DARK SECRETS: 24 - The Real Truth

Workers’ share of America’s income is at a record low before the AI boom even begins

EY-Parthenon chief economist Gregory Daco says that the economy’s surprising productivity gains so far predate AI.

Fortune · Sep 4

As wildfires and floods batter national parks, a developer says it’s negotiating for a piece of Yosemite

The national park will trade roughly 700 feet of its land for less than two acres, according to the developer involved.

Fortune · Sep 4

He failed the military pilot eye test—so he built a $1 million-a-day traffic company and bought flying lessons. Now he’s Top Gun’s stunt pilot

Top Gun’s stunt pilot built a traffic company as a teen. Now he’s making millions—enough to fund flying lessons and a $2 million helicopter.

Fortune · Sep 4

OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra, its most powerful model yet, and touts its ability to use your computer

OpenAI president Greg Brockman calls Astra “the start of the AGI era” even as outside experts worry about whether the company has effective safety and security controls in place.

Fortune · Sep 3

Why are AI safety experts alarmed by reports OpenAI’s Astra model uses “recurrent depth”?

OpenAI’s chief scientist says the company is committed to ensuring its models’ reasoning remains interpretable.

Fortune · Sep 3

AI wants electricity now. The electric grid needs years to catch up

Data center demand is surging, but utilities, electric transmission and grid connections can take years to meet the need

Fortune · Sep 3

Canva’s productivity push is starting to gain traction—and in Southeast Asia, it’s happening on phones

Canva’s users have made 4.5 billion presentations and 1.4 billion documents, the first hard numbers on its push into Microsoft’s and Google’s turf.

Fortune · Sep 3

Clippers fined $30 million as owner Steve Ballmer is suspended for a year following NBA investigation on behind-the-curtain deal

A near-year-long investigation has amounted to a heavy blow to the LA franchise and its owner for an alleged circumvention of league rules.

Fortune · Sep 3

Japan requires married couples to share a surname, so matchmakers are pairing singles who already have the same one to avoid changing it

A Japanese advocacy group helped organize the events to highlight a 128-year-old law that requires married couples to share the same surname.

Fortune · Sep 3

One of the fastest-growing jobs in Silicon Valley sends engineers straight to customers’ offices to get AI up and running—and pays more than $188,000

Silicon Valley tech giants are copying Palantir’s playbook by hiring engineers to work directly with customers—and paying them nearly $200K to do so.

Fortune · Sep 3