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- Fortune TechThe stakes for OpenAI with the launch of GPT-5
- CEO DailyThe 5 things you need to ‘really create magic’ with AI: the LLM, the context, the prompt, the workflow, and the evaluation
- Eye on AIWill GPT-5 let OpenAI break away from the pack?
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Magazine
Alexandr Wang is now leading Meta’s AI dream team. Will Mark Zuckerberg’s big bet pay off?
Tapped by Mark Zuckerberg to lead Meta’s most ambitious AI initiative yet, Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang now oversees a powerhouse team tasked with achieving superintelligence—and outpacing rivals like OpenAI and Google. No pressure.
Fortune rankings
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Most Powerful Women
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The Gates Foundation sets a deadline
Magazine
Bill Gates’ $200 billion moonshot: Inside the biggest bet on humanity a philanthropist has ever made
The Gates Foundation will spend $200 billion in an all-out effort to cure the diseases that affect the poor around the world. Then the largest private foundation in the world will shut its doors.
By Geoff Colvin
Commentary
- WealthI’ve helped some of New York’s wealthiest ramp up their giving. Zohran Mamdani’s rise reveals the urgency — and opportunity — for all of us to meet the moment
- JobsAmericans who live in rural areas don’t believe good jobs are coming and they don’t want to move. We have to bring remote work to the country
- clean energyConservatives in my party killed clean energy: It’s time to resurrect it
- Artificial IntelligenceAI isn’t having a ’90s internet moment, it’s more like ’60s personal computing, and it needs one special company to kickstart the revolution
- RetirementOnly 5% of retirees say they’re ‘living the dream’ and 19% are ‘living the nightmare.’ Here are 3 lessons to protect your future
- ChipsFormer Intel board members: America’s champion is likely to retreat, and we still need a leading-edge chip manufacturer
Topics
Environment
July 2025 was the third-hottest ever recorded, EU scientists say
‘We’ve never seen anything like this’: Delaware beach-goers swear they feel the jellyfish sting more than ever
Embattled BP beats on earnings as it touts selling oil, not cups of coffee, as Wall Street pokes fun at its former CEO
Finance
What to know about Stephen Miran, the tariff proponent Trump just nominated to join the Fed’s board of governors
The dollar is in decline because of a global ‘loss of faith in US leadership,’ Macquarie says
The best high-yield savings accounts offer up to 5.00% APY today, Aug. 8, 2025
Health
Here’s everything in GPT-5 that’s new and different than OpenAI’s previous AI models
The gift of a good night’s sleep: The CEO who donates duvets and luxury sheets to families who need rest most
Just 1% of health R&D targets women. The Gates Foundation aims to change that with $2.5 billion push
Leadership
The 5 things you need to ‘really create magic’ with AI: the LLM, the context, the prompt, the workflow, and the evaluation
AI-driven layoffs are shrinking the job market for recent grads
Here’s everything in GPT-5 that’s new and different than OpenAI’s previous AI models
Lifestyle
Here’s everything in GPT-5 that’s new and different than OpenAI’s previous AI models
Kraken and troll meet bear: Pro hockey player, mascot surprised during promotional video shoot in Alaska
Want to attend the Master’s with a private chef and stay in a luxury home? It’ll cost you $219,000
Personal Finance
The best high-yield savings accounts offer up to 5.00% APY today, Aug. 8, 2025
This CD still yields 4.50%—here are today’s best CD rates on Aug. 8, 2025
Current ARM mortgage rates report for Aug. 8, 2025
Politics
The pirate flag from anime ‘One Piece’ is Indonesia’s newest protest symbol—and officials are cracking down
Apple CEO Tim Cook’s $100 billion commitment to U.S. manufacturing came with a gift for Trump: a glass ‘Made in USA’ plaque mounted on 24-karat gold
Penske says it ‘did not authorize’ border patrol to use a rental truck to ambush immigrants at an LA Home Depot
Retail
Krispy Kreme terminates McDonald’s partnership citing ‘unsustainable operating costs’ of $28.9 million
Toyota slashes outlook on tariff concerns as profit plunges 37%
Claire’s, your mall’s teen-ear-piercing destination, files for bankruptcy with assets and liabilities between $1 billion and $10 billion
Tech
What to know about Stephen Miran, the tariff proponent Trump just nominated to join the Fed’s board of governors
OpenAI’s reported $500 billion valuation signals AI euphoria
The stakes for OpenAI with the launch of GPT-5
Success
26-year-old New Yorker gathers 40,000 TikTok followers in her quest to visit all the city’s museums
Novak Djokovic, Coco Gauff and other tennis stars’ lobbying for better pay results in record $90 million bag from upcoming U.S. Open
Palantir CEO says working at his $430 billion software company is better than a degree from Harvard or Yale: ‘No one cares about the other stuff’