AI labs are fueling a wild market for your Slack DMs

businessinsider.com 10/12 11:30P crollet@businessinsider.com (Cha

Tyler Le/BI As they race to automate white-collar work, AI labs have found the perfect source of training data: your Slack DMs. Business owners are getting six-figure "exploding offers" that expire in 48 hours to sell their data. Instagram is...

A PR pro says Kelly Clarkson made one big mistake in her feud with a Brooklyn toy shop

businessinsider.com 10/12 10:47A cahlgrim@businessinsider.com (Ca

Kelly Clarkson hosts The Kelly Clarkson Show. Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal via Getty Images Kelly Clarkson publicly scolded a small business in Brooklyn after visiting the store. The store, Art of Play, responded with two public statements...

All of the best memes about the Kelly Clarkson drama over a fake bird

businessinsider.com 10/12 9:15A psquire@insider.com (Paul Squire

Kelly Clarkson has gotten into a feud with a Brooklyn art store. Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal via Getty Images The internet has a hot new feud: Kelly Clarkson vs. a Brooklyn toy store. The drama has spawned countless memes poking fun at the...

This entrepreneur says Amazon nearly destroyed his business. He still shops on it every week. 'It's...

businessinsider.com 10/12 8:47A afowler@insider.com (A.C. Fowler

Business Insider Jack Nekhala's Bed Scrunchie sales faced a major hit after Amazon deactivated his seller account. Nekhala says the loss left the founders in debt, yet he still shops on Amazon several times a week. The habit bothers him more than...

Welcome to the Magical Mystery Tour of the AI age

businessinsider.com 10/11 11:06P insider@insider.com (Rani Molla)

National Jobsite Catering serves about 1,500 meals on an average day at each of its dozen data center construction sites. Jason Andrew for BI At 5 a.m. in Northern Virginia , chefs are already...

Business is booming in a small Louisiana town as a huge Meta AI data center project brings in...

businessinsider.com 10/11 11:03P ledmonds@businessinsider.com (La

Holy Tacos and other businesses are opening in Richland Parish as Meta builds its data center. Tim Allen Meta is building its largest data center to date in northeast Louisiana. Over 7,500 workers are expected to be on the construction site at...

The small business drama involving Kelly Clarkson, a Brooklyn toy store, and an animatronic bird

businessinsider.com 10/11 7:50P agoh@businessinsider.com (Amanda

Kelly Clarkson said she was treated like Julia Roberts character in the 90s rom-com Pretty Woman when she visited a Brooklyn toy shop. Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal via Getty Images Kelly Clarkson said a Brooklyn toy shop gave her the "Pretty Woman"...

I started a cookie business and scaled too quickly. We got caught up in a growth-at-all-costs...

businessinsider.com 10/11 1:08A insider@insider.com (Brianne Gar

Partake Foods founder, Denise Woodard, says storytelling has been a big part of her company s success. Denise Woodard Denise Woodard founded Partake Foods after her daughter's life-threatening food allergies. She says expanding too far, too wide,...

I launched a walking tour company with $3,600 and was able to replace my six-figure full-time...

businessinsider.com 10/6 11:00P insider@insider.com (Insider Inc

Paul Whitten is the founder of Nashville Adventures, a walking tour company. Landon Edwards for BI Paul Whitten created Nashville Adventures, a history and walking tour company in Nashville. He launched it on nights and weekends while working at...

American investors are touring China’s robot factories to size up the competition

businessinsider.com 10/5 12:00A rjetha@businessinsider.com (Rya

AgiBot s factory in Shanghai. (Photo by Tang Yanjun/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images) Tang Yanjun/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images Silicon Valley investors are taking field trips to robot factories in China. The goal is not to scout...

The midterms will come down to the cost of everything — and who voters trust to fix it

businessinsider.com 10/4 11:00P jkaplan@businessinsider.com (Jul

Getty Images; BI Candidates in swing states are vying to win on the Big A: Affordability. In states with key Senate races, gas, electricity, and housing prices have all soared. Now, candidates on both...

Internal document reveals Amazon's secret contingency plan for life without the US Postal Service

businessinsider.com 9/30 11:00P ekim@businessinsider.com (Eugene

A US Postal Service worker delivers Amazon boxes in New York Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images Amazon developed Project Aurelian as USPS contract negotiations became strained. Amazon's own...

ChatGPT's new plan costs $500 a month

businessinsider.com 9/29 7:15A hchandonnet@businessinsider.com

Sam Altman leads OpenAI. The company announced a new subscription tier, costing $500 a month. Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images OpenAI announced a $500 a month plan for ChatGPT. The Pro 500 plan includes access to "Ultrafast" computing,...

My husband and I met at work. Then, I switched careers.

businessinsider.com 9/29 5:56A insider@insider.com (Ashley Arch

My husband and I originally connected through our mutual interest in wanting to help young people and teach. Courtesy of Ashley Archambault My husband and I met while working as teachers many years ago. Since then, I left the field. I now write...

I'm a small business owner who took 50 of my employees to Greece. It was worth the $2,000 a person...

businessinsider.com 9/29 5:18A rshahidi@businessinsider.com (Ro

Bashir Chedrawee took his employees on a trip of a lifetime to Greece. Courtesy of Noah Friedman Restaurant owner Bashir Chedrawee wanted a bigger company trip — so he took his team to Greece. He spent months planning and negotiating prices to...