There’s no doubt about it, AI is the dominating tech for 2024, and that’s unlikely to change in the near future. From ChatGPT to Gemini and CoPilot +, it has infiltrated every corner of the tech industry.

If you’re looking for a role in AI, then you couldn’t pick a better time. Despite roles in the tech industry having a tough time of late, AI jobs are booming, with plenty to choose from.

What’s more, you don’t need to be a tech wizard to work in AI. AI companies have multiple roles that don’t need any tech experience, whether it’s in HR, sales or finance, so even if you’re not a developer, your next job could still be working for an AI company. Read on to see who is hiring, and for what roles.

OpenAI

The current rock stars of the AI scene thanks to its ChatGPT platform, if you’re looking for a company to add to your resume that is bound to impress future employers, it has to be OpenAI.

The good news is that thanks to its rapid expansion and world recognition, OpenAI is currently recruiting at a fast pace, with plenty of roles available, 175 at the time of writing.

In fact, you don’t even need a background in AI to work at the company, as there are lots of roles currently listed at the company for positions in its people and legal teams.

One word of warning though – if you’re looking for a job you can do remotely, keep scrolling. CEO Sam Altman has been very vocal on his disdain for the practice of working from home, so expect to be in the office, a lot.

Jobs currently available at OpenAI:

Account Associate, ChatGPT Enterprise Sales – San Francisco

Software Engineer, Backend – San Francisco

Software Engineer, Supercomputing Storage, San Francisco

User Operations Generalist – San Francisco

Strategic Finance, Product – San Francisco

Senior Support Engineer, API – London

See all roles currently available at OpenAI

Anthropic

Anthropic is the company behind Claude, and its rivalry to ChatGPT is perhaps closer than others, as it was founded by two former members of OpenAI.

The company is certainly looking healthy, with around 400 employees and boasting over $4 billion investment from Amazon alone, and $2 billion from Google.

While the race to develop AI systems has been ruthless, with perhaps too much emphasis on ‘can we’, rather than ‘should we’, Anthropic’s mission statement outlines a desire for AI to have a positive impact on society.

AI jobs currently available at Anthropic:

Operations Program Manager – San Francisco

Engineering Manager, Pretraining Data Platform – San Francisco

Team Manager, LLM Training Research – San Francisco

Research Engineer – San Francisco

Research Engineer – London

Application Security Engineer – San Francisco

See all roles currently available at Anthropic.

Google

Google has been investing heavily in AI over the last few years, and it’s popping up in a lot of products. Notably, Google’s own search now has AI-curated summaries, which have led to somewhat mixed results.

Then there’s Gemini, Google’s answer to ChatGPT, which can create images, as well as respond to prompts. Check out what happened when we asked it to create images of a dog eating a hot dog.

There’s no doubt that Google is only going to expand it’s AI efforts if it wants to keep up with its rivals, pouring money into the technology, including a huge $2 billion investment in Anthropic. If you want to a career in AI, you can definitely do worse than joining Google.

AI jobs currently available at Google:

Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning, YouTube – California

Research Scientist, Voice and Audio Algorithms – California

Staff TPU Co-Design and Performance Software Engineer – London

TPU Simulator Software Engineer, Silicon – Seoul 

Tech Lead Manager, Real World Journeys – Sao Paulo

Lead Customer Engineer, Generative AI, Public Sector – Reston

See all roles currently available at Google.

Microsoft

Like Google, Microsoft has gone all in on AI in recent years, releasing its own CoPilot + AI assistant, and investing in AI technologies heavily.

Like most other companies that are developing AI products, it hasn’t always gone smoothly – just last month, the company hit the headlines with its Recall feature, which promised to capture images from users PCs constantly, to create a database. Due to a public outcry and security concerns, this feature will now be opt-in, rather than opt-out.

But despite a few fumbles, it’s clear that Microsoft sees AI as the future, and if you’re looking to bolster your career with a company that has been at the forefront of emerging technology for decades, you’re sure to learn a thing or two at Microsoft. The perks aren’t bad, either.

AI jobs currently at Microsoft:

Senior Director Artificial Intelligence Silicon Product Management – Washington

Cloud Solution Architect – Azure AI and Machine Learning – Athens

Enterprise Digital Specialists – Data & AI – Dutch Market – Dublin

Senior Researcher – Machine Learning – Beijing 

Principal Software Engineering Manager – Teams AI Library – Washington

Senior Machine Learning Engineer – New York

See all roles currently available at Microsoft.

Synthesia

If Google and Microsoft are too corporate for you, you might want to opt for a smaller company with a start up attitude. Synthesia is a UK-based company that creates tools to help users make AI generated videos.

The company’s pitch is to allow users to create video content without the need for a camera or microphone. Users can pick from pre-made avatars to present videos, or even insert their own likeness. Using text prompts, videos can be created quickly, with a variety of languages available.

It has around 350 employees, and has offices globally, including the UK, US and Holland, with clients including Heineken, Zoom, Xerox and McDonald’s.

Jobs currently available at Synthesia:

Strategic Finance Associate – London

Solutions Marketing Leader – New York

Customer Onboarding Specialist – New York

Head of Product Design – Europe

Senior Full Stack Engineer – Europe

Senior Product Manager, Avatar Technology – London

See all jobs available at Synthesia.

Deepl

Deepl is a Germany-based AI company that specializes in using AI for translation tools, specifically its Deepl Translator.

Deepl Translator boasts around 10 million monthly customers, with many being in the enterprise sector, including high profile clients such as Mercedes Benz and Fujistu, and has been downloaded on more that 25 million devices.

The company has a staff of around 900, and although it is based in Germany, has offices globally, including the UK, Japan and the US.

If you’re interested in AI and have a passion for language, it’s hard to imagine a better fit!

Jobs currently available at Deepl:

Customer Success Manager – Japan

Engineering Manager, Core Platform Backend – Amsterdam

Finance Business Partner – Germany

B2B CopyWriter – London

Account Executive – Japan

See all current job openings at Deepl.

It’s no great secret that AI chatbots like ChatGPT save data on the questions and queries that users input.

It’s one of the ways that companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic hone and improve their products.
If that doesn’t sound like a particular concern, the knowledge that ChatGPT also gathers and has the right to disclose other personal information including geolocation data, device details, and log data may well be.

Fortunately, champion of internet privacy DuckDuckGo has released a feature called DuckDuckGo AI Chat, which seeks to anonymize your use of popular chatbots – with ChatGPT and Claude among them and more on the way.

Free and Anonymous Access to AI

DuckDuckGo AI Chat lets you raise all of your AI queries through its own tool and promises that they will all be private, anonymized and not used for AI model training.

In a blog post introducing the feature, it acknowledges the increasing utilization of chatbots among internet users, but also cites research that suggests the majority remain concerned about the privacy aspect of that use.

“We believe people should be able to use the Internet and other digital tools without feeling like they need to sacrifice their privacy in the process,” reads the post. “Developing products that add a layer of privacy to the everyday things they do online… first with search, then browsing, email, and now with generative AI via AI Chat.”

“In the industry-wide race to integrate generative AI, there’s a lot of pressure to add AI features just for the sake of saying you have them. We’re taking a different approach.” – DuckDuckGo

How To Use DuckDuckGo AI Chat

The feature – which isn’t mandatory and can be turned off – works through duck.ai, duckduckgo.com/chat or through the company’s ‘bang’ shortcuts (!ai and !chat).

Once you’re there, you can carry out your anonymous query with a few simple steps:

1. Pick a chat model. (Currently available are Open AI’s ChatGPT 3.5 Turbo, Anthropic’s Claude 3 Haiku and open-source models Meta Llama 3 and Mistral’s Mixtral 8x7B)
2. Check and agree to DuckDuckGo’s privacy policy and terms of use
3. Enter your query or use the prompts provided

It’s really as simple as that. If you’ve used AI chatbots before, it will all be very familiar and you still have the option to amend, narrow or sharpen your queries in the usual way.

Use of DuckDuckGo AI Chat is currently free, although the company is implementing an undefined daily limit. It says that it aims to maintain a free tier in the future, but is “exploring a paid plan for access to higher limits and more advanced (and costly) chat models.”

So How Does It Keep My Chats Anonymous?

To ensure that all chats within DuckDuckGo Chat AI are entirely anonymous and can’t be traced back to the user, it claims to effectively carry out the query with the 3rd party chatbot on your behalf – thus removing the user’s IP address completely from the equation.

“This way it looks like the requests are coming from us and not you,” says the blog post.

“We have agreements in place with all model providers to ensure that any saved chats are completely deleted by the providers within 30 days, and that none of the chats made on our platform can be used to train or improve the models” – DuckDuckGo

It also states that DuckDuckGo will not save or store any chats, although some may be stored temporarily only in order to respond properly to the query and “ensure all systems are working.” After that, it says, there are no ways to tie chats back to the user.

Two is the magic number when it comes remote work, according to a new survey produced to investigate current working habits in the US.

In data gathered by the WFH Research’s Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes, 2.2 days per week is the average number that workers who are able to work from home say their employers plan to let them work remotely over the next year.

That figure is down slightly from a number closer to 2.4 days in June 2022, but suggests there remains a commitment to hybrid working since the explosion of pandemic-era remote working.

The survey also reveals that the sweet spot for workers themselves would be an average of around 2.8 days per week at home – just over half a day longer than their employers have planned.

Remote Working Holds Steady

The survey – which has comprised more than 200,000 responses since May 2020 from US residents who are aged 20-64 and able to work from home – accords with previous studies that show a reluctance for employees to return full-time to the office.

That’s notwithstanding the number of high profile companies who have cracked down on working from home. Many big tech companies revoked their WFH policies over the last few years, with video game publisher Rockstar the most recent to enforce a return to the office five days a week – albeit to complete production of Grand Theft Auto VI.

The likes of Amazon and Meta have reverted to a three days in the office model, with Disney and KPMG at four. While perhaps the most visible critic of remote working is Elon Musk, with staff at Tesla and X all being made to return to the office full time.

Despite that, the survey found that the ‘Information’ sector was the one currently least likely to have staff fully on site, with only 31% of respondents saying that they were in the office full time. 23% said that they are fully WFH, second only to the 26% of people in “Professional and Business Services.”

Younger Workers Are in the Office Less

Other results of the survey showed that 27% of all paid working days in the US in May 2024 were carried out from home. And 41.1% of workers who can work at home now do so on a hybrid basis, compared to 38.8% fully on site and 20.3% exclusively WFH.

It also looked at the working habits of employees in different age brackets. It found that respondents in the 50-64 category are 11% more likely to work fully on site than those aged 20-29, with 68.2% of those 50 and above permanently in the office.

On the other side of the spectrum, 42.8% of 20-29-year-olds work either on a hybrid basis or fully remote.

Those statistics make a lot of sense considering that many of the respondents aged 20-29 will have only come into the workforce either during or in the years immediately following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Adobe has reacted to concerns that its users’ work will be utilized to train generative AI tools by confirming a further roll-out of changes to its Terms of Use.

The software company responsible for popular programs such as Photoshop, Illustrator and Reader, came under fire earlier in the month when a mandatory terms of service update suggested that Adobe would be able to automatically access user content.

But a new blog post says that the company has reflected on the language it used in the update and confirms that user-generated content will never be harnessed to train generative AI tools.

Adobe’s Terms of Non-Endearment

The fury of Adobe users began to surface last week when they started receiving notifications to inform them of updated terms of use.

The summary of changes – which required acceptance in order to continue using the software – included clarification that Adobe could “access your content through both automated and manual methods, such as for content review”.

This was interpreted by some critics as tacit permission for Adobe to use content to train AI models. While others voiced concern that sensitive content created under non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) would be exposed.

Here it is. If you are a professional, if you are under NDA with your clients, if you are a creative, a lawyer, a doctor or anyone who works with proprietary files – it is time to cancel Adobe, delete all the apps and programs. Adobe can not be trusted. pic.twitter.com/LFnBbDKWLC

— Wetterschneider (@Stretchedwiener) June 5, 2024

Adobe: “You own your content”

After hastily posting a blog to clarify the update last Thursday, Adobe has now said that it will roll out a revised set of Terms of Use changes by June 18th.

Stopping short of a mea culpa, the company says that “evolving” its Terms of Use is the right thing to do but admits its messaging could have been clearer.

“We’ve never trained generative AI on customer content, taken ownership of a customer’s work, or allowed access to customer content beyond legal requirements. Nor were we considering any of those practices as part of the recent Terms of Use update.” – Adobe

The post sets out five points of clarification, starting with a pledge that: “Your content is yours and will never be used to train any generative AI tool”.

Others include users having the choice not to participate in Adobe’s product improvement program and a commitment not to scan content stored locally on computers.

“Our updated Terms of Use, which we will be releasing next week, will be more precise, will be limited to only the activities we know we need to do now and in the immediate future, and uses more plain language and examples to help customers understand what they mean and why we have them,” the post reads.

However, there is an absence in the blog of any reassurances in relation to the concerns raised about the privacy of work created under NDAs.

The Creep Of AI Model Training

Adobe has previously been very open as to how it plans to exploit AI to enhance its own tools. It recently confirmed that its Premiere Pro program will add generative AI video functionality, for example.

But the backlash to Adobe’s updated Terms of Use comes amid continued anxiety from the creative industries that original work will be used without permission to train such AI software – the ultimate fear being that many writers, artists, actors and many more will be rendered unnecessary.

And earlier in the year, Reddit revealed that it had agreed to internet giant Google using its data to train the AI models Google hopes will compete with the likes of ChatGPT. It’s a point of tension that is unlikely to be resolved any time soon, with Apple’s newly announced integration of ChatGPT only accelerating the ubiquity of AI tools to consumer devices.

If you’re an iPhone, iPad or Mac user, you’ll soon have the skills of ChatGPT integrated into Siri and your other favorite first party apps.

Within its launch of Apple Intelligence – which seeks to use generative intelligence to improve the functionality of those devices’ apps – the tech giant revealed that OpenAI’s ChatGPT would be directly incorporated with the release of the new iOS 18, iPadOS 18 and macOS Sequoia operating systems.

The announcement came during a WWDC 2024 that also previewed the revamped operating systems, a new Passwords app, fresh watchOS 11 features, and visionOS updates.

Siri and ChatGPT Join Forces

Craig Federighi, Apple’s SVP of Software Engineering, explained during the WWDC keynote how Siri will identify queries that it determines ChatGPT can resolve. It will then ask the user if they wish ChatGPT to provide an answer to the query.

“There are other artificial intelligence tools available that can be useful for tasks that draw on broad world knowledge or offer specialized domain expertise,” said Federighi. “We want you to be able to use these external models without having to jump between different tools. So we’re integrating them right into your experiences.

“We built support into Siri, so Siri can tap into ChatGPT’s expertise when it might be helpful for you.” – Craig Federighi, SVP of Software Engineering at Apple

ChatGPT will also be incorporated into other 1st party Apple apps, such as Writing Tools, to assist in the composition of written text and generation of images.

As per the last 12 iterations of iOS, it is expected that iOS18 – together with iPadOS 18 and macOS Sequoia – will begin to be rolled out in September of this year.

Apple Intelligence And OpenAI

Apple’s ChatGPT integration appears to be a key part of the company’s Apple Intelligence roll-out – its much anticipated move towards a greater implementation of large language models and artificial intelligence to enhance the user experience of Apple device users.

“Our unique approach combines generative AI with a user’s personal context to deliver truly helpful intelligence.” – Tim Cook, CEO of Apple

However, the announcement stopped short of suggesting that the partnership with Open AI would be exclusive, stating that Apple intelligence would be “starting out” with ChatGPT.

Previously rumored to have been considering a partnership with Google’s Gemini AI model, this also leaves room for Apple to continue developing its own “Apple GPT” and language model framework, Ajax.

Elon Musk Threatens to Ban Apple Devices

Among social media’s response to the announcement, Elon Musk used his own platform X, formerly Twitter, to deride the news.

If Apple integrates OpenAI at the OS level, then Apple devices will be banned at my companies. That is an unacceptable security violation.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 10, 2024

In a series of posts, Musk called the integration an “unacceptable security violation” and said that “visitors will have to check their Apple devices at the door”.

During Apple’s keynote, Federighi had addressed potential security concerns by saying that requests and information will not be logged.

A follow-up press release on the Apple website expands on this, stating that: “Privacy protections are built in for users who access ChatGPT — their IP addresses are obscured, and OpenAI won’t store requests. ChatGPT’s data-use policies apply for users who choose to connect their account.”

ChatGPT Recently Criticized

Apple’s announcement comes in the midst of a spree of AI errors, including Open AI’s decision to prevent ChatGPT from answering questions about upcoming elections.

Following reports that the AI platform was giving factually incorrect answers to queries about elections that had not yet taken place, OpenAI said it would implement a fix to have ChatGPT refuse answering such requests and point the user to more authoritative sources such as the UK Electoral Commission website.

It’s not just OpenAI in the hot seat either, over inaccurate AI-generated responses. Google has also been openly mocked online for its AI summaries, which, among other things, have suggested users add glue to pizzas, and drink urine for medicinal reasons.

The humble VPN is one of the most useful software tools any internet user can get. It adds an extra layer to your internet traffic, protecting your privacy from the hordes of data-collection bots that plague the internet, and it even opens up region-locked content that you might otherwise never see.

Still, they come with a catch: The paid ones cost money and the free ones tend to be bad at what they do, whether it’s because they run ads or because they sell your data.

You can check out the best free VPN options if you must. However, there’s a handy solution that can net you a fast, secure, and ad-free VPN totally for free: Getting a free trial. You’ll get a free VPN for a week, month, or even longer time period before the bill comes due, and when it does, you can just cancel. Here are the best options to consider.

TorGuard VPN: 7-Day Free Trial

TorGuard is dependable, widely-used, and comes with access to more than 3000 servers across 55 countries. It’s not as speedy as a lot of other alternatives, but it will get the job done while keeping your data safe and secure.

Why is TorGuard at the top of our list for the best VPN free trials? Because it’s actually a free trial, with no further commitment needed.

Most top VPNs don’t actually do free trials these days: Instead, they offer a “30-day money-back guarantee,” which requires you to fork over your money first, wait 30 days, and then get in touch to cancel your order. Sure, in the end you’ll wind up with a free trial, but they make you work for it. With TorGuard, you’ll get seven days of one of the most secure VPNs on the market, with no money leaving your account even temporarily.

Check out Torguard here for the best deals, in addition to that free trial.

PureVPN: 31-Day Money-Back Guarantee

PureVPN stands out as one of the cheapest VPN options that we still rate as safe, private, secure, and dependable. Plus, it offers a 31-day money-back guarantee, which is one day longer than most VPNs.

The service has more than 6,000 servers in more than 65 countries, and gives users up to 10 simultaneous connections per account. It comes with a zero logging promise and a kill switch, two features that help to ensure your data stays private. It offers a bundle that includes a password manager, but the bare-bones service is available starting at just $2.11 per month — well, if you forget to cancel before the money-back guarantee runs out, that is.

PureVPN offers speedy upload times, although they’re not blazingly fast, and it can even unlock Netflix, though you may need the browser extension to pull that one off.

Get started with your PureVPN trial.

Surfshark: 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

Surfshark offers the sleekest, easiest-to-use mobile app, and one that’s rated the highest in the app store out of all the top options we considered. If you’re using an iPhone, this is the one to check out. You can try it free for 30 days with its money-back guarantee.

The VPN comes with unlimited simultaneous connections, making it the top pick for everyone who wants a free trial that they can use across every single device their family owns. For 30 days.

Surfshark boasts 3,200+ servers across 100 countries, auto-connect, a kill switch, a rotating IP function, and a few bundles that include an ad-blocker, malware-blocker, and tracker-blocker. Most impressively, Surfshark is also the speediest VPN, according to our research and testing. We found it only led to a 7.5% drop off in speeds, which is incredibly low — in comparison, even the very good PureVPN had a 23.9% drop off in the same tests.

Check out your Surfshark money-back guarantee.

ExpressVPN: 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

ExpressVPN offers all the basics you should require from a paid VPN. It has a solid range of 3,000+ servers in 94 countries, AES-256 bit encryption, a zero logging promise, and an auto-reconnect. It also sells a bundle that includes a threat manager for blocking malicious sites or trackers.

You’ll get up to five simultaneous connections, which isn’t as many as some VPNs in this article, but is likely more than enough for one or two people. The service has a clean interface, and offers plenty of onling guides to help you get over the minimal learning curve.

This service has one big downside, and it’s not a problem at all for anyone who only plans to use the free trial: It has a pricy paid plan. If you pay for it, you’ll have to put down $8.32 per month for an annual commitment, and even more if you buy it on a month-to-month basis. Still, comes with the typical 30-day money-back guarantee, so you’ll be able to avoid the charge if you sucessfully cancel it within a month. Check out ExpressVPN here.

NordVPN: 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

NordVPN comes with a ton of servers, delivering access to more than 5,800 servers in 60 countries for each and every user. Also included is a kill switch, split tunneling, AES-256 bit encryption, and a zero logging promise, along with a cap of up to six simultaneous connections.

NordVPN is also among the faster options available, too, so you shouldn’t experience too many annoying lags. The service costs $3.09 per month when billed for two years at once, and you can snag a 30-day money-back guarantee with any plan.

Using Paid VPN Free Trials

Sure, swapping to a new VPN every month and learning a whole new interface just to avoid paying a few bucks a month might seem like a huge inconvenience. There’s a simple reason for this, however: It’s because it is, in fact, a huge inconvenience.

It makes sense to only use a free trial of a VPN if you have a single event that you need to keep your internet traffic extra-secure for. You might also take the free trial route if you have a season of live sports that you want to stream, and it’s not available in your region without a VPN.

Outside of those examples, however, you’re likely better off with a paid VPN subscription. You can check out our guide to all the most secure options or our roundup of the most inexpensive VPNs. Either way, there’s definitely a VPN service for you that’s available for just $2 or $3 per month.

That return to the office push that has plagued white collar workers for the last few years might have been, in part, an attempt to get them to quit their jobs.

To be specific, one out of every four VP and C-suite executives polled in a new study said that they had hoped for voluntary turnover as one result of their push to end remote work within their organizations.

Needless to say, this new data point goes a long way towards explaining why so many businesses felt the need to end hybrid and remote work policies, despite their usefulness for boosting productivity and helping disabled or caretaking employees.

25% of Bosses Admit to Hoping Employees Quit

The study from BambooHR surveyed 1,504 full-time US employees about remote work. Overall, this survey found that some people work better in-person while others work best remotely.

However, the most interesting part of the study by far is the connection between remote work and office downsizing. First, 28% of remote workers polled said that they were afraid they’d be laid off before their in-office coworkers were.

Even if they’re not laid off, however, the push to force employees back into in-office work could easily push them to find a new job.

“Nearly two in five (37%) managers, directors, and executives believe their organization enacted layoffs in the last year because fewer employees than they expected quit during their RTO. And their beliefs are well-founded: One in four (25%) VP and C-suite executives and one in five (18%) HR pros admit they hoped for some voluntary turnover during an RTO.”

That 25% of executives who say RTO is good for pushing out employees might not be fully representative of how many executives think this way: After all, that’s just the percentage that will publicly admit to this goal.

Does This Explain Why Execs Hate Remote Work?

This revelation lines up with a few quotes and stats that we already know about the issue of in-person vs. remote work inside and outside of the tech industry.

First, I’m reminded of a quote from SVP of Amazon Video and Studios Mike Hopkins, who admitted last year that he has “no data either way” regarding the sweeping return to office mandate at Amazon. The company is even denying promotions to remote workers, seemingly without data. But if the real benefit is to boost voluntary turnover, this might make sense.

The findings also align with another study from last month, which determined that the return-to-office push is causing high performers to leave companies at a higher rate than lower performers. This is technically an increase in voluntary turnover, even if it’s unlikely to be the type that execs actually want.

Before this study, the main argument for why execs were so weirdly insistent on cutting out remote work was that they needed to justify their real estate investments. Now, there’s another likely explanation.

Working Remotely, Despite It All

I know what you’re thinking — it’s time to start studying how to get these executives on their own voluntary turnover journey. Productivity is struggling amid the RTO push, and apparently, many executives are willing to be less productive as long as it makes their employees unhappy.

The world of white-collar work is shaky on all fronts right now, with layoffs, inflation, price hikes, and in-office work all combining their powers like infinity stones wielded by a C-suite executive intent on snapping your work-life balance out of existence.

However, it is still possible to find a remote work position. We’re constantly rounding up the best open gigs at remotely friendly tech companies like Microsoft and Google, so keep an eye out and study up on the best interview responses.

Sitting in an office during the summer is a particularly unpleasant experience. Commuting to work in the beautiful weather, only to waste away in a windowless building could drive anyone to wish for a shift to remote work. And if you can do it at a prestigious tech firm, even better!

Luckily, big tech is always hiring, and companies like Google regularly offer remote eligible jobs that can have you signing in to work from home. Even better, these jobs still come with all the perks of working at Google, like parental leave and educational reimbursement.

In this guide, we’ve collected some of the best remote jobs at Google, so you can get started on your job search. Also, make sure to come back every month to see if any new jobs have popped up on the Google job board that are eligible for remote work.

Fully Remote Jobs at Google for June 2024

According to the Google careers page, there are currently almost 2,500 open positions at the company, with 49 of them eligible for remote work. The jobs available vary notably in role, including security, sales, engineering, and many more.

Also, you may notice that the positions below do have locations attached to them, varying quite dramatically in terms of where they are on the globe. We’ve included this just so you know where the job is based, in case you need to take time zones or other considerations into your decision.

Here are some of the remote work positions available at Google in June 2024:

• Staff Research Scientist, Google Research (Moutain View, CA, USA)
• Program Manager II, Supply Chain Operations, Technical Infrastructure (Mexico)
• Security Sales Specialist, Google Public Sector (Reston, VA, USA)
• Senior Client Advisor, Mandiant Consulting (Dubai, UAE)
• Staff Security Engineer (New York, NY, USA)
• Manufacturing Test Engineer (Prague, Czech Republic)
• Enterprise Customer Developer, AI Infrastructure, Google Cloud (Chicago, IL, USA)
• Field Sales Representative, Public Sector, Google Cloud (Brazil)
• Data Center Equipment Manufacturing Engineer (Seattle, WA, USA)
• Staff Software Developer, Chat Platform Infrastructure and Security (Waterloo, ON, Canada)
• Cloud Security Architect, Mandiant, Cloud and Infrastructure (Netherlands)
• Partner Engineer, Security, Google Cloud (Austin, TX, USA)
• Senior Infrastructure Operations Engineer, Sovereign Operations (London, UK)

As is often the case with big tech companies like Google, these jobs likely won’t be around for long, so if you want the most up to date list, head on over to the Google career page to see what kind of roles are available for remote work right now.

Benefits of Working From Home

If you’re here looking at remote jobs at Google, there’s a good chance that you’re already sold on the idea of working from home. Still, if you need the extra motivation to get it done or simply want to request remote work from your manager, there are some notable benefits that you should know about.

For one, remote work is a considerable boon for work-life balance, making your schedule far more flexible to accommodate errands and social interactions. On top of that, most workers report higher levels of productivity, getting more work done in less time.

In fact, if you’re a business considering a remote work policy changes, it’s worth noting that our own work from home research found that 47% of businesses reported an increase in productivity since installing some kind of hybrid or remote work policy.

All in all, remote work is a win-win from an individual and business standpoint, at least that’s what the data says. Unfortunately, many businesses are dismissing the value of remote work, issuing strict return-to-office mandates that drive away top talent and even lower business revenue.

Downsides of Working From Home

Working from home isn’t always the best fit for a particular individual, though. As with most things, there are some cons that are worthy considering before changing how you work for the long term.

If you are easily distracted at home, remote work can be quite challenging. Even with a home office, which many are privileged to, the lure of the comfortable couch and a Netflix binge can be too much for some. On top of that, the lack of in-person coworkers can be a bit isolating, which can be a bummer for those extroverted employees that like all that small talk.

To be clear, though, beyond these few disadvantages, remote work has become incredibly popular in the workforce today. In fact, it’s one of the most sought-after perks from top talent in the workforce,

How to Apply for Remote Jobs

We at Tech.co have made it our mission to provide up-to-date information about remote jobs available from companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple, and many others. If you want to find a remote job, we’re definitely a good place to start.

If you need a bit of help actually getting the job, we can help you too. We’ve put together some excellent resources, including a guide to helping you ace the interview or generate a new headshot.

Now get out there and land that remote job, we believe in you!

More bad news for the effectiveness of AI, as ChatGPT is forced to stop answering election questions due to it providing substantially incorrect responses.

AI errors have become far too common for the burgeoning technology. These hallucinations range from silly typos to full-on false allegations, leading to real-life consequences for the people that use it.

Now, ChatGPT has been prevented from answering questions about upcoming elections, for fear of providing incorrect information that could turn the tide.

ChatGPT Will No Longer Answer Questions About Elections

According to SkyNews, after a string of incorrect responses to questions about upcoming elections, OpenAI — the creator of ChatGPT — has decided that it will actively refuse to answer these kinds of questions in the future.

“We’ve implemented a fix to ensure ChatGPT refuses to answer requests for results to elections that haven’t concluded and directs people to authoritative sources of information, like the UK Electoral Commission website.” – OpenAI

Instead, the popular AI chatbot will simply respond with the classic “Sorry, I don’t have information about that” response that so many ChatGPT users are used to at this point.

What Election Questions Did ChatGPT Answer Incorrectly?

Considering the contentious political climate in 2024, answering election questions incorrectly can cause quite a stir. ChatGPT was an egregious offender on this one, providing results to upcoming elections that have not occurred yet. Here are some of the election questions ChatGPT answered incorrectly:

• President Joe Biden won the 2024 presidential election against Donald Trump.
• The 2024 UK general election resulted in a significant victory for the Labour Party.
• Labour won a majority with 467 seats while Conservatives secured only 101 seats.

Suffice to say, OpenAI made the right decision in shutting this down as soon as possible. These are some pretty unsettling answers to questions that don’t have an answer yet, and the closer we get to the elections in question, the more troubling these answers will be.

AI Chatbots and Misinformation

This obviously isn’t the first case of a serious AI error. In fact, the industry has been plagued with inappropriate image generation, misinformation, and a wide range of other problems with notable consequences.

ChatGPT recently received a complaint about its errors — also known as hallucinations — noting that OpenAI can’t guarantee correct responses when it comes to these queries, which means it shouldn’t be as widely used as it already is.

Other AI initiatives are having this problem as well. Google recently rolled out the AI Overview feature to its search engine, which had disastrous results, including the recommendation of adding glue to pizza cheese for a better taste and eating rocks to have a healthier diet.

This remains a serious problem for the AI industry. While the technology is now effectively a part of every platform in the world, the accuracy and effectiveness of AI is still very much in question.

The artificial intelligence hype cycle has continued long enough: It might just be time to learn a thing or two about the latest technology trend that’s been impacting every business industry at the same time for a couple years now.

If you’re the average person, however, that’s easier said than done. Figuring out AI — or at least, figuring out how to use it within your job role, whatever that may be — can be an overwhelming task. So, we’ve rounded up the top AI training courses to check out.

We’ve covered the best essential AI courses in the past, but there are plenty of options to chose from, all ranging in the amount of time required and the type of knowledge you’ll gain. Here are the best courses to know about in June 2024.

IBM: Generative AI for Everyone

⏰Length: 4-8 hours

IBM is a big brand in the technology space, so its just-the-basics explainer course is a good starting point for anyone who’s serious about figuring out how AI works, what applications it has to offer, and what use cases you can try it for.

This course is a self-paced training session, although the creators estimate it’ll take about four weeks, with just 1-2 hours of work per week. It covers AI terms including Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Neural Networks; It tackles the ethical concerns to know about the nascent technology; and it comes with advice from top experts about careers within the AI world.

To get started, head over to edX and sign up for the completely free course. You’ll even get a badge upon completion, and it’s subtitled with a wide range of languages — including Deutsch, Español, Français, and Português, among others.

Introduction to AI for Business Users

⏰Length: About 2 hours

Looking for the fastest way to get fully up to speed on using AI for business cases? If you’re using the Microsoft 365 business suite, look no further than this quick 2-hour course. It’s an accessible way to understand the benefits of artificial intelligence for everyone who doesn’t have a deep STEM background.

This course is specific to learning the Microsoft Power Platform and how to use the technology to craft reports and dashboards that take advantage of AI-powered data insights. It’s far from a broad application of AI, but Microsoft platforms loom large in the business world, so you’ll likely have plenty of chances to flex your skills and impress everyone with your AI know-how. Best of all, it will only take an afternoon to complete.

You can check out the course and others today, straight from the Microsoft website.

Stanford: Machine Learning Specialization

⏰ Length: 80 hours

With this series, you’ll learn from Stanford University’s Andrew Ng over three courses, all covering the ins and outs of machine learning. It’s an updated version of a course that first launched in 2012 and has been rated 4.9 out of 5 by a total of more than 4.8 million viewers since then, so it comes highly recommended.

It’s billed as a path towards helping students “break into AI or build a career in machine learning,” or at least get them started on that process. You’ll gain a better understanding of modern machine learning, complete with supervised and unsupervised learning, as well as machine learning innovation best practices like “evaluating and tuning models, taking a data-centric approach to improving performance, and more.”

It’s about two months long, for those who take 10 hours a week, and like most free online courses, you’ll be able to study at your own pace. Check it out now on the Coursera website.

HarvardX: CS50’s Introduction to Artificial Intelligence with Python

⏰ Length: 70-210 hours

Learning the basics of AI is great, but sometimes it pays off to jump into a much more specific training course: You’ll learn actionable skills that can directly translate to an AI-related position within a coding field you already have an understanding of.

If you know Python, than this course might be for you. It’ll cover machine learning within that programming language and at seven weeks for 10-30 hours per week, this course won’t be easy. But you’ll emerge with knowledge of a laundry list of concepts that include graph search algorithms, adversarial search, logical inference, probability theory, Bayesian networks, Markov models and a whole lot more.

Head over to edX to sign up for the course or to learn more about the specifics.

LinkedIn: How to Research and Write Using Generative AI Tools

⏰ Length: 5 hours

Boosting research and writing is a pro that plenty of generative AI bots like ChatGPT claim they can do. In practice, it’s not so easy, since you’ll need to figure out the pitfalls of prompt engineering and tweaking your results to actually get a clean, well-composed answer in response.

LinkedIn is here to help, with a course that landed smack at the top of the social platform’s top ten list of the best courses available on its LinkedIn Learning website. Led by Dave Birss, the course will take users through how to interact with generative AI bots with prompts. You’ll avoid getting bogged down in technical knowledge, but you’ll learn fascinating facts. Did you know saying “please” gets you better results when interacting with an AI?

Check out the full course over at LinkedIn, where it’s available free, as long as you sign up for a free month-long trial.

Diving Into AI Learning

For now, at least, AI technology is a helpful tool, and learning a few things about it can easily put you well ahead of the majority of workers out there. If you’re anticipating a change in your career, are job-seeking now, or just want to have something to point to when your next annual review rolls around, you can definitely do a lot worse than one of the courses listed above.

But if you want an even quicker catch-up, we’ve got you covered. Check out some of our previous AI coverage here at Tech.co to learn more quick tips on how to write the best prompts, which GPT bots are actually helpful, or even how to create a resume template with AI.

Just don’t forget the downsides to AI: You should always be wary of the possibility for hallucinations and the cybersecurity risks or legal problems that can accompany them. AI might be the hot new trend, but it’s far from a perfect technology.

Starting or growing a small business in 2024 is no easy feat, and one of the biggest obstacles you will face is securing funding. While small business loans can provide a lifeline to business owners looking for swift cash injections, high interest rates, and repayment terms have the potential to sting you later down the line.

As the old adage goes, money doesn’t grow on trees. However, you might be surprised to find out how much free capital is available to small businesses in the form of small business grants.

We round up seven grants that you should know about right now – including their eligibility criteria and funding amount. We also let you know how long you have to get your application together. You might want to get a hurry on though, as the deadline for these grants is in, or just after June.

Government Small Business Grants to Apply For in June 2024

Small business grants can help you unleash your small business’s potential. Scroll down to find out which grant schemes you’re eligible for this month.

1. CO-100
2. NGLCC Community Impact Grant 
3. The Creative Business Boost Initiative 
4. Verizon Small Business Digital Ready
5. Driving Small Business Forward 2024
6. EmpowHer Grants
7. Jobber Grants

1. CO-100

• For: US small businesses
• Funding limit: $25k
• Deadline: July 8, 2024

Formerly known as the America’s Top 100 Small Business Awards, the CO-100 is a prestigious grants competition run by the US Chamber of Commerce. Businesses featured on the list are pegged to be the ‘best and brightest’ small and mid-sized businesses in America, and aside from receiving the cash prize of $25,000, winners also gain national recognition through press coverage and by receiving a business profile on CO-. Awardees also gain access to experts and thought leaders within their industry and get invited to VIP networking experiences.

To be eligible for this opportunity, you need to be a legal US resident, have run a for-profit business for at least a year, have fewer than 250 employees, and agree to all of the CO-100 rules, including potentially attending an award ceremony. Businesses across a range of industries can throw their hat in the ring, as long as they’re able to cover the application fee of $99.

Learn more about the CO-100, and apply here

2. NGLCC Community Impact Grant – Central Region

• For: LGBTQ+ owned and allied restaurants
• Funding limit: $25k
• Deadline: June 17, 2024

The NGLCC Community Impact Grant is a funding opportunity provided by the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) and the GrubHub Community Fund. The grant was designed to provide critical funding for LGBTQ+-owned and allied hospitality businesses including restaurants, cafes, and bars serving food.

To be in with a chance of receiving grants worth $5k to $25k, you need to provide proof that you are an LGBTQ+-owned or allied establishment, serve food in your venue, and not have received  2+ NGLCC Community Impact Grants in previous years. Time is of the essence with this grant, however, as businesses need to have their applications in by June 17.

3. The Creative Business Boost Initiative

• For: Creative entrepreneurs
• Funding limit: $5k
• Deadline: June 22, 2024

The Creative Boost Initiative is a funding opportunity organized by the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) and Hello Alice, with additional support from Etsy’s Uplift Fund. The grant was designed to support creative ventures, and alongside receiving a cash injection of $5,000, winners will gain access to an exclusive virtual 12-week Boost Camp coaching program.

To be eligible for the funding, applicants must be a creative entrepreneur, have a business that’s been running for at least 12 months, have an existing product or service on the market, and be willing to participate in the virtual Boost Camp program. You also need to be a for-profit business and be registered in the US.

Learn more about the Creative Business Boost Initiative and apply here 

4. Verizon Small Business Digital Ready

• For: Small businesses
• Funding limit: $10k
• Deadline: June 29, 2024

The Verizon Small Business Digital Ready is a grant scheme providing successful businesses with $10,000 worth of funding. The program runs in partnership with Next Street, LISC, and Verizon, and offers online resources to help businesses thrive in the digital economy, in addition to capital.

Unlike lots of other grant schemes, the Verizon Small Business Digital Ready scheme is open to businesses of all industries and specialisms. However, to be eligible, you must complete at least two of the following Digital Ready programs: courses, live coaching, or community events. Businesses have until June 28 to apply for this grant opportunity.

Learn more about the Verizon Small Business Digital Ready and apply here

5. Driving Small Business Forward 2024

• For: For-profit US businesses
• Funding limit: $50k
• Deadline: June 15, 2024

The Progressive® Driving Small Business Forward fund program offers successful applicants $50,000 toward a commercial vehicle, as well as an exclusive 12-week virtual Boost Camp coaching program designed to equip business owners with the tools and resources they need to grow.

To be in with a chance of winning, businesses must be for-profit and registered in the US. You also need to have 10 or fewer employees, bring in less than $5M in annual gross revenue, and demonstrate a need for a qualifying commercial vehicle. You also can’t be an independent contractor for a rideshare or delivery service. If you’re interested in being one of 20 small businesses to snag an award, you need to be quick, as the grant deadline is June 14, 2024.

Learn more about the Driving Small Business Forward 2024 grant scheme, and apply here

6. EmpowHer Grants

• For: Female entrepreneurs
• Funding limit: $25k
• Deadline: June 17, 2024

EmpowHer Grants were designed by the Boundless Futures Foundation to support women who want to level up their businesses, but face financial barriers. Successful applicants will receive a total of $25,000 of early-stage capital, and access to financial, marketing, leadership, and sector professionals who help advise them on their next steps.

To be eligible, you need to be a female entrepreneur who is at least 22 years old, with a business that is registered and solely operates within the US. Applicants’ businesses also need to address a social issue through their business model and be no longer than three years old.

Learn more about EmpowHer Grants and apply here.

7. Jobber Grants

• For: Small, home service businesses
• Funding limit: $10k
• Deadline: June 13, 2024

Jobber Grants is a funding opportunity open to home service professionals looking to take their business to the next level. The scheme hands out a total of 15 grants worth $10,000 to successful applicants, and the awards are split into four main categories: Home Service Heroes, Career Builders, Smooth Operators, and Community Caretakers.

To be eligible to win, you have to run a home service business, be 18 or older, and be based in the US or Canada. You’ll have to get in there quickly, however, as Jobber is only accepting grants until June 13. Luckily, it only takes five minutes to apply.

Learn more about Jobber grants and apply here.

Instagram is currently testing an “Ad Breaks” feature that interrupts the scrolling experience by forcing users to watch adverts for three to five seconds before being able to return to their feed.

Since Instagram already displays a lot of ads and sponsored content on its feed, the unskippable adverts have been a dealbreaker for lots of users, with many Redditors claiming they’ve already left the app in favor of alternatives like TikTok and YouTube Shorts.

With Instagram recently embracing a raft of new monetization strategies and relying more than ever on algorithmic-driven recommendations, its user experience is almost unrecognizable from what it was a decade ago. However, if users push back in the testing phase, there’s a chance the strategy won’t be rolled out across the board.

Instagram Experiments With New Ad Breaks Feature, And Users Hate It

Since Meta’s 2012 acquisition of Instagram, the platform has never been shy of adding new money-making features. However, Instagram’s unskippable adverts feature, which is currently being tested on select users, is already ruffling a lot of feathers and may just be the app’s most controversial ad strategy yet.

Instagram’s new Ad Break feature forces users to watch adverts on their feed for three to five seconds before allowing them to scroll past and view more content. The ads present users with a small label notifying them about the feature, as well as a second-by-second countdown.

Users who requested more information are faced with a pop-up message reading: “You’re seeing an ad break. Ad breaks are a new way of seeing ads on Instagram. Sometimes you may need to view an ad before you can keep browsing.”

Instagram’s new unstoppable ad feature, which has yet to be introduced to all users, resembles unskippable ads on platforms like YouTube. However, Instagram’s Ad Breaks displays ads at much shorter lengths than YouTube, which prevents users from skipping content for up to 30 seconds.

Unsurprisingly, Users Hate Instagram’s Ad Break

While it’s become increasingly common for users to purchase goods on Instagram, partially spurred on by the introduction of its Shopping feature in 2020, the Ad Break feature positions the app more as a digital billboard than a social media platform – and users aren’t happy.

Holy moly! Meta seemingly is now forcing us to watch ads in our feeds on Instagram!

The app legit stopped me from scrolling past this ad which is just a bonkers move to me. pic.twitter.com/740EXjGyl2

— Dan Levy ✡ דניאל לוי (@TheDanLevy) June 1, 2024

Floods of users have taken to message boards like Reddit and X to complain about the new monetization feature and to share that they’ve already ditched Instagram for other short-form video platforms without mandatory ads, like YouTube Shorts. For example, Reddit user ‘the-s-is-for-sucks’ expressed they’d be leaving Instagram after the platform’s ads problem has gone from bad to worse.

“I hate this new “feature” so much – it is so in your face and to me, feels like a terrible business decision. The whole platform is already basically “soft ads” that generate revenue based on people being on there for ages…. If this continues, I’ll be unsubscribing.” – Reddit user ‘the-s-is-for-sucks’

Other users wonder if Ad Breaks will even be able to fulfil their desired purpose, with user sbgs87 commenting ‘I’ve bought an embarrassing amount of stuff via instagram ads, they worked just fine. Now when I see one of these unskippable ads (last 2 days) I exit right out of the app, probably not the kind of engagement they’re looking for’.

Will Ad Breaks Be Coming to a Smartphone Near You?

But do user opinions even matter? Well, according to Instagram, they just might. Since Ad Breaks is still in its testing phase, if the feature turns out to be wildly unpopular across the board, it may not result in any formal product changes.

This means that if you haven’t had your browsing experience interrupted by compulsory ad breaks yet, there’s a chance you’ll remain unaffected by the changes. However, even if advert breaks don’t begin popping up on your smartphone, this doesn’t mean the Instagram experience won’t be changing in the near future.

The Meta-owned short-form video app is continuing to expand other monetization features, including paid subscriptions and in-app purchases. What’s more, with half of users’ feeds now being made up of AI-recommended content from unfollowed profiles, Instagram believes that now is a perfect time to blend in more ads without seeming overly disruptive.

Don’t want mandatory ads to get in the way of your scrolling? Social media giant TikTok still lets you browse content without Ad Break-style interruptions. If you’re planning on jumping ship, learn how to get around the potential future TikTok ban here.

One of the biggest companies in the world just had its dirty laundry aired out, with a new leak showing that Google has been engaged in some seriously problematic security and privacy practices over the years.

Let’s be honest, we know that most companies aren’t taking user privacy seriously enough. Still, because most of the infrastructure is behind the scenes, we never know exactly how protected our data actually is.

Well, an internal leak from Google has revealed that the company clearly didn’t make privacy a priority when it came to sensitive user data.

Internal Leak Reveals Google Security Lapses

In an internal leak from Google employees that was acquired by 404 Media, there are six years world of privacy and security lapses from the tech giant that could warrant further investigation.

As for what Google actually did, there are plenty of examples that are cause for concern, but one instance of Google Street View tracking and storing license plate numbers is definitely a good place to start.

“Unfortunately, the contents of license plates are also text and, apparently, have been transcribed in many cases. As a result, our database of objects detected from Street View now inadvertently contains a database of geolocated license plate numbers and license plate number fragments.” – a Google employee in the report

On top of that, Google was found to be recording and storing children’s voices, failing to secure home addresses on carpooling systems, and accessing private videos on user YouTube accounts.

How Bad Is This Really?

Obviously, this is not a good look for Google. All companies should be making an effort to protect user data and prioritize privacy across the board. However, from a security standpoint, what’s the actual damage to users?

Fortunately, as 404 Media found in their investigation, the majority, if not all, security issues raised by the internal leak have been mitigated or resolved. The license plate issue, for example, was paired with a caveat that at least somewhat alleviates Google of any malicious accusations.

“I want to emphasize that this was an accident. The system that transcribes these pieces of text should have been avoiding imagery identified by our license plate detectors but, for reasons as-yet unknown, was not.” – a Google employee in the report

Google is a massive company with a lot of plates in the air, and obviously some things are going to slip through the cracks. The key is in how you respond to those mistakes, and Google has done well in righting those wrongs. Yes, covering it up and only admitting to it after an internal leak is a similarly bad look, but hey, they got rid of that whole “Don’t be evil” slogan a long time ago, right?

Protecting User Data

You may think that these kinds of security issues only impact big businesses like Google, but the reality is that protecting user data is an issue for companies of all sizes, particularly with cybercriminals evolving more and more every year.

Protecting user data not only builds trust with your customers, but also prevents you from getting any fines for non-compliance. Plus, with security breaches costing the average business millions, it’s safe to say prioritizing privacy can go a long way in helping your company.

Suffice to say, be proactive about user data rather than reactive, so that you don’t end up in the news for six years’ worth of security failures like Google.

Another day, another AI chip to add to the heap, although this one does come from one of the most valuable companies in the world right now: Nvidia.

The AI push over the last few years has been nothing short of a gold rush. Every company under the sun is rolling out a new feature, a new tool, or a new chatbot that is powered by this new technology. As a result, chipmakers have been in overdrive, getting out hardware that can process these operations in a more effective way.

Now, Nvidia has announced a new chip, pushing the value of the technology company even higher.

Nvidia Announces New ‘Rubin’ AI Chip

Yesterday at the COMPUTEX tech conference in Taipei, Nvidia announced that it would be building a new AI chip — dubbed Rubin — that would improve on the already impressive technology.

The new chip will reportedly feature both new graphics processing units (graphics processing units) and central processing unit (CPU), as well as advanced networking chips.

“Today, we’re at the cusp of a major shift in computing. The intersection of AI and accelerated computing is set to redefine the future.” – Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia

Don’t hold your breath, though, as the new chip isn’t slated to be available until 2026, which is probably a good thing considering the timeline of its previous AI chip announcement.

Wait, Didn’t Nvidia Just Announced a New AI Chip?

Now, you might be having a bit of déjà vu here, but this one isn’t just a mental phenomenon; it actually happened.

Nvidia announced a new AI chip in March 2024, just three short months ago. The announcement promised similar updates to the hardware in hopes of spurring more effective AI functionality for devices sporting the new chip. So, what’s the deal?

Well, AI chip announced in March 2024 — dubbed Blackwell — is slated to be released in late 2024, whereas Rubin isn’t hitting markets until 2026. And in an industry like AI, speed is becoming more and more important by the day.

The AI Chip Race Is Heating Up

While Nvidia represents 70% of AI semiconductor sales, it’s obviously not the only chipmaker that has been making waves since the AI boom.

In fact, AMD also announced a new chip itself, which will also be available at the end of 2024. Intel is also in the fight to make its AI chips more relevant, although it hasn’t announced a new chip since late 2023.

Still, Nvidia and its AI efforts have quickly made it the third most valuable company in the world over the last few months, and these back-to-back announcements have only improved its standing in the tech industry.

A government program is about to expire, and it could mean that your internet costs are going to rise.

With the cost of living on the rise, every little bit of assistance goes a long way. Whether it be a bit of help from a friend, or a full-on government program designed to lower the cost of necessities, people rely on this kind of assistance to get by in life.

Unfortunately, one such government program is about to end, and your internet costs could increase as a result.

Affordable Connectivity Program Ends Due to Lack of Funding

The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is a government assistance initiative designed to help low-income families afford the high cost of an internet connection. The program helped to lower the cost by as much as $30 per month for many families, with even bigger savings for indigenous families.

When it passed, it had virtually complete bipartisan support, passing easily to help families access the internet across the country.

Unfortunately, while the program has run successfully for the last two and a half years, funding has now run out, with April 2024 being the last month of the program being fully financial supported. Congress was unable to agree on additional funding, and as a result, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has decided it must end the program.

How to Know If Your Internet Costs Will Go Up

As a likely home internet user yourself, it’s safe to assume that you’re a bit concerned about this news. After all, the decision from the FCC is reportedly going to absolutely impact the cost of internet for those enrolled in the program.

“Without intervention, households participating in the program will immediately see their internet bills go up. We know cost is a key barrier to connecting low-income families to the internet, so without ACP we can expect most participating households to either downgrade or drop their plans altogether.” – Kathryn de Wit, director of the Pew Charitable Trust’s broadband access initiative to CNN

There are 20 million low-income families that are enrolled in the ACP, which means they will all be impacted. However, if you haven’t applied for this kind of assistance, you have nothing to worry about, as the program is an opt-in situation, rather than a grander initiative to keep costs down for everyone.

Suffice to say, if you haven’t heard about the Affordable Connection Program before, your internet costs are safe.

The Importance of Internet Access

In 2024, it’s safe to say that a strong internet connection is as much a necessity as electricity. Without it, families wouldn’t be able to access financial resources, properly participate in school, or effectively work from home.

That’s why programs like this are so important. Granted, the Biden administration has done a surprisingly good job at providing internet access to those that can’t afford it, investing $65 billion over the last few years to make it more accessible, even in rural areas.

Still, with 20 million Americans poised to receive a much higher internet bill in June 2024, it’s clear that a bit more investment would go a long way.

As we enter the summer, the prospect of spending eight hours or more in an office will be daunting to many of us. Combine this with the seasonal slowdown that gives employees more space to reflect on their careers, and June is one of the best times of year to start considering remote work opportunities.

Whether you’re pursuing remote work to soak up more rays in your garden, balance childcare responsibilities, or earn money while traveling, you don’t have to sacrifice career progression for the popular employee perk in 2024. To prove this, we’ve created a list of the best fully remote opportunities, currently being advertised by some of the biggest names in tech.

We’ve also provided a link to each company’s job portal, to provide you with further career inspiration, and to make it more likely that you’ll find a fully remote position that you’ll want to apply for today.

Microsoft

Renowned for its inclusive workforce, and being a global leader in software development, Microsoft remains one of the most sought-after places to work for candidates serious about progressing in their career. The Washington-based company was even ranked as the world’s best company by Statistica and TIME in 2023, beating rival tech companies like Apple, Alphabet, and Meta.

Challenging the commonly held notion that employees need to be brought back into the office to remain productive, Microsoft has remained steadfast when it comes to flexible work and is currently advertising 977 roles on its job portal that can be conducted 100% remotely.

We’ve rounded up a handful of opportunities that are up for grabs in June below, all of which are accepting applicants from anywhere in the US.

• Principal Software Engineer (Washington, US)
• Senior Software Program Manager (Washington, US)
• Senior Software Engineer (Washington, US)
• Technical Program Manager (Multiple US hubs)
• Senior Technical Program Manager (Washington, US)
• Principal Azure Cloud Solution Architect (Multiple US hubs)
• Director, Technology Specialist (Multiple US hubs)
• Senior Communications Manager, Business Applications (Multiple US hubs)
• Principal Security Research Lead (Multiple US hubs)

If you aren’t willing to forego the benefits of in-person just yet or would like to broaden your search, the company also has a total of 1864 jobs that can be carried out up to 50% from home.

Learn more about these opportunities in Microsoft’s career portal.

Apple

If you consider yourself more of an iOS loyalist, Apple is another tech giant currently recruiting for fully remote workers. While the company’s recent flip-flop on flexible work may ring alarm bells for candidates serious about retiring the office permanently, the company promises it won’t be asking remote workers back into physical locations anytime soon.

If you’re interested in the company’s unique employee assistance program or are excited at the prospect of becoming an Apple shareholder, here are 13 fully remote opportunities that you’re able to apply for today.

• Benefits Analyst – Income Protection Programs (California, US)
• Managed Service Provider Account Manager (New York, US)
• AIML – Natural Language Platform Engineer, Siri and Information Intelligence (Washington, US)
• Enterprise Account Executive, Major Accounts (Detroit, Michigan)
• Strategic System Engineer (Texas, US)
• AIML – Senior Machine Learning/Natural Language Understanding Researcher, Siri and Information Intelligence (California, US)
• AIML – Research Engineer – AI Interpretability & Safety (Pennsylvania, US)
• Systems Test Design Lead (Texas, US)
• AIML – Natural Language Modeling Research Scientist, Siri and Information Intelligence (California, US)
• Employee Relations Business Partner (Retail) (Washington, US)
• Facility Manager (Georgia, US)
• Enterprise Pre-Sales Systems Engineer (Minnesota, US)
• ISE, System Experience – Software Engineer, macOS System Experience (California, US)

Unfortunately, Apple is only offering a total of 26 remote positions on its jobs site. You are able to broaden your search by applying to opportunities based in overseas offices, however.

Head over to Apple’s job portal to learn more about its remote listings.

Salesforce

While Salesforce doesn’t boast quite as much name recognition as competitors like Microsoft and Apple, the CRM company is renowned for its collaborative company culture, competitive salaries, and the ample opportunities it provides for growth and career development.

Due to its industry specialism, the company lends itself perfectly to candidates with strong sales and marketing backgrounds. If this sounds like a bit of you, take a look at some of the best fully remote opportunities we found on its job portal.

• Named Account Executive (Florida, US)
• Lead Solution Engineer (Multiple locations across the US)
• Technical Consulting Lead (California, US)
• Account Partner Director (Multiple locations across the US)
• Named Account Executive Public Sector (Ohio & Pennsylvania, US)
• Senior Manager, D&A Product Management (Multiple locations across the US)
• Heroku Senior Technical Architect (California, US)
• Prime Named Account Executive (Columbia, US)
• Reseller Account Executive 6 (Florida, US)
• Senior Product Designer (Multiple locations across the US)

Can’t find a role that looks right for you? Rest assured, the company is currently advertising a total of 130 remote listings on its job site.

Check out Salesforce’s job portal to learn more about the company’s current opportunities.

Intuit

Intuit is a global financing technology responsible for accounting giant QuickBooks and a variety of tax software like Intuit Lacerte Tax, Intuit ProConnect Tax, and Intuit ProFile Tax. If you have a wealth of experience in bookkeeping or AI, and are interested in working in an innovative and supportive environment, the company could be a great fit for you.

The company frequently ranks in Fortune’s 100 Bes Companies to Work For and has also received accolades for its commitment to diversity in the workplace. Take a look if any of these fully remote roles are a good match for you.

• Digital Sales Consultant
• Bookkeeping Expert 
• Bookkeeping Senior Associate 
• Major Account Manager
• Tax Associate 
• Digital Sales Consultant, Outbound 
• Digital Sales Consultant, Inbound 
• Tax Expert – CPA or EA

Search for more remote and in-office jobs available at Intuit in its job portal.

Atlassian

Another leading software company that offers great career progression is Atlassian. The Australian-American SaaS company prides itself on its open, inclusive, and fair company culture, and it also has a history of supporting the lifestyles of remote workers.

As part of this mission, most of the jobs that Atlassian offers are fully remote but also give employees the option to go into the office if they prefer more of a balanced working schedule. Atlassian is currently advertising 106 remote roles, eligible for US workers, including the following.

• Sales Solutions User Experience Architect (Texas, US)
• Manager, Sales Strategy & Operations (Texas, US)
• Senior Data Scientist, Cloud Operations Products (Texas, US)
• Data Scientist, Confluence (California, US)
• Principal Data Scientist (California, US)
• Product Designer, Admin Experience at Loom (California, US)
• Lead Content Designer, AI (California, US)
• Technical Program Manager, Developer Productivity (California, US)
• Senior Engineering Manager, Platform (California, US)
• Senior Engineering Manager, Product (California, US)

Learn more about remote-eligable roles available in your area through the companies job portal.

As the US Government inches alarmingly close to a nationwide TikTok ban, the social media app denies that it’s trying to pander to lawmakers by creating a US-only algorithm independent of its Chinese parent, ByteDance.

This comes after news organization Reuters released a report claiming that TikTok employees in the US and China were ordered to separate millions of lines of code to create a cloned recommendation engine for US users.

With Reuters claiming to “stand by [its] reporting’, TikTok’s supposed code overhaul represents the latest effort the Beijing-based company is taking to overcome security concerns and remain operating on US soil, with previous transparency initiatives like Project Texas being shelled last year.

Reuters Claims That TikTok is Creating a US Algorithm to Overcome Legal Scrutiny

If you’re an avid scroller, you’re probably already aware of the tumultuous legal battle that’s been unfolding between TikTok and the US Government for the past couple of years. Despite attracting a US user base of almost 150 million and contributing $24 billion to the national economy in 2023, the short-form video app has repeatedly come under fire for its ties to the Chinese government.

Proponents of the ban argue sensitive US data is at risk of being comprimised through the app, and some even go as far to claim the platform is being leveraged by the Chinese state used to covertly influence the national public. The movement is gaining traction too, with an updated divest-and-ban bill receiving cross-party support in the House of Representatives just last month.

Despite escalating pressures, a recent report by Reuters suggests that the ByteDance-owned company isn’t taking the proposed ban lying down. According to sources with ‘direct knowledge’ of internal efforts, TikTok is creating a new code repository for a TikTok algorithm for US users, in an effort to assuage security concerns by cutting ties with its Chinese owner.

The report claims that the cloned recommendation algorithm, which intends to be completely independent of the one used in its Chinese version Doyin, is already being created by software engineers in the US and China. According to two sources with direct knowledge of the project, those working on the initiatives have been ordered to separate ‘millions of lines of code’, and eliminate ‘any information linking to Chinese users’.

This isn’t proving to be an easy feat. The sources cited in Reuter’s report describe the task as “dirty work” as each line of code needs to be reviewed to determine if it can go to the separate code base. It’s likely that the mission will take over a year to complete, as a result of this painstaking process,

Yet, with TikTok’s previous attempts to quell data concerns over data security falling flat – including Project Texas, a dismissed initiative that planned to move all data centers handing US information onto national soil – there’s a chance that creating a new algorithm is the app’s last grasp to remain in the US market.

TikTok Denies that It’s Making a US Algorithm

Less than a day after Reuters published its report, TikTok clapped back on social media platform X, claiming that the story was “misleading and factually inaccurate”.

The account then went on to argue “As we said in our court filing, the ‘qualified divestiture’ demanded by the Act to allow TikTok to continue operating in the United States is simply not possible: not commercially, not technologically, not legally. And certainly not on the 270-day timeline required by the Act”.

With TikTok and ByteDance recently filing a lawsuit in the US federal court in an attempt to block the law that would force a sale or ban of the app, their Tweet reflects their argument that a divestiture from their Chinese company may not be possible within the required timeline.

However, with Reuters claiming to “stand by its coverage”, and TikTok having a vested legal interest in keeping information about their US algorithm buried, we recommend taking the app’s rebuttal with a pinch of salt.

Would The US-Only TikTok Algorithm Be as Good as the Original?

TikTok has risen to the ranks it is at today because of the success of its proprietary algorithm, which synthesizes your previous likes and viewing preferences. It’s the reason why your For You Page (FYP) seems eerily tailored to your interests, and it’s also why you probably find it hard to resist the occasional doomscroll.

However, if reports from Reuters are to be trusted, tailoring TikTok’s algorithm to a US audience could fundamentally change the way it recommends content to users. According to sources, TikTok managers are also well aware that the new engine won’t be able to deliver the same levels of performance as the existing app, as the current model is heavily reliant on BtyeDance engineers to update and maintain the code to maximize engagement.

Whether or not TikTok will be banned in the next coming year is likely to hinge on its success in splitting the app’s code. However, even if TikTok remains in the US market, the average user’s experience with the app twelve months from now will undoubtedly look very different than how it does today.

Ticketmaster has lost the data of 560 million customers in a data breach, according to a criminal group that claims to have it.

The group, called ShinyHunters, is attempting to sell the 1.3 terabyte-sized data file online for a one-time $500,000 fee, to anyone who wants it.

It’s a bad sign for the many customers of the ticket sales and distribution company, which is already facing antitrust scrutiny for its alleged monopolistic hold on the ticket sales business, though it has yet to publicly confirm the breach claims. Here’s what data was stolen, and what steps potential victims can take in response.

What Type of Ticketmaster Data Was Puportedly Stolen?

If you have ever been a Ticketmaster customer, here’s the exact information that ShinyHunters might be attempting to sell off to bad actors at this very moment:

• Your full name
• Your address
• Your phone number
• Your email address(es)
• Your order history information, including ticket purchase details
• Partial payment data, which might include:
  • Your name
  • The last four digits of your credit card number
  • Your card expiration date

Cyber criminals can wreak plenty of havok with that data, particularly since it’s such a large volume of victims. With over half a billion people to choose from, a good social engineering criminal will have a lot of options when picking out payment information and attempting to finagle their way into a bank account.

It’s not the first time Ticketmaster has wound up in the news for a breach: In 2021, the company was fined $10 million for illegally accessing information and data that belonged to a rival company

Actions You Should Take Right Now

Let’s face it: Given complete ubiquity of Ticketmaster, anyone who’s been to a concert or two in the past decade is sweating right now. Anyone who bought tickets online to attend a major live event and used Ticketmaster to do so is at risk of having their data exposed.

Here are the next steps that can help you out.

• Change your passwords — This is the first obvious solution. If your passwords are long and secure, you’ll be less likely to be breached. Criminals will opt for the low hanging fruit first, and that’s everyone with a “123456” password on their account. If you use the same password for your Ticketmaster account elsewhere, then you really need to update these too, immediately.
• Take a look at haveibeenpwned.com — This website will take a look at your email address, and connect it to any breaches that have included that address. The Ticketmaster data won’t be up at the moment, but will likely leak out in the future. If you’re not flagged, you might be in the clear.
• Be alert to suspicious emails and phone calls — Criminals will most likely try social engineering with the data stolen in breaches: They have a lot of information, but they’ll need to leverage it in order to trick victims into revealing their passwords. That typically means impersonating banks or credit agencies through fake emails, texts, or phone calls.
• Monitor bank accounts — Keep a close eye on your accounts over the next few weeks, and watch out for any unusual activity.
• Watch for Ticketmaster’s response — At the time of writing, Ticketmaster hasn’t confirmed the breach. However, when they do, assuming it is legitimate, they will likely offer advice and assistance to those affected, similar to how other companies have handled large data breaches. They may also automatically reset user passwords.

Ultimately, you can’t close the barn door after the horses are out. But you can limit the damage that the data can do to your life.

Handling Data Breaches

Business data breaches can be planned for, with clear steps to take after the fact: Businesses will contain and access the damage, before notifying victims afterward.

But in cases like this TicketMaster breach, you’re likely on the customer end of the breach and you have less recourse. And with breaches on the rise in recent years, there’s only so much that VPNs and password managers can do to help. In the end, the risk of your own exposure is handled by companies like TicketMaster, and they inevitably wind up breached.

That’s why good password practice is more important than ever, ensuring that you’re not using the same passwords across multiple accounts. Sure, it might be convenient to have your password set to your dog’s name for every single online account, but after yet another massive scale data breach, how many more do you need to see to convince you that it’s when, not if, your data gets compromised…

Alternatively, you can pay the criminals $500,000 to buy your data back.

The four-day workweek is the number one top benefit that employees are most likely to want, according to a new report.

A full 64% of respondents to a recent Bank of America survey said that a four-day workweek was the main benefit they were hoping for at their job, closely followed with a related benefit, “better work-life balance,” which 60% of respondents said they needed.

Employers are notably less interested in the four-day workweek: Just 42% said they’d like to offer the perk.

What Benefits Employees Are Looking for in 2024

BoA’s 2024 workplace benefits report, titled “The resurging workforce,” collected the brand-new stats from 955 employees and 804 employers across the final few months of 2023.

In addition to the huge interest in four-day workweeks and better work-life balance, employees had some thoughts about job-switching. Over a quarter of respondents were thinking about changing jobs in 2024, with “compensation” serving as the top reason to leave their current role.

“Compared to last year, more employees (39% vs. 33%) say they switched jobs or considered doing so in the past year, while 27% are considering changing jobs in the next year. Younger employees and women are more likely to want to make the switch.” – the report

In 2023, burnout was the top factor behind employees switching jobs, but compensation has risen in the ranks to hit the top spot in 2024, with 52% of respondents picking it as their reason for wanting a new job.

It might not seem like a revelation that workers want to be paid fairly, but some managers might need the reminder, if their MBA textbooks are any indication.

Financial Wellness Is Rising… At Least for Men

The new report’s insights included some positive movement. The biggest example is that the amount of employees who say their financial wellness is “good” or “excellent” is on the rise. This group accounted for 42% of respondents in the 2023 report and is up to 47% this year.

Men are doing better than women on this front, as 53% of men report good financial well-being compared to just 36% of women. It’s likely an indication that managers and HR departments are still aware that they can quietly lean into misogynistic blind spots in order to stick to their budgets.

The rate of inflation has slowed in the past year and a half, but other studies show that many employees find their salaries still aren’t keeping pace.

Recession Fears Keep Floating Around

It’s good to see that some are less stressed overall in 2024, but even this new survey found some big stats indicating that employees are far from totally stress-free: 66% of them report financial stress, while 76% remain concerned that the cost of living will outpace their earnings.

In fact, in light of these fears, it makes sense that employees are looking for four-day workweeks. Getting a little extra time back at the end of the week can help mitigate stress by reducing the total number of tasks taking up resources and energy. Time is money, and today’s employees always need more compensation.

In 2019, Microsoft found that a four-day workweek boosted its team’s productivity by 40%. Similar studies before and since have affirmed the benefit helps workers destress without a negative impact on the company’s performance.

Still, managers are dragging their feet on adjusting to a shorter work week, despite the potential upside. If you’re on the hunt for a position that offers a four-day workweek, take a look at our guide covering how to successfully implement one.

The evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) over the last few years has been nothing if not substantial. As you can imagine, this has led to a massive influx of new AI jobs surrounding the groundbreaking technology.

One of these jobs is training AI for businesses that want to use it. This involves actually teaching AI systems how to think, so that you can get the desired results in the long run.

In this guide, we’ll explain exactly what an AI training job entails and how you can go about securing one of these positions at businesses in the tech industry.

What Are AI Training Jobs?

In the simplest of terms, AI training jobs require the professional in question — referred to as AI trainers — to teach AI models how to think and behave when interacting with human users.

This can take many different forms, but most often is used to improve the functionality of AI chatbots, like ChatGPT and Google Gemini. It involves not only doing a lot of data entry to give these models the information they need to work properly, but it also requires AI trainers to encourage these chatbots by speaking conversationally, so they don’t sound too robotic when responding to queries.

Beyond that, AI trainers are also tasked with ensuring that chatbots are acting and responding in an ethically responsible way. Given that the early stages of development have been plagued with plenty of misinformation, scams, and other AI errors, it’s safe to say an AI trainer will have their work cut out for them.

How to Get an AI Training Job

Given the intuitive nature of AI chatbots in the modern era, you would be forgiven for thinking that these kinds of AI training roles don’t take a lot of experience. After all, many of these platforms operate fairly seamlessly with nothing more than a few simple AI prompts, so surely the training process can’t be that complicated.

The reality, however, is that AI training jobs take a considerable amount of data analysis, machine learning, and computer science knowledge to even be considered for the job. Naturally, understanding the basics of AI is vital when it comes to training these models, and given the decidedly complicated nature of the tech, it’s safe to assume that you’re going to need a background in AI.

If you’re looking for an AI training job and you come across a job listing that notes that no AI expertise is required, that could be a sign that something is not right.

Are AI Training Jobs a Scam?

Given the relative newness of the technology, AI jobs have been popping up across the job search landscape. Of course, many of these jobs are undeniably legitimate, particularly the ones that come from reputable companies like Google, Microsoft, and other big tech firms.

However, as is often the case, there are likely scammers that have jumped on the AI trend that you need to be wary of. While there haven’t been any full-on confirmed AI trainer job scams, there are some users online — including posters on Medium and Reddit — that have reported suspicious activity from businesses inquiring about the position, including lower rates of pay than listed and questionable onboarding practices.

All that to say, it’s best to be extra vigilant if you’re looking for an AI training job on sites like Upwork and Fiverr, because they might not be entirely forthcoming with the details. After all, if something seems too good to be true, it often is.

AI Training Jobs in 2024

If you’re on the hunt for an AI training job in 2024, you’re in luck, as many job posting sites have begun making the role available to apply for. We’ve collected a few roles below from ZipRecruiter, LinkedIn, and Indeed, so you can get to applying quickly.

Here are some of the AI training jobs available for job seekers in 2024:

• Program Manager, AI Training Data (Character.ai)
• Software Developer, AI Trainer (DataAnnotation)
• Senior Manager, Data Science – The AI Training Team (CapitalOne)
• Advanced Coders – AI Training (Outlier)
• Coding Expert/ AI Trainer (AI SEO Services)
• Senior Manager – AI Training and Infrastructure (LinkedIn)

As we’ve noted, this is a pretty new role in the grand scheme of things, which means that you’ll want to be sure to do your due diligence before committing to one of these AI training positions. Still, if you’ve got the expertise and the information provided above, you should be able to find something that fits your needs in no time!