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Artificial intelligence could one day surpass human intelligence, transforming industries like medicine, education and art even more than it already has. This possibility has convinced President Donald Trump that the technology has outgrown its name.

Meta is shaking up the artificial intelligence landscape once again with the release of Muse, a “personal AI agent” that helps users achieve everyday goals and offers suggestions along the way, according to a company blog post. So far, the product is a hit with consumers, with millions of downloads and rising to the top of the U.S. app rankings less than a month after its release. What Is Meta Muse?

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, also known as a16z, is launching a school for “unusually ambitious” high school graduates who are pursuing original research, building technologies and launching companies. The Horowitz Andreessen Academy will start as a one-year, tuition-free program for 50 students who want to take a gap year before college or skip college altogether.

While other companies build AI agents for computer programming and office work, Meta is focused on what its CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls “personal superintelligence,” or putting AI into people’s hands to help them achieve their goals. What are Meta’s New AI Devices? Meta’s AI devices are wearable hardware designed to integrate artificial intelligence into the daily lives of users.

By 2018, it was easy to believe the cloud wars were over. It seemed as though the big providers had won, and there was little room for anyone else. Meanwhile, developers were still spending weeks getting applications ready to run, and the industry had come to accept how much work the cloud required, even when the application itself was relatively simple.

A growing list of companies, including Microsoft, Fidelity and Home Depot, have something other than market leadership in common: They’ve all issued return to office (RTO) mandates. But in the race to future-proof our organizations, imitation may be a dangerous strategy. Workplace flexibility has been a point of friction since long before the pandemic, but the massive shift to remote workfrom 2019 to 2021 has changed the landscape permanently.

High-velocity engineering teams have a tall order: move quickly without sacrificing quality, support large workflows and meet the needs of different departments. Matt English, an engineering and product manager at marketplace platform Taskrabbit, works on a team that owns Taskrabbit’s IKEA integration end-to-end.

Many teams care about employee wellbeing — but then there are teams that show it. Just ask Kaylee Agnew. Agnew is a health and wellness coach at Corporate Tools, a B2B software company, and one of her many responsibilities is running a one-on-one health coaching program. The program offers personalized wellness coaching for employees who want to sleep better, get a nutrition consult, or map out a new workout regime, among other goals.

After years of decline, software-development postings have started to recover. In the United States and the United Kingdom, software developer vacancies have seen the most growth, showing signs of a “two-speed” market, where some sectors have climbed, others stalled, and almost all of the demand is centered around senior and AI-linked roles.

Tell us about Perk’s approach to the in-office experience. Our offices are open-concept, with teams grouped into “neighborhoods,” which create a sense of identity and belonging while being situated near other departments to foster cross-functional collaboration. One unique feature is our “end-of-week” spaces — large, comfortable spaces with soft seating that are perfect for all-hands meetings, informal brainstorming sessions or simply enjoying a coffee with a colleague.