OpenAI Applications Chief Fidji Simo Steps Down Due to Illness

OpenAI Applications Chief Fidji Simo Steps Down Due to Illness
OpenAI Applications Chief Fidji Simo Steps Down Due to Illness
July 09, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Fidji Simo is stepping down from her role as CEO of Applications at OpenAI and transitioning to being a part-time adviser due to a chronic...

READ MORE >
Financial Firms Ban Employee Prediction Market Trading as Compliance Concerns Spread
Financial Firms Ban Employee Prediction Market Trading as Compliance Concerns Spread
July 09, 2026  |  Markets

Goldman Sachs Group has updated its personal trading policy to ban employees from trading on event contracts related to specific companies, election outcomes or the...

READ MORE >
Nvidia Joins $100 Million Bet on Gradium Voice AI
Nvidia Joins $100 Million Bet on Gradium Voice AI
July 09, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Voice AI model builder Gradium has announced that an extension of its seed financing brought its funding to $100 million. Get the Full Story Complete...

READ MORE >
Palo Alto Networks CEO Says Token Costs Slow Enterprise AI Adoption
Palo Alto Networks CEO Says Token Costs Slow Enterprise AI Adoption
July 09, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

For enterprises to adopt artificial intelligence on a large scale, token costs need to drop, Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora said Thursday (July 9)....

READ MORE >
Warsh Recruits Andreessen, McMillon to Rethink Fed Methods
Warsh Recruits Andreessen, McMillon to Rethink Fed Methods
July 09, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

The Federal Reserve has announced the leaders of five task forces that will examine the Fed’s methods, analytical tools and policy approaches and provide “candid feedback” for the Federal Open...

READ MORE >
The AI Hire Doesn’t Answer to Anyone
The AI Hire Doesn’t Answer to Anyone
July 09, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Companies have spent decades organizing around the limits of human coordination. Departments, reporting lines and job titles exist because complexity had to be made manageable....

READ MORE >
Lendable Raises $670 Million to Fuel Personal Lending Expansion
Lendable Raises $670 Million to Fuel Personal Lending Expansion
July 09, 2026  |  Investments

U.K. digital lender Lendable finalized a deal Thursday (July 9) in which it will raise 500 million pounds (about $670 million) to support its effort to push...

READ MORE >
Former Fed Chief Ben Bernanke Joins Anthropic’s Watchdog Group
Former Fed Chief Ben Bernanke Joins Anthropic’s Watchdog Group
July 09, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke joined Anthropic’s Long-Term Benefit Trust (LTBT), an independent body that works to hold Anthropic to its mission of responsibly...

READ MORE >
Robinhood’s Memecoin Boom Shows Crypto’s Retail Market Is No Joke
Robinhood’s Memecoin Boom Shows Crypto’s Retail Market Is No Joke
July 09, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

The easiest way to misunderstand memecoins is to take the joke too seriously. The second-easiest way is not to take the market seriously enough. Get...

READ MORE >