Editor’s note: Mary Jeanne Vincent is out this week but left us with a column that still rings as true as when it was first published in 2021. Hunting for a job is hard work. It is easy to get ...

One of the things that I love about working for myself is that I don’t need to ask anyone’s permission before making a decision. If I want to make a change, I go for it, on whatever timeline makes ...

Have you ever worked with someone who is full of big ideas and constantly hops from one project to the next? If so, you’ve likely encountered a case of what psychologists call shiny-object syndrome.

Plus: Data Issues Hold Up Enterprise AI Systems, Hidden Malicious Code Found In Hugging Face Files, Anthropic’s Claude Wants To Use Your Computer, Training On AI Threats Is Lacking All the talk about ...

Attending a startup mixer and meeting other founders and entrepreneurs is energizing. When attending these events, I find that most people are young and hyped up. And even though everyone is secretly ...

Don’t let shiny object syndrome haunt you this Halloween. Whether it’s the AI rabbit hole or the marketing monster, here are six traps that can derail startups and how to avoid them. Artificial ...

In a fast-paced world, our generation’s obsession with the new is pervasive. From the latest smartphone to fleeting fashion trends, we have grown up in a society caught in an incessant cycle of ...

When I first wrote “Vector databases: Shiny object syndrome and the case of a missing unicorn” in March 2024, the industry was awash in hype. Vector databases were positioned as the next big thing — a ...