Tag Archives: Talent

Sometimes you can see into the future as a sports media writer. You watch a lot of sports on television — that was the device we used back in the early 2000s — and someone on a broadcast says something that makes you pay closer attention to the voice because the analysis you just heard was deeper and provided more …

As the AI talent war sweeps across Silicon Valley, Amazon has largely sat on the sidelines. A confidential internal document, and accounts from people familiar with the matter, reveal why. The company has flagged its unique pay structure, lagging AI reputation, and rigid return-to-office rules as major hurdles. Now, the tech giant is being pushed to rethink its recruiting strategy …

Simon Cowell was not impressed with Tom Sandoval and the Most Extras’ performance when they appeared on the first night of the live quarterfinals of America’s Got Talent season 20. Cowell hit his “X” buzzer from the judge’s row before the end of the cover band’s version of the Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights,” which featured Sandoval in all black, including gloves, …

On July 2, Amazon launched “Heads of State,” an action-comedy film starring Idris Elba and John Cena as the respective leaders of the United Kingdom and the United States. But the viewership data indicated that this was no traditional two-hander. Representatives for Priyanka Chopra Jonas, who plays a senior MI6 agent and the film’s third lead, used AI tools including …

The future, as they say, is now. Another NFL season brings with it the evolution process that sees intriguing prospects develop into solid contributors and legit difference-makers. Eventually, they firmly entrench themselves as some of the games’ brightest stars. For some, it’s a gradual process. Others morph into household names in no time. Once again, we’re examining and ranking those …

As AI becomes more ubiquitous, the need for the top-tier talent at tech firms becomes even more important—and it’s starting a war among Big Tech, which is simultaneously churning through layoffs and poaching people from each other with eye-popping pay packages. Meta, for example, is dishing out $100 million signing bonuses to woo top OpenAI researchers. Others are scrambling to …

Big Tech Is Eating Itself in Talent War  The Wall Street Journal Silicon Valley talent keeps getting recycled, so this CEO uses a ‘moneyball’ approach for uncovering hidden AI geniuses in the new era  Fortune Big Tech’s talent grab risks undermining Silicon Valley’s startup engine: WSJ  Seeking Alpha Why Tech Giants Are Spending $100 Million Per Year on Just One Kind of Employee  Investopedia …

Kenneth Kang, a computer science graduate, spent his first year out of college applying for more than 2,500 jobs. He got 10 interviews. “It was very devastating,” he told Fortune. “Honestly, I thought that having a 3.98 GPA, getting recognition letters, and having an interesting experience in the past, perhaps I could get a full-time job offer easily. But that …

Published on August 13, 2025 At Meta, a chaotic culture and lack of vision have led to brain drain, with rivals saying its AI talent is lacklustre. But Zuckerberg’s frenzied hiring spree hasn’t stopped the departures. Can Mark Zuckerberg revive Meta’s AI hopes? Image: Getty Meta was teeming with top AI talent, until it wasn’t. Years before Mark Zuckerberg’s high-profile …

“I think competition for talent is fierce. I am a believer, though, that money is important, but frankly, it’s not necessarily the most important thing when you’re attracting talent,” Lisa Su, CEO of $284 billion semiconductor giant AMD, recently told Wired. “I think it’s important to be in the zip code [of those numbers], but then it’s super important to …