US track and field standout Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is expecting her first child, with a due date in July. The athlete shared that she has scaled back her training, emphasizing that her baby's health is now her top priority. Read the original article on Business Insider

The new model, called π0.7, represents what the company describes as an early but meaningful step toward the long-sought goal of a general-purpose robot brain.

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Google updates AI Mode in Chrome, letting users open links side by side with AI Mode on desktop; users can search across multiple tabs on desktop and mobile  —  Google announced on Thursday that it's rolling out a new way to explore the web with AI Mode, its conversational search experience.

Shows like "Bridgerton" boosted Netflix, led by co-CEO Ted Sarandos, in the first quarter. Liam Daniel/Netflix; Chris Pizzello/AP Netflix slightly beat revenue and operating income estimates in its first quarter earnings. Shares tumbled in after-hours trading after weak guidance for the second quarter. Cofounder Reed Hastings will leave the board in June. Netflix's post-Warner Bros. honeymoon is over. Wall Street wasn't pleased with the streaming giant's first-quarter earnings report, which was also its first since it backed out of its bid for WBD's streaming and studio assets. Netflix's stock dropped by over 9% in after-hours trading. Netflix beat both revenue and earnings estimates last quarter, the company told investors on Thursday afternoon. However, Netflix's second-quarter guidance came in below Wall Street's estimates. Netflix also announced that cofounder and former CEO Reed Hastings will leave the board in June. "Netflix changed my life in so many ways, and my all‑time favorite memory was January 2016, when we enabled nearly the entire planet to enjoy our service," Hastings said in a statement. "My real contribution at Netflix wasn't a single decision; it was a focus on member joy, building a culture that others could inherit and improve, and building a company that could be both beloved by members and wildly successful for generations to come." Netflix's revenue rose 16% to $12.25 billion in the first quarter, just over the consensus estimate of around $12.2 billion, as tracked by S&P Global. Operating income also rose to $3.96 billion, roughly in line with the $3.9 billion estimate. Earnings per share came in at $1.23, well above S&P Global's estimate of $0.77, in part because of the $2.8 billion breakup fee that Netflix collected from Paramount Skydance. Shares had risen by more than 40% from their late-February low, when doubts mounted about the company's chances of landing Warner Bros. Wall Street wasn't a fan of Netflix's WBD deal, as its shares had lost about a third of their value during its pursuit of the company's streaming and studios assets. Boosting prices and ad revenue Ahead of Netflix's earnings report, analysts focused on two key catalysts: its recent price hikes and its growing advertising business. Netflix raised prices by $1 to $2 a month in mid-March. Its ad tier now costs $8.99 a month, compared to $19.99 a month for its ad-free standard plan and $26.99 for its premium plan. Luke Stillman, an advertising analyst at research firm Madison & Wall, told Business Insider before Netflix's earnings report that "there's more runway than most people believe to increase subscription prices." If Netflix subscribers balk at the cost of its pricier plans, they can trade down to its ad plan, which costs as much or less than comparable plans from other major streaming services. Adding more ad-tier subscribers can help Netflix land larger brand deals and higher ad rates, said Mike Proulx, the marketing research director at Forrester. Netflix on Thursday reiterated its forecast to double ad revenue from $1.5 billion last year to around $3 billion in 2026. Read the original article on Business Insider

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Netflix reports Q1 revenue up 16% YoY to $12.3B, vs. $12.2B est., net income of $5.28B, and forecasts Q2 EPS below estimates; NFLX drops 8%+ after hours  —  Netflix Inc. gave a forecast for the second quarter that fell short of analysts expectations, sending the shares down in extended trading.

Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal: Netflix chairman and co-founder Reed Hastings will step down from the company's board after his term expires in June to focus on philanthropy and other pursuits  —  Co-founder won't stand for re-election to the board, Netflix says in first earnings report since pulling out of Warner Discovery bid

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Bloomberg: Sources: Upscale AI, which builds AI networking infrastructure, is in talks to raise $180M to $200M at a $2B valuation, its third funding round in seven months  —  Artificial intelligence startup Upscale AI is in talks to raise a new round of funding at a valuation of about $2 billion, according to people with knowledge of the efforts.

Mamdani and his wife, Rama Duwaji, got $7,011 back from the government, according to his 2025 tax return. Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images Business Insider got a look at Zohran Mamdani's 2025 tax return. He reported earning $1,643 in rap royalties last year, up from $1,267 in 2024. He and his wife, Rama Duwaji, also got a $7,011 refund. Zohran Mamdani is still making money from his old rap career. The New York City mayor's 2025 tax returns, viewed by Business Insider, include $1,643 in royalties — an increase from the $1,267 he reported for 2024. Long before he was first elected to the New York State Assembly in 2020, Mamdani had a short-lived rap career under the moniker "Young Cardamom." Mamdani filed jointly with his wife, Rama Duwaji. The documents show that she made $8,860 for graphic design work and wrote off several expenses, including $500 in art supplies, $250 in web hosting costs, $300 from small equipment and software, and $100 for shipping and packaging. The couple also got a $7,011 tax refund, including $5,704 from the federal government and $1,307 from New York state. The average tax refund for individual filers this year is $3,462, according to the latest IRS data, though couples typically see a higher refund. In total, the couple reported a joint income of $143,634 for 2025, the bulk of which came from the $131,296 that Mamdani earned as a state assemblyman. The couple also reported $1,599 in capital gains income. The disclosure comes as Mamdani promotes a new wealth tax on second homes worth more than $5 million. The mayor highlighted the policy while standing in front of billionaire Ken Griffin's penthouse, which sits in a building overlooking Central Park. Next year's tax return is likely to look a lot different for Mamdani than the last two years. As mayor, he's now earning an annual salary of $258,750, over $100,000 more than he earned in the state assembly. He's also saving money on rent. Like most mayors before him (aside from Mike Bloomberg), Mamdani opted to move into Gracie Mansion, the official mayoral residence on the Upper East Side. Read the original article on Business Insider

This week on Build Mode, Isabelle Johannessen speaks with Capella Kerst, founder and CEO of geCKo Materials.

Sapphire Sleet uses fake job offers and phony Zoom updates to deliver ClickFix attacks that steal credentials and sensitive data from Macs.

AI is transformative, but it's still often wrong. Carina Hong wants to fix that problem with her startup, Axiom Math. She sat down with Senior Correspondent Ben Bergman at Business Insider's The Long Play event in San Francisco. Hong explained how she has attracted top talent from across Silicon Valley, and where her company — already valued at $1.6 billion — is headed next. Read the original article on Business Insider

Disruption may be hitting Hollywood hard, but it's not slowing down Jason Blum, whose powerhouse studio, Blumhouse, is behind many of the most popular — and most profitable — horror films of the past 10 years. In conversation with Chief Correspondent Peter Kafka, Blum unpacked how AI is changing the entertainment industry and how his unique business approach allows Blumhouse to thrive in a time where consumer behaviors are shifting. The two spoke at Business Insider Live's The Long Play event in San Francisco. Read the original article on Business Insider

Anna Tong / Forbes: AI labs are buying Slack, Jira, and email archives from defunct startups to build “reinforcement learning gyms” and train AI agents in simulated workplaces  —  Defunct startups are being liquidated for their Slack archives, Jira tickets, and email threads—operational exhaust that AI labs now treat as premium training data.

Five years later the founders, now 24 years old, say their startup has achieved $300 million in annualized revenue.

OpenAI's agentic coding tool has gotten a major makeover, with a variety of new powers and abilities.

Megan Morrone / Axios: OpenAI launches GPT-Rosalind, an AI model for life sciences research, including drug discovery, as a research preview for customers such as Moderna and Amgen  —  OpenAI announced a new series of AI models built to help life sciences researchers work faster.

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FTC aims to stamp out brand-safety standards that hurt Breitbart and Musk's X.

A benign looking update Dragon Boss pushed out in March 2025 established persistence via scheduled tasks and arranged for future payloads to be excluded from Windows Defender.