Creators who built followings based on trust refuse to outsource some tasks to AI: Humans can ‘sense a decoy’ Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune. Fortune · May 26
$7.2 billion AI CEO gets thousands of job applications a day but still can't find candidates with a strong work ethic Millions of Gen Z grads can't find jobs. This AI boss can't find candidates. And the one skill he's looking for has nothing to do with your degree. Fortune · May 26
Elon Musk’s best friend could make $100 billion on SpaceX. His firm is also owed billions Antonio Gracias' Valor entities hold a massive SpaceX stake—and are on the other side of nearly $20 billion in AI hardware financing deals guaranteed by the company. Fortune · May 25
Forget quiet quitting—instead, millennials are taking ‘quiet vacations’ and checking out of work (and the country) on company dime 4 in 10 millennials take a quiet vacation—here’s how to tell if your worker is one of them. Fortune · May 25
AI hallucinations are slipping past experts into papers and books to enter the permanent record Academic papers, popular books, and legal decisions are peppered with AI mistakes that are getting harder to clean up. Fortune · May 24
As AI wipes out white-collar jobs, one Alabama high school and Toyota are training students for roles that pay $40 an hour and can't be automated The Huntsville Center for Technology gives high school students a foothold in the skilled trades amid a job market starved for that talent. Fortune · May 24
Is a college degree still worth it? Here are 3 things it can teach you that AI can’t do College can help safeguard employees from having their jobs offshored to India or the Philippines, Carl Benedikt Frey told Fortune. Fortune · May 23
This 39-year-old quit his lineman job during the pandemic and built a $50 million company in his backyard Josh Smith registered the name "Montana Knife Company" at 19, spent 20 years mastering his craft, then walked away to pursue his American Dream. Fortune · May 23
Fed stalwart Claudia Sahm fears Kevin Warsh's policies could undo 20 years of policy progress "That progression has happened over 20 years at the Fed and it's going to be near impossible and probably very misguided to put the cat back in the bag." Fortune · May 23
America is suffering a shortage of construction workers and sabotaging its ability to fill vacancies by wiping out the industry's immigrant backbone One construction trade group said the U.S. must hire 349,000 more construction workers in 2026 in order to meet demand. Fortune · May 23
Ex-Tesla president shares the secret to success he learned from his former boss, Elon Musk: ‘He demands to only work with world-class talent’ Elon Musk’s success at building out Tesla and SpaceX came down to the people he hired—and they often shared an unusual mix of four qualities, according to former Tesla president Jon McNeill. Fortune · May 23
My startup hit $200 million ARR. But first I walked away from 2.5 million YouTube subscribers and nearly went bankrupt Fanvue CEO Joel Morris built one of the creator economy's fastest-growing platforms — after giving up a teenage YouTube fortune and sweating through a Spanish villa with days of runway left. Here's what the middle looked like. Fortune · May 23
Barnes & Noble CEO clarifies the bookseller’s stance on AI-written books after refusing to ban them: ‘This is a straightforward rejection of AI books’ James Daunt told Fortune the responsibility to decide on what AI-generated means lies with the publisher, not the seller. Fortune · May 22
Fortune Brainstorm Tech 2026 will be brilliant Our 25th anniversary gathering in Aspen will mix tech icons with the new and the next in a celebration of Fortune's enduring flagship tech event. Fortune · May 22
Fortune · May 22 Beyond the diploma: Skills that actually get graduates hired The rules of entry-level hiring have changed—and experts at Fortune's Workplace Innovation Summit weighed in on the implications.
Fortune · May 22 Jamie Dimon sees 'exuberance' in markets. That's a loaded word when it comes to bubbles popping The most important economic question of our time has no consensus — and the gap between what AI can do and what economies are organized to absorb may be the defining tension of the decade.
Fortune · May 22 Inside Microsoft's high-stakes push to win back its AI lead A new Fortune feature takes readers inside Microsoft's plan for a comeback.
The Economic Times · May 22 Problems disappeared when I let them go: Bolt’s Ryan Breslow explains why he laid off his entire HR team Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow defended significant layoffs and the removal of the HR department, attributing these drastic measures to a need to revive the fintech company. He stated that the HR team created non-existent problems and that the company had developed a culture of entitlement, necessitating a return to a…
International Business Times UK · May 22 Kevin O'Leary Says Content Creators Are Now More Valuable Than Engineers — And Some Already Earn $500K Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary says social media creators in his companies now earn up to $500,000 a year as AI reshapes which skills are most valued.
Fortune · May 22 Bolt’s cofounder killed its HR department. This CEO says people management is key to thriving in the AI age Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.
Fortune · May 22 Top economist Tyler Cowen on the biggest problem of the AI age: not mass unemployment but adjusting to a new reality "I think for the vast majority of Americans, it will actually feel more normal, maybe happier," Cowen said. But lawyers and bankers are in for a shock.
Fortune · May 21 'SpaceX is his new baby at the expense of Tesla': Elon Musk’s IPO could be bad news for his EV maker, investors warns SpaceX will reportedly allocate 30% of shares to retail investors, betting on the CEO’s loyal base of investors—and putting Tesla under more scrutiny.
Fortune · May 21 Ro Khanna blames 'clueless' boomers for Gen Z booing AI: They handed over a ‘broken economy' "Young people are anxious, that they're economically frustrated, and they view AI with deep anxiety and suspicion, not as some kind of great thing."
Fortune · May 21 The Midwest is leading America's spring housing rebound because of 'buyers who are actually showing up,' Realtor.com says Kansas City, Louisville, and Indianapolis are powering the strongest spring housing market since 2022 as buyers chase affordability in the Midwest away from a cooling Sun Belt.
Fortune · May 21 MacKenzie Scott gave away more than $7 billion last year—but her secretive style got her snubbed from a top donors list “MacKenzie Scott is among the notable absences on the Philanthropy 50 list,” the Chronicle of Philanthropy said.