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• Maria Laposata quit her job and traveled around the world with her husband for a year.
• Looking back, there are things she would do differently.
• She would have bought a different type of backpack and better budgeted their return home.

I retired

• Liz Weselby, a comms executive, has moved four times for work across her career.
• She's learnt how to adapt a work wardrobe to be appropriate, while still elevating her style.
• Her top tips: research cultural nuances, dress for the weather, and wear statement pieces.

This as-told-to essay is based on a

First came the AI beauty pageant. Then the AI music contests. Now, there is an award for AI Personality of the Year - perhaps the inevitable next step for the AI influencer economy as it transforms from quirky novelty into a serious and lucrative industry.

The contest, a joint venture between generative AI studio OpenArt and AI-powered creator platform Fanvue, with backing from AI voice

• Delays persist at TSA checkpoints across US airports due to the partial government shutdown.
• TSA agents aren't getting paid during the shutdown, and as many as 10% aren't showing up to work.
• Here's the latest on TSA delays, and how to check wait times before you travel.

If you're flying in

Last week's recommendation, Sotomayor's Wabi Sabi, has a very particular vibe that you don't find in a lot of records. One of the few things it called to mind was 2022's Topical Dancer from Charlotte Adigery and Bolis Pupul, which I ended up revisiting this week a lot.

The two records don't seem particularly alike on the surface. But

• Rudrojas Kunvar, 16, built Evion, an AI tool that helps farmers analyze crop health.
• The tool collects aerial crop data from drone-captured images.
• Kunvar created Evion to make that data more accessible to small and midsize farms.

While meeting with a venture capitalist last year, 16-year-old Rudrojas Kunvar received an