General News

Native speakers may be fine with it, so why does it feel uncomfortable? A look at rudeness in foreign-language talk

A study found that when people converse in a language that is not their mother tongue, the other person’s words can feel colder or ruder. Linguist Irini Mavrou (이리니 마브로우) and her team compared native English speakers with Spanish-speaking participants who use English as a foreign language. The non-native group tended to judge the same workplace scenes as ruder, likely due to difficulty reading tone, relationships and non-verbal cues, along with cognitive burden.

AI & Enterprise

OpenAI, Anthropic step up hiring from Salesforce as enterprise software talent war intensifies

OpenAI and Anthropic are hiring key talent from the enterprise software industry, including alumni of Salesforce, as AI competition spreads from products to the labour market. OpenAI has recruited executives and staff focused on enterprise sales and customer support, and is also hiring Palantir’s forward-deployed engineers. OpenAI said enterprise customers could account for up to 40 percent of its business and may rise to 50 percent by year-end.