social model] is more about: How do we understand the ADHD brain so we can actually work with it?
Neff believes ADHD should be classified as a disability so that those who need the support, resources and legal prtections can continue to access them. However, its also important to acknowledge that many with ADHD do not consider themselves disabled, and shouldnt be labelled as such.
When we have structures and environments where they can support that divergent thinkingwhen we can channel our interest into our career or creativity or out of the box thinkingthere absolutely are powerful things that can come of that, she says.
Having control over her work environment has allowed Neff to thrive as a medical professional with ADHD and autism.
Greenberg of Understood.org says she joined the organization as a psychotherapist with ADHD to study learning differences and apply those strategies to organizations of all shapes and sizes.
Dale Archer jokes he was only able to make it through medical school by accepting that he did his best work by procrastinating until a creeping deadline triggered his hyperfocus as a crisis response.
Like them, I too struggled in traditional academic and workplace settings, but have gone on to have a successful career as a freelance journalist and author not despite my ADHDbut because of it.
As our collective understanding of neurodiversity expands, those with ADHD are finding ways to better leverage many natural strengths and overcome our natural challenges.
The tech industry’s top leaders have a not insignificant amount of sway over the White House. But after a masked ICE agent killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday, less than a month after federal agents also shot and killed Renee Good, many are still choosing to remain silent, showing just how tied to President Trumps administration Big Tech has become.
Now, their employees are piling on the pressure for their CEOs to speak out.
More than 800 tech workers from companies like Google, Meta, OpenAI, Amazon, and Salesforce have signed a letter urging their CEOs to wield their influence and call the White House to demand that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) leave U.S. cities.
“Tech professionals are speaking up against this brutality, and we call on all our colleagues who share our values to use their voice,” states the letter organized by ICEout.tech. “We know our industry leaders have leverage: in October, they persuaded Trump to call off a planned ICE surge in San Francisco.”
The letter also calls on tech companies to end their contracts with ICE. AWS (Amazon Web Services) currently provides ICE with data storage services, while Motorola Solutions was awarded a $15.6 million contract in 2023 to implement and maintain ICEs tactical communication infrastructure.
In October, Apple and Google removed apps that alerted people when ICE agents were nearby. Even Palantir employees have started openly questioning the work the company is doing with the Department of Homeland Security, according to a recent Wired report.
Promised a friendlier regulatory environment, tech CEOs have largely stayed silent throughout Trump’s second term and have readily appeared at public events to promote the president’s agenda.
As OpenAIs head of global business, James Dyett noted on X: There is far more outrage from tech leaders over a wealth tax than masked ICE agents terrorizing communities and executing civilians in the streets. He continued, Tells you what you need to know about the values of our industry.
Target, UnitedHealth, Best Buy, and other Minnesota-based companies issued a joint statement Sunday, calling for an immediate deescalation of tensions and for state, local and federal officials to work together to find real solutions.
The statement’s tentative language was met with criticism, failing to outright condemn the shooting of Pretti or Good or urge the administration to remove ICE from the Twin Cities. Still, experts say it was significant, and marks a tipping point in the situation.
While some have chosen to remain silent, other notable tech figures have used their platforms to speak out.
Meredith Whittaker, the president of Signal, wrote: To everyone in my industry who’s ever claimed to value freedomdraw on the courage of your convictions and stand up.”
Khosla Ventures founder Vinod Khosla posted: “ICE personnel must have ice water running thru their veins to treat other human beings this way. There is politics but humanity should transcend that.
Anthropic cofounder Chris Olah said he also felt compelled to say something. “I generally believe the best way I can serve the world is as a non-partisan expert, and my genuine beliefs are quite moderate,” he said on X.
“So the bar is very high for me to comment. But recent eventsa federal agent killing an ICU nurse for seemingly no reason and with no provocationshock the conscience.”
In its latest round of mass layoffs, Amazon is eliminating 16,000 jobsfollowing a round of 14,000 cuts back in the fall. The tech giant did not cite artificial intelligence in a memo to employees, and Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has previously denied that the company is slashing headcount due to AI. But theres no denying AI plays a role, whether or not these layoffs can actually be attributed to it.
Jassy has explicitly said that adopting AI across Amazon will reduce our total corporate workforce as we get efficiency gains. Even though there is limited data to suggest AI is directly responsible for the scourge of layoffs across corporate America, plenty of CEOs have made clear that they believe the technology will transform their workplaces, and that their employees need to get on board.
Workers are listeningand they’re anxious about what widespread AI adoption means for their job prospects in a challenging market.
A new report from Indeed surveyed over 2,000 workers and found that AI is a major concern, with over a third of them saying it will negatively impact their job opportunities and career growth. In fact, AI nudged out burnout as the leading concern among job seekers. For 40% of employers, adopting AI is a major focus in 2026but 35% of job seekers see this as a troubling shift.
Your employees know AI isnt going away and will impact their work, Matt Berndt, the head of Indeeds Job Search Academy, said in a blog post. The big question is how? This unknown breeds uncertainty, and thats the disconnect: Both employers and workers are using AI, but they dont understand or trust how the other is using it. This isnt a tech problem; its human.
Economists have argued there is little evidence that AI is already displacing workers in high numbers, even in sectors that are more vulnerable to its effects. Still, employees across corporate America have reason to fret over AI: In just the last month, several companies have explicitly cited AI in layoff announcements. Pinterest will be laying off 15% of its workforce this year, in an effort to redirect resources to teams that are working on AI. Citigroup already cut 1,000 jobs in January, and CEO Jane Fraser has teased more layoffs later this year due to AI and automation. This report also aligns with the broader sentiment around AI adoption: Public opinion polling has repeatedly shown that Americans fear AI will usher in sweeping job losses.
Indeeds report also captures a fundamental disconnect between employers and rank and file workers. The overwhelming majority of employers are convinced they know what their workforce wants, according to Indeedthough their employees largely disagree. Half of employers also seem to think the job market is actually improving, while 40% of workers believe it is only getting worse. Many employers are worried about budgets and cost reduction, while two-thirds of workers are jockeying for a raise.
In spite of these findings, one thing employers and their workers might actually agree on is that burnout is loomingperhaps now more than ever.
For workers, burnout is a major concern, not far behind AI. Employers claim to be most concerned with employee wellbeing and burnout, while also anticipating that the 996 schedulethe 72-hour work week that is growing more popular across AI companieswill take over more workplaces.
Nearly 40% of employers said they expect longer work weeks, per the Indeed report, even as 46% of job seekers cited work life balance as a top priority. As they face increasing pressure from their employers to embrace AI, its little surprise that workers are not exactly optimistic about what 2026 has in store.
U.S. life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024 the highest mark in American history.It’s the result of not only the dissipation of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also waning death rates from all the nation’s top killers, including heart disease, cancer and drug overdoses.What’s more, preliminary statistics suggest a continued improvement in 2025.“It’s pretty much good news all the way around,” said Robert Anderson, of the National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which released the 2024 data on Thursday.Life expectancy, a fundamental measure of a population’s health, is an estimate of the average number of years a baby born in a given year might expect to live, given death rates at that time.For decades, U.S. life expectancy rose at least a little bit almost every year, thanks to medical advances and public health measures. It peaked in 2014, just shy of 79 years.It was relatively flat for several years before plunging as the COVID-19 pandemic killed more than 1.2 million Americans. In 2021, life expectancy fell to just under 76 1/2 years. It has been rebounding since.The data reflect not only a complete turnaround from the pandemic but also a lasting improvement in the drug overdose epidemic, said Andrew Stokes, a researcher at Boston University.The bad news is that the U.S. still ranks below dozens of other countries, Stokes noted.“There’s a lot more to be done,” he said.In 2024, about 3.07 million U.S. residents died, about 18,000 fewer than the year before. Death rates declined across all racial and ethnic groups, and in both men and women.Heart disease remained the nation’s leading cause of death, but the death rate due to it dropped by about 3% for the second year in a row. A combination of factors are likely at play, including advances in medical treatments and weight management, said Dr. Sadiya Khan, who treats and studies heart disease at Northwestern University.Deaths from unintentional injuries a category that includes drug overdoses fell the most, dropping more than 14% in 2024. COVID-19, which only a few years ago was the nation’s No. 3 killer, in 2024 dropped out of the top 10.COVID-19’s fall meant suicide moved into the top 10, even though suicides in 2024 declined. Homicides fell that year, too, this week’s report said.Deaths statistics for 2025 are not finalized, but preliminary data suggest around 3.05 million deaths have been recorded. That number may grow as more death certificates are rounded up and analyzed, but Anderson said he expects last year will end up at least a slight improvement over the 2024.
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Some blind and low-vision fans will have unprecedented access to the Super Bowl thanks to a tactile device that tracks the ball, vibrates on key plays and provides real-time audio.The NFL teamed up with OneCourt and Ticketmaster to pilot the game-enhancing experience 15 times during the regular-season during games hosted by the Seattle Seahawks, Jacksonville Jaguars, San Francisco 49ers, Atlanta Falcons and Minnesota Vikings.About 10 blind and low-vision fans will have an opportunity to use the same technology at the Super Bowl in Santa Clara, California, where Seattle will play the New England Patriots on Feb. 8. With hands on the device, they will feel the location of the ball and hear what’s happening throughout the game.Scott Thornhill can’t wait.Thornhill, the executive director of the American Council of the Blind, will be among the fans at Levi’s Stadium with a OneCourt tablet in their lap and Westwood One’s broadcast piped into headphones. He was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa when he was 8, and later lost his sight.“It will allow me to engage and enjoy the game as close as possible as people who can see,” Thornhill told The Associated Press. “As someone who grew up playing sports before I lost my vision, I’m getting a big part of my life back that I’ve been missing. To attend a game and not have to wait for someone to tell me what happened, it’s hard to even describe how much that means to me.“It’s a game-changer.”Clark Roberts experienced it first hand.The Seahawks fan was invited by the team to attend its home game against Indianapolis on Dec. 14 to experience the game with the OneCourt device that is the size of a thick iPad with raised lines outlining a football field.“The device does two wonderful things,” said Roberts, who lost his sight when he was 24 due to retinitis pigmentosa. “It vibrates in different ways for different plays and through headphones, I was able to hear Seattle’s amazing announcer, Steve Raible. Real-time audio is the real beauty of the device because usually when I’m listening to a game, there can be a delay of up to a minute or more and that can be challenging to constantly ask family and friends what happened.“Can you imagine how this can open up everything, not just football?”OneCourt is working on it.It has partnered with NBA and Major League Baseball teams to provide its devices at games and is in talks to make them available with the NHL, along with other leagues and sports organizations all over the world.OneCourt launched in 2023 after founder Jerred Mace saw a blind person attending a soccer match while he was a junior at the University of Washington.The startup with headquarters in Seattle uses the NFL’s tracking data from Genius Sports and translates it into feedback for the device to create unique vibrations for plays such as tackles and touchdowns.The data is generated from cameras and chips embedded in balls, jerseys and elsewhere. The same technology is used by the NFL’s NextGen Stats for health and player safety, statistics and gambling.“It’s a testament to the maturity of the product and our company that we have gone from delivering this to a handful of teams throughout the last year or two to having it at the largest event in American sports,” OneCourt co-founder Antyush Bollini said. “The Super Bowl is such an amazing event and now blind and low-vision fans can use our technology in a way they deserve.”Ticketmaster’s funding for the NFL pilot went toward underwriting the device to make it available to fans for free, according to senior client development director Scott Aller.“This is a very, very big social impact win,” Aller said. “We hope that we can make an investment like this in every single one of our markets.”After some teams approached the league about improving access for all, the NFL has spent the past few months piloting the program and ultimately decided to have the device make its Super Bowl debut.“It’s not lost on us that we have blind to low-vision fans and we want to do right by them,” said Belynda Gardner, senior director of diversity equity and inclusion for the NFL.Gardner said the league has been very encouraged by the pilot and potential of this technology.“We’re reviewing what we learned and evaluating how it can be implemented going forward,” Gardner said. “There aren’t any definitive next steps and we will use the offseason to determine where this technology sits in the NFL’s suite of offerings.”Thomas Rice, a Jaguars fans, who is blind, said he had a seamless experience with the OneCourt device at a game in Jacksonville. Rice picked up the tablet at guest services at EverBank Stadium and after settling in at his seat, he felt and heard football in a new way.“When Trevor Lawrence threw a touchdown pass to Brian Thomas Jr., I felt the ball travel through the air,” Rice said. “When Travis Etienne ran the ball, I could feel it happen along the sideline.”“It was like giving me my own pair of eyes.”
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