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Creative class guru Richard Florida confronts 189k job wipeout: ‘AI is both an enhancing technology and eliminating technology’

New York has lost one-quarter of its film jobs. The urbanist who named the creative class says AI will make cities matter more, not less.

By Catherina GioinoOctober 2, 2026

Top futurist Amy Webb sees Fortune 500 firms suffering from ‘learned helplessness’ with AI, like taxi drivers who need Google Maps

“Let’s be fair, Fortune 500 companies are pretty late to the party on this,” said Webb, founder and CEO of the Future Today Strategy Group.

By Nick LichtenbergOctober 2, 2026

Jeff Bezos just opened a free preschool inside an Arizona retirement community—and families earning up to $132,000 can apply

The Glendale, Ariz., campus is the latest in Bezos Academy’s network of more than 40 Montessori-inspired schools aimed at families squeezed by the cost of childcare.

By Fernanda TroncoOctober 2, 2026

Top ServiceNow exec on clients delivering ‘life-changing’ results with AI agents—and he’s seeing it now at Standard Chartered

Paul Fipps, ServiceNow president of global customer operations, told the Fortune AIQ Summit some clients “can’t rely on humans” to keep AI agents in check.

By Emma BurleighOctober 2, 2026

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Ben Affleck says predictions that AI will wipe out jobs—or kill us all—are just propaganda: ‘In fact, more people technically are being employed’

Fears that AI could wipe out humanity are overblown, says Hollywood star Ben Affleck, who sold his AI startup to Netflix for $587 million earlier this year.

By Preston ForeOctober 2, 2026

Larry Fink on the lost ‘bedrock of America’ and ‘a big divide’ between wages and investment wealth

The BlackRock CEO’s father “essentially had one job in his career,” he said at Ford Accelerate. “I think we lost that.”

By Nick LichtenbergOctober 2, 2026

What Twin Peaks and Coyote vs. Acme teach us about the value of what companies abandon

The strange economics of what companies leave for dead turn trash into treasure.

By Stuart N. BrotmanOctober 1, 2026

Paramount’s new co-CEO once hired a barista he met at a café with no résumé. His advice to Gen Z: ‘Look up and make eye contact’

Billionaire heir David Ellison tapped Mattel’s Ynon Kreiz as his No. 2 at Paramount after decades of betting on unconventional ideas, including Barbie and a barista.

By Preston ForeOctober 1, 2026

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Fortune 500 Power Moves: Which executives gained and lost power this week

See which Fortune 500 companies are making changes to their C-suite ranks.

By Fortune EditorsOctober 2, 2026

Billionaire George Soros has donated $102 million ahead of the midterms—and now the Democrats are coming out ahead

Decades after Soros emerged as a major Democratic donor, his political network enters midterm season with tens of millions still available.

By Mia OsmonbekovOctober 2, 2026

‘Europe needs to shed its naivety’: Vestas CEO Henrik Andersen on Chinese competition and the energy issue that keeps him up at night

The Danish company has pivoted through multiple crises to become the world’s biggest turbine manufacturer. Now, as new competitors emerge and costs rise, its CEO is changing strategy to stay ahead.

By Sam BirchallOctober 2, 2026

GM’s Mary Barra says the EV transition is still the destination—even if the road is longer

She’s also setting her sights on a future in which drivers can look away from the road.

By Alyson ShontellOctober 2, 2026

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Stacy Dillow, executive vice president and chief people officer at HPE

Fortune 500 chief people officers say AI has killed org charts, and employees who will thrive need to ‘unlearn’

At the inaugural Fortune AIQ Summit, executives from Palo Alto Networks, HPE, and Lennar discussed how AI is reshaping firms—and the workers within them.

By Preston ForeOctober 1, 2026

Singapore is tapping a Nobel-winning formula to help its useless singles get dates

FirstDate offers one potential match at a time, testing whether fewer choices can help singles build a connection.

By Tatiana SatauaOctober 1, 2026

Christian Ulbrich says working from the office is ‘core’. Just make sure it is a beautiful place to be as well

Office life isn’t just about executives worried about productivity. According to CEO of real-estate giant JLL, being around colleagues matters at every level.

By Kamal AhmedOctober 1, 2026

The rise of the ‘two-job job’: 61% of workers say they’re now doing more than one role

A Korn Ferry survey of more than 16,000 professionals finds workloads climbing and motivation falling as companies flatten management and lean on AI.

By Bilin LinOctober 1, 2026