A researcher interviewed more than 80 elite performers—including coaches, athletes, executives, military leaders and authors—asking what they were willing to do that others weren't. The resulting compilation distills their responses into 11 recurring habits and mindsets tied to sustained achievement, illustrated with quotes such as Dolly Parton describing herself as 'a workhorse that looks like a show horse.'
A leadership contributor for Entrepreneur argues that emotional resilience isn't an innate trait but a skill senior leaders can deliberately build. The piece describes resilience as the capacity to face difficult realities, stay grounded and keep making sound decisions under pressure, rather than suppressing emotion or projecting false confidence.
Executives and researchers in artificial intelligence have renewed calls for caution about the technology's risks, even warnings about existential threats to humanity, but investors largely shrugged off the concerns. Major U.S. stock indexes dipped slightly, with the mixed reaction hitting some AI-linked stocks while boosting others.
A BBC report cites Evan Hubinger, who leads alignment science at Anthropic, estimating a greater than 10% chance AI could kill all humans within a decade. The statement surfaced after Jacob Coxon, a 27-year-old pretraining researcher formerly of OpenAI and Anthropic, resigned and accused both companies of recklessly racing toward self-improving superintelligence.
Semiconductor shares fell across European and Asian markets after executives at major artificial intelligence companies publicly called for a more cautious, slower approach to developing the technology, citing safety concerns. The remarks rattled investors who had been betting heavily on rapid AI expansion driving chip demand.
Fast Company's 12th annual Innovation Festival will feature a set of experiential, activity-based sessions alongside its traditional panel discussions. Organizers highlighted 12 such sessions designed for attendees who prefer learning through direct participation rather than listening to speakers.
TIME's newly published 2026 TIME100 AI list left out Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and AMD CEO Lisa Su, despite both companies dominating GPU supply for AI infrastructure. Instead, the list includes figures like Ben Affleck, Bernie Sanders and Paris Hilton, while Nvidia's only representative is its sustainability chief Josh Parker, featured for work on data center energy use and cooling.