A bipartisan public affairs group is out with its findings on what Republicans and Democrats really think about diversity programs—and how leaders can find common ground. The past few years have seen corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts evolve from corporate medal of honor to business standard to political landmine. In the...

Yaupon holly, a once-forgotten caffeinated plant native to North America, could be one of this year’s hottest food trends. The big-city dwellers drink it black, in ceramic mugs with intricate decorative patterns. Sure, it’s a luxury that has to be imported from faraway growers, but no big meeting gets started without the caffeinated buzz it provides.

A CalTech spinoff uses limestone to tackle carbon dioxide in shipping exhaust. The shipping company Lomar will soon begin testing the process. The thousands of cargo ships that are used to deliver everything from your next pair of jeans to your car emit around a billion metric tons of CO2 each year. Cleaner shipping fuel and innovations like modern...

A drastically reduced guest list at this week’s global AI safety summit suggests waning interest in safeguarding against the tech. Six months ago, the world’s attention was on the U.K., where attendees from national governments and international tech companies convened for the first global AI safety summit to discuss the threat and potential of artificial...

The friendly rasp of ChatGPT’s ‘Sky’ voice is getting the AI company into hot water. Last week, OpenAI launched ChatGPT 4o, a new model of its chatbot assistant that converses in almost real time. Users could choose from five voices, including Sky, whose friendly intonation had a slight rasp vaguely reminiscent of Scarlett Johansson—an actor who,...

Brown called on President Biden to nominate a new chair for the FDIC ‘without delay,’ which the Senate would then confirm. The most powerful Democrat in Congress on banking and financial issues called for President Joe Biden to replace the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Monday, saying the agency is broken and there must be “fundamental...