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In the Workplace

The 24 new rules for succeeding at work: How do you make work dinners palatable? Or deal with an overwhelmed middle manager? Our team of reporters pelted experts with questions about how to survive and even thrive-with one stipulation: We wanted practical, truly executable counsel. Here's what we got back.

The complicated reality behind AI token limits: Employee token limits have become commonplace among companies looking to manage their AI costs-but putting them in place can be tricky.

America's great AI freakout has begun. Simmering worries that the technology could wipe out civilization and launch cyberattacks reached a boil at the office and around the dinner table-and prompted AI leaders to call for more regulation of the technology.

Management & Leadership

Why Weil Gotshal's highest-paid partner jumped to Cravath, shocking big law: A star dealmaker's defection is revealing two starkly different views of the legal world's race for scale.

An AI out-of-office message racked up a $10,000-a-day bill. Retool CEO David Hsu spoke at the WSJ Technology Council Summit about a simple AI-powered out-of-office responder that ran up a bill of about $10,000 a day by repeatedly scanning internal channels and processing millions of tokens.

The Big Number

$87,460

Median household income in 2025, up 2.6% from 2024, after adjusting for inflation, according to the Census Bureau. Upper-income households posted gains while lower-income households didn't, reflecting a growing divide where high earners are doing most of the spending.

Quoteworthy

"No, most people are not getting value from it. But those that are are incredibly concentrated, and it's about learning what they do differently."McKinsey Senior Partner and Global Leader for Technology and AI Kate Smaje, speaking at the WSJLI Technology Council Summit about the widening gap between AI usage and real business value.

State of the Workforce

More money than they ever imagined-and no clue how to spend it: Share sales at OpenAI and Anthropic minted hundreds of millionaires. They're splurging on computer hardware and espresso machines.

The school where students do farmwork and chores-and pay $40,000 a semester: High-schoolers attending the Mountain School seek a reprieve from technology and a college-application boost from washing dishes, herding sheep and harvesting corn

Want to succeed in an AI world? Study anthropology. College students and workers alike are finding a new set of skills is needed for a rapidly changing workplace. While AI-centric majors are in vogue, classic programs can offer lasting value and be better fits for your interests and abilities.

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This article is a text version of a Wall Street Journal newsletter published earlier today.