A NOTE FROM OUR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALYSON SHONTELL

The most effective and impactful boards share a few traits: They’re diverse, they roll up their sleeves to solve problems, they turn disagreements into productive conversations, and they collaborate well across the company’s C-suite.

The top-ranking board this year was at F5, a cybersecurity firm, which has executives from Microsoft, PayPal, HP, and HubSpot on it.

Fortune‘s Leadership and Modern Board writer, Lila MacLellan, details why F5 was the top pick:

The F5 board’s skepticism, advice, and openness were “absolutely critical” as the company moved away from its history as a hardware player and focused on digital transformation, acquiring five companies (to the tune of $2 billion) in recent years. That took courage from the board, says Locoh-Donou.

MAY 10, 2023

A.I.

A 23-year-old Snapchat influencer used OpenAI’s technology to create an A.I. version of herself that will be your girlfriend for $1 per minute

The girlfriend bot raises big ethical questions and has already made over $70,000 in a week.

Sam Altman lists the startup rules ChatGPT maker OpenAI broke on its way to a nearly $30B valuation

When it comes to artificial intelligence, Silicon Valley’s standard advice for startups might not apply.

These are the 4 jobs that are set to disappear in a decade, and the ones that will take over

All kinds of new tech roles are on the way in, and admin roles are out. There’s still time to pivot.

FINANCE

‘Quiet quitting’ the U.S. housing market: One group of sellers has disappeared

Move-up buying has ground to a near halt.

Bessemer Venture Partners is committing $1 billion to invest in A.I. startups

The firm is hoping to capitalize on the buzzy space as competition and valuations heat up.

TECH

Google accused of breaking European privacy law by hoarding personal data of potential job candidates for years

The company’s internal recruitment system may have broken European data-privacy law.

CRYPTO

How the Pepe coin, ‘fueled by pure memetic power,’ soared past a $1.6 billion market cap in 3 weeks—and then tumbled

This is just the latest in the ever-winding story of Pepe, an enduring meme adopted by both the American alt-right and Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters.

Investors lost billions betting on crypto. Now this lawyer wants Sam Bankman-Fried, Shaq, and dozens of other celeb endorsers to pay the price

Adam Moskowitz and David Boies have launched a broad legal attack that’s already muzzling the once-buzzing celebrity-driven hype around crypto.

SUCCESS

Bosses and workers are finally reaching a ‘truce’ on remote work

They may have finally achieved a happy middle ground that doesn’t require workers to come into the office five days a week.