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Token Reckoning: Amazon and Uber Reassess AI Investments
NEWS | 01 June 2026
The tech world is having a big debate about whether tokenmaxxing, the idea of using lots of AI tokens to boost productivity, has gotten out of control. "Please don't use AI just for the sake of using AI," Dave Treadwell, an Amazon senior vice president, told staff. Now the bill is showing up," Barry Downes, the managing partner at investment firm Sure Valley Ventures, told Business Insider. Bloomberg/Getty ImagesOn the other side of the coin, costs could come down over time as AI companies develop more efficient models and use them to gain a competitive edge. He told Business Insider that the tokenmaxxing craze stemmed from "FOMO" and companies not understanding the full challenge of building with AI.

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Inside the unseen operation to turbocharge Claude Code
NEWS | 01 June 2026
The project, known internally at Snorkel AI as "Marlin," focuses on fine-tuning Claude Code's answers so that it could mimic what a professional developer could do. Two contractors working on the Anthropic project told Business Insider they are being paid $280 per task to create prompts and review code. Project Marlin's freelancers, who have software engineering backgrounds, were directed to A/B test code written by two different models. Clean and reliable codeProject Marlin instructed contractors to create a series of scenarios for which software developers may use Claude Code. Snorkel AI, founded in 2019 by Stanford researchers, creates datasets to improve AI models and creates tests for AI companies' chatbots.

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Trump's major student-loan changes for millions of borrowers are a month away
NEWS | 01 June 2026
Student-loan borrowers, get ready: big changes are coming. The Department of Education said the changes are intended to simplify a complex student-loan repayment system and curb excessive borrowing. Here are the key changes coming for student-loan borrowers next month. Loading…New repayment plansTwo new student-loan repayment plans will be rolled out on July 1: the Repayment Assistance Plan and a tiered standard repayment plan. In March, four borrowers — represented by the law firm Public Goods Practice — filed a lawsuit seeking relief for SAVE borrowers, and the litigation is ongoing.

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Erin Brockovich says people are angry because data centers are being 'shoved down their throats' in secrecy
NEWS | 01 June 2026
High-profile data center projects have faced backlash in recent months. A massive data center project in Utah backed by "Shark Tank" investor Kevin O'Leary has sparked statewide opposition, for example, leading Utah Gov. Spencer Cox to unveil a new "framework" for data center development on Friday that addresses many of the community's concerns. This framework helps ensure that data center development aligns with Utah's long-term interests and reflects Utah values," Cox wrote in an X post. Microsoft, which once relied on NDAs in the early stages of data center development, said earlier this year that it would stop requesting them after local opposition.

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An intern's guide to success at Goldman Sachs, from how to ask for help to keeping an impact log
NEWS | 01 June 2026
When Jill Borst was a Goldman Sachs intern in 1999, the firm didn't have an office in Salt Lake City. Landing a summer spot at the firm is no easy feat, and Goldman accepted less than 1% of intern applicants last year. "Pairing AI fluency with judgment, communication, and critical thinking will help an intern stand out," Arthur said in a statement. Business Insider gathered advice from six senior leaders, four of whom started as interns themselves. Kerry Blum and Anthony Arnold both started at Goldman Sachs as interns.

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SPONSORED | 01 June 2026
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Nvidia Salaries Revealed: How Much Engineers, Researchers Make in 2026
NEWS | 01 June 2026
Foreign hiring has slowed across tech, with the Trump administration's immigration crackdown prompting some firms to reduce H-1B visa sponsorships. Federal filings suggest Nvidia is spending aggressively to maintain its lead in the AI race, hiring across both hardware and software roles while also staffing up on customer-facing positions to help deploy its systems widely. Nvidia obtained certification for roughly 1,200 H-1B roles during the first two quarters of fiscal 2026, according to federal data. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who was born in Taiwan, has called immigrants crucial to the company's mission. Top engineering roles, such as principal systems software engineers and distinguished AI algorithm engineers, can also take home well over $400,000 in base pay.

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This Baltimore Club Redistributes Income to Help Struggling Neighbors
NEWS | 01 June 2026
So Zhu decided to start a local income-sharing program he called the Baltimore Community Guaranteed Income Club. While a universal basic income provides monthly payments to an entire population, a guaranteed basic income typically provides unconditional, recurring cash payments to those who meet income thresholds or who belong to vulnerable social groups. In Baltimore, for example, a basic income program gave 200 struggling young parents $1,000 a month, no strings attached, between 2022 and 2024. These programs have largely stayed small, however, as the political will to introduce statewide or even federal basic income programs remains low. He's aiming to grow the Baltimore Community Guaranteed Income Club from 50 members to 150 members and expand its digital footprint with an official website.

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Bank of America shares its stock-market bubble investing playbook
NEWS | 01 June 2026
But as the market continues to shoot to record highs, is the topic worth revisiting? With the context of the above figures, Hartnett sent clients a post-bubble investing playbook, drawing from the periods following past manias like the Roaring 20s, the dot-com bubble, Japan's bubble in the 1980s, and China's property boom around 2007. "Post-bubble investor roadmap since 1929 is long bonds, and long combo of defensives and/or sectors which dramatically underperformed in the last months of the bubble," Hartnett wrote. He also highlighted small-cap tech and growth stocks as the AI trade swings toward benefitting adopters. Examples of funds that offer exposure to these trades include: the Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC), the iShares U.S. Financials ETF (IYF), the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV), and the Invesco S&P SmallCap Information Technology ETF (PSCT).

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How a lawyer at OpenAI uses OpenAI at work
NEWS | 01 June 2026
Then she joined OpenAI's legal team. A year later, the associate general counsel now uses OpenAI's apps to simplify and speed her legal work. For the past year, Diaz has been using OpenAI's technology to make that work faster and easier to manage. She created a ChatGPT skill for that. Its job is to take legal policies and shorten sentences, cut legalese, and match the format of OpenAI's policy templates.

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Non-Coders Embrace Vibe Coding to Solve Daily Problems
NEWS | 01 June 2026
Mirzazadeh's co-worker and fellow vibe coding "side quester," Jayne Ingram-Roberts, whipped up a fantasy-league-style app for the TV show "Big Brother." The vibe coding vibe shiftThe vibe coding vibe shift started in November 2025, longtime coder and writer Paul Ford tells me. His newest project is vibe coding the construction management process for his new home. But the hyper-nicheness of vibe coding — and the doors it opens — is part of what makes it exciting. For those newbies — and the slightly more experienced — vibe coding allowed them to address the very specific problems that they face in their day-to-day lives.

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My husband's family has run the same company for 170 years. I married into it at 24, and now my role is 'family president.'
NEWS | 01 June 2026
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jill Gardner, family president at the Laird Norton Company. Today, there are 551 family members in seven countries who all share the common experience of owning and helping run the family business. Family members elect the board of directors, which has seven family members and five non-family members, including the CEO. As family president of the company, my role is to keep family members engaged. We have an internship program to help family members learn about the company, and a bi-annual "next gen" event specifically to engage family members age 21-40.

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I live in Houston and earn $285,000 each year. Here's how I plan to save more than half my income this year.
NEWS | 01 June 2026
To afford the cost of living in Houston, I work to increase my income and live below my means. Here's how I budget to live below my meansMy net worth is $1.1 million in savings and investments. Living in Houston is worth it to meIn Houston, we have lots of high-paying jobs, access to great amenities, and sports teams. Still, I plan to invest over $100,000 this year and save or invest 53% of my gross income. It's definitely worth it to me to live in Houston, and I have no plans on moving.

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The 25 highest-paying jobs that don't require a bachelor's degree
NEWS | 01 June 2026
If you don't have a bachelor's degree but want to earn a lot, you could consider becoming an air traffic controller, a nuclear power reactor operator, or a diagnostic medical sonographer. Based on May 2025 pay data, about a dozen jobs that typically don't need a bachelor's degree had a median annual wage in the six figures. Air traffic controllers had a median annual wage of $148,080. Are you making six figures without student loan debt and without a bachelor's degree? Below are the 25 highest-paying jobs that typically don't require a bachelor's or more advanced degree.

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I Moved to Europe for My Husband, Putting Family Before My Career
NEWS | 01 June 2026
We had a drink with one of his former colleagues, who'd worked with him in Manila but later moved back to Europe. By May 2009, he had moved back to Prague for more lucrative career opportunities. I had to reinvent myself in an entirely new country and, over the course of our relationship, learn to navigate the nuances of putting my family before my career. Instead of competing with my husband about who had a more successful career — something I unconsciously did in Prague — I've let him become our provider. I don't regret choosing family over my careerUltimately, I've prioritized my family over my profession, which has been very rewarding.