Tristan Bove

Tristan Bove is a contributing reporter on Fortune's news team. Tristan graduated with degrees in International Studies and Chinese from DePaul University, and previously was Policy & Economics Editor at Earth.Org, an environmental journalism non-profit. He has lived and worked in the U.S., Italy, and Hong Kong.

A couple gets engaged and does a photo shoot inside the caverns and snow of the Ice Castles during the opening day in North Woodstock, New Hampshire on December 27, 2025. Brent Christensen crafted his first icy creation in the front yard of his home to bring happiness and joy to his children, and since 2011, Ice Castles has been dedicated to creating a world of ice caves, frozen waterfalls, and glaciers formed into archways, caverns, slides, and tunnels. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP)

America’s healthiest state has clean air and water, good education, and safe cities—And says a lot about the country’s rural-urban divide

By Tristan Bove

Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, from left, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), and Brooke Rollins, US agriculture secretary, during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. The Trump administration released updated nutrition guidelines that bring back a revamped version of the food pyramid, while urging people to eat less sugar and more protein. Photographer: Will Oliver/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images

RFK Jr. is pushing Americans to eat more red meat and dairy as Starbucks, Chipotle, and others cash in on protein craze

By Tristan Bove

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 22: Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, delivers remarks at the Integrated Review of the Capital Framework for Large Banks Conference at the Federal Reserve on July 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. The conference brings together experts to discuss regulatory policy and the implications on the financial system (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

OpenAI suggests ChatGPT play doctor as millions of Americans face spiking insurance costs: ‘In the U.S., ChatGPT has become an important ally’

By Tristan Bove

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – OCTOBER 27: Ray Dalio attends the Fortune Global Forum Riyadh 2025 on October 27, 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Amal Alhasan/Getty Images for Fortune Media)

Ray Dalio says AI is in ‘the early stages of a bubble,’ so watch out for 2026

By Tristan Bove

Elon Musk with one of his children on his shoulders

Elon Musk, father of 13, thinks the world is facing an ‘underpopulation crisis’; the UN says the population will continue growing until 2100

By Tristan Bove and Fortune Editors

Meki Batu, Ethiopia – Young pepper plants growing in a dry cracked field at the Fruit and Vegetable Growers Cooperative in Meki Batu.

Climate change could increase inflation by 1% a year over the next decade, but it’s your food that’s going to get really expensive

By Tristan Bove

Jamie Dimon, chairman and chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., during a Bloomberg Television interview on the sidelines of the JPMorgan Global China Summit in Shanghai, China, on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Dimon said JPMorgan Chase & Co. will be in China in both good and bad times, remaining committed to doing business in the Communist Party-ruled nation as political tensions grow. Source: Bloomberg

Jamie Dimon says the Fed should pause rate hikes, but he doesn’t think it will for long: ‘People should be a little prepared for that’

By Tristan Bove

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, during a House Financial Services Committee hearing investigating the collapse of FTX in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. House lawmakers were supposed to get their chance to grill the FTX founder on the collapse of his digital-asset empire, but the former crypto billionaire was arrested in the Bahamas on Monday after the US government filed criminal charges amid multiple probes into his possible misconduct. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

AOC calls out Elon Musk and accuses him of boosting a Twitter account impersonating her: ‘It is releasing false policy statements’

By Tristan Bove

ChatGPT could rocket Microsoft’s valuation another $300 billion after Nvidia’s massive gains, according to analyst Dan Ives

By Tristan Bove

WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 16: Samuel Altman, CEO of OpenAI, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law May 16, 2023 in Washington, DC. The committee held an oversight hearing to examine A.I., focusing on rules for artificial intelligence. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Sam Altman and other technologists warn that A.I. poses a ‘risk of extinction’ on par with pandemics and nuclear warfare

By Tristan Bove

Waluigi racing with Wario, Peach and Luigi in Waluigi Stadium.

Will A.I. go rogue like Waluigi from Mario Bros., or become the personal assistant that Bill Gates says will make us all rich?

By Tristan Bove

WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 22: U.S. President Joe Biden meets with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in the Oval Office of the White House on May 22, 2023 in Washington, DC. Biden and McCarthy were meeting to discuss raising the debt limit in an effort to avoid a default by the federal government. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Democratic veterans from 2 decades of budget wars say the national debt isn’t worth holding the U.S. and global economy ‘hostage’

By Tristan Bove

Colleagues in a small shop discussing receipts while working on a tablet

Main Street is embracing A.I. because otherwise they won’t have workers

By Tristan Bove

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS – MAY 24: Eric Schmidt, CEO of Alphabet, parent company of Google, attends the kick-off of Startup Fest Europe on May 24, 2016 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The event facilitates match-making between investors and startup entrepreneurs from all over the world. (Photo by Michel Porro/Getty Images)

Society’s refusal to have enough babies is what will save it from the existential threat of A.I., Eric Schmidt says

By Tristan Bove

Couple calculating bills at home using tablet and calculator.

The most predicted recession ever maybe won’t happen. Get ready for the ‘asset class recession’

By Tristan Bove