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Act fast, or risk being relegated to the "permanent underclass." That's the latest worry reverberating around the techosphere. It's no secret that AI is creating massive amounts of wealth for some. The startup space is flush with cash, the AI labs are doling out large salaries to retain top talent, and a series of upcoming IPOs could turn average engineers into millionaires many times over. For those early to the AI gold rush, that's joyous. For others, it's a sign of growing class disparity. Menlo Ventures partner Deedy Das described the feeling in his viral X post. Roughly 10,000 people who worked for companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, or Nvidia can now retire, he wrote. The rest making under $500,000 can work "their whole life and never get there." Das referenced the talk of a "permanent underclass" that flies around tech circles. Read more about the viral tweet on Business Insider: https://lnkd.in/g7yS_Fit #vcs #sanfrancisco #wealth

Police said the 70-year-old driver was testing out the truck's Wade Mode setting. He ended up spending the night in jail. https://bit.ly/4uQMZL4

Graduation season is revealing a growing backlash to AI messaging. Commencement speakers across the country, including Google CEO Eric Schmidt and music executive Scott Borchetta, emphasized AI, automation, and the future of work in speeches to graduates. In several cases, audiences responded with boos, highlighting growing fatigue around repetitive AI narratives and concerns about how the technology could reshape the future of work. Some leaders took a different approach. Delta CEO Ed Bastian earned cheers after joking that he asked AI to write his speech, but threw it away because it lacked "soul" and "warmth." For more, read "AI flub leads to a graduation ceremony debacle — and an apology" by Henry Chandonnet: https://lnkd.in/gV83r6Gm

What do you think of Spotify's green disco ball icon? https://bit.ly/4wFXaDI

A little over two years ago, Linara Bozieva was laid off from eBay after spending 11 years with the company. She and her family had recently moved from Switzerland to the US, and she said it was a hard time. She looked at the job market and saw that many companies were laying off workers, and there seemed to be more candidates than openings. She said that it felt worth it to start building something small, at least for a couple of years, to support herself and her family. A few months after her layoff in 2024, she launched a traditional marketing agency. She doesn't have a marketing background, but she built a three-layer AI workflow with 27 custom AI agents that run an entire marketing strategy under her oversight. Read more about how her team of agents works — and what she does herself — on Business Insider: https://lnkd.in/e57de-Pc (Credit: Courtesy of Linara Bozieva) #AIworkflow #innovativebusiness #startupstory #AImarketing

The DOJ's settlement of Trump's lawsuit related to his leaked tax returns includes a sweeping pledge. https://bit.ly/43oA8Ut

My latest for Business Insider started the way a lot of my best stories do: scrolling through social media. Post after post, I saw women either showing off their adidas satin animal print wide leg pants or desperately asking if anyone had a pair to sell. The same cycle, over and over, across multiple groups. So I bought the last size I could find. And I finally understood what all the chaos was about. These pants keep selling out, have 414 reviews, and a 4.7-star rating. But more than that, they represent something: a collective rejection of quiet, neutral, minimalist everything. Would you wear them? https://lnkd.in/eYDx9tUb #Fashion #Adidas #Facebook

Andrej Karpathy, the OpenAI founding member who was formerly Tesla's AI boss, announced on Tuesday that he had joined Anthropic. https://bit.ly/3PNNmHm

The DOJ's settlement of Trump's lawsuit related to his leaked tax returns includes a sweeping pledge. https://bit.ly/43oA8Ut