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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Companies increasingly rely on AI for business operations, but many AI systems operate as “black boxes,” creating trust and transparency issues that can lead to poor business decisions. Rapid AI adoption is outpacing proper evaluation and oversight, meaning leaders often make high-stakes decisions based on unverified data, which can have serious financial and strategic consequences. Making expensive decisions based on untrustworthy AI data is essentially gambling. It’s important to always have experts look through the information AI generates. Today, CEOs face pressure as they look to include artificial intelligence in…

Deere & Co. has agreed to pay $99 million as part of a settlement that would resolve a class action lawsuit accusing the farm equipment giant of monopolizing repair services.The Moline, Illinois-based manufacturer, which does business under the John Deere brand, has faced a handful of “right to repair” complaints over the years. The deal announced Monday—which still needs final approval from the court—would settle a 2022 lawsuit that accused the company of withholding repair software and conspiring with authorized dealers to force farmers to use their services for repairs, when they could otherwise fix tractors and other equipment themselves or use…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways CRM software amplifies broken processes; it does not fix operational dysfunction. Over-customization creates complexity, reducing adoption and damaging data consistency across teams. CRM succeeds when it becomes the easiest workflow, reinforced by leadership and habits. Many industries are undergoing major operational recalibration. Between hybrid work, shifting buyer behavior and increasing reporting expectations, startups are sprinting to modernize their operations. Customer relationship management (CRM) software is often the first tool that founders reach for, usually with high expectations and an overly optimistic implementation timeline.However, over the years, a consistent pattern keeps…

AI users are under no obligation to treat their chatbots like friends. Kindness doesn’t win you any points with a computer, and a recent study from The Pennsylvania State University even found that being rude to ChatGPT yielded more accurate responses than politely worded prompts.But a new open-source tool might take things a step too far, encouraging Claude users not just to be mean to Anthropic’s AI assistant, but to abuse it with a digital whip.GitHub user GitFrog1111 created “BadClaude,” an app meant to speed up the AI model’s responses. Rather than simply giving Claude a “speed up” command, BadClaude…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Traditional methods of estimating storage needs often lead to overspending or panicking when you have underestimated the amount of data that you need. AI analyzes historical data usage to accurately forecast future storage needs — helping businesses avoid unnecessary spending or running out of storage. Modern AI systems optimize and compress data, moving less-used files to cheaper storage options while keeping essential data on high-performance systems. When was the last time you roughly calculated how much storage your business would need over a half-year period? Maybe you had a look…

President Donald Trump’s threats to destroy “a whole civilization” if Iran does not meet tonight’s deadline to reach the end of the war is being met with alarm, triggering a market frenzy, spiking oil prices, and calls across social media for Congress to “do something,” or to invoke the 25th amendment to remove Trump from office.“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways YouTube is a discovery engine that can help restaurants reach new audiences. Short clips grab attention, but long-form content is where brands turn viewers into loyal guests. Metadata and geolocation tagging are just as important as the content you post. Restaurants don’t need content to succeed. But it makes winning a lot easier. For years, restaurants competed on location, menu and word of mouth. Now, they also compete for attention. And increasingly, that attention is being earned on YouTube long before a customer ever walks through the door. Inside Google’s…

In October 2025, the beloved Minnesota pizza chain Gina Maria’s Pizza abruptly closed its doors.The closure of all four of the nearly 50-year-old chain’s locations was a shock to its loyal fans—and since then, many have been left wondering exactly why the chain shuttered its doors. Now we know.What was Gina Maria’s Pizza?While not widely known outside of Minnesota, Gina Maria’s Pizza was a locally cherished pizza joint in the Minneapolis area. According to an Internet Archive capture of its now-defunct website, Gina Maria’s Pizza was founded in 1975, when it opened its first location in Minnetonka, Minnesota. The chain served…

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Fox Corporation has announced plans to partner with Kalshi to integrate the prediction market’s data across the media giant’s various cable networks.Tuesday’s announcement follows the rise in popularity of prediction markets, and marks Kalshi’s third partnership with a large media corporation, with similar deals struck with CNBC and CNN in December of last year.Kalshi’s platform allows users to bet on current events, anything from sports betting to politics. For instance, users can bet on who will win an election. From those wagers, a forecast is determined based on the crowd’s opinion. Not everyone is turning to the platform to bet.“Roughly…