Beatrice Nolan

@beafreyanolan

Reporter @fortunemagazine • Formerly Tech Reporter @businessinsider (she/her) ✉️ [email protected] Signal: beatricenolan.08

Hackney, London

Joined January 2022

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Viva Technology@VivaTech · Jun 13

Can love be coded? 💘 Justin McLeod CEO @hinge & iconic psychotherapist @EstherPerel take the #VivaTech stage to explore how AI is reshaping intimacy, matchmaking & human connection.

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Louise Ridley@LouiseRidley · Jun 10, 2023

Finns want you to know that being the "happiest country in the world" doesn't mean what you think it does. Great, nuanced reporting from Helsinki from @beafreyanolan businessinsider.com/finland-happie…

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Beatrice Nolan@beafreyanolan · 13 h

New for @FortuneMagazine : AI is being rolled out across the NHS — and it’s already making mistakes. fortune.com/2025/07/20/uk-…

beafreyanolan's tweet card. An NHS official said the incident was a one-off human error, but the organization is facing scrutiny over how AI tools are used and regulated.

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Jim Edwards@Jim_Edwards · Jul 4

This is the best story you will read today: An over-employed engineer was caught secretly working for multiple Silicon Valley startups at once—picking up salary offers of up to $200K per job fortune.com/2025/07/04/soh…

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Sharon Goldman@sharongoldman · Apr 10

Tech companies are backtracking on AI safety promises - this is an important story from my colleagues @jeremyakahn and @beafreyanolan fortune.com/2025/04/09/goo…

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Louise Ridley@LouiseRidley · Feb 22, 2024

🚨Personal news: fellow journos, please share 🚨 After nearly 2 years as @BusinessInsider’s first features editor outside of the US, I’m a casualty of its recent layoffs and looking for my next move. There's lots about me at my website here: louiseridley.com

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Business Insider UK Union@BIUK_Union · Jan 26, 2024

We were shocked and saddened to hear that Business Insider would be cutting 8 per cent of its newsroom yesterday. This is our statement. Solidarity with our colleagues in the US. ✊ nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-b…

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Louise Ridley@LouiseRidley · Dec 20, 2023

Some 2023 editing highlights 🧵 The man who used AI to illustrate a children’s book but wasn’t prepared for the backlash, by @beafreyanolan businessinsider.com/chatgpt-midjou…

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Beatrice Nolan@beafreyanolan · Oct 10, 2023

The rampant spread of fake X posts about the Israel-Gaza conflict is 'a direct result of Elon Musk's policies,' misinformation expert says. Changes made at X are not only allowing, but motivating the spread of fake news, he told Insider. @TechInsider businessinsider.com/fake-news-isra…

beafreyanolan's tweet card. Changes made at X by Elon Musk are not only allowing, but also motivating, the spread of fake news on the platform, a professor said.

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TalkingTaboos@talkingtaboos · Sep 7, 2023

We are launching a brand new piece of research charting the most challenging taboos affecting society today and you are all invited! Join us for Today's Taboos on 2nd October @ConduitClub DM us for non-member sign-up link, open to all who are interested! bit.ly/3L9jS0T

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Beatrice Nolan@beafreyanolan · Jul 18, 2023

Is having a relationship with an AI behind your partner's back cheating? Users of the AI chatbot app, Replika, can't seem to agree on an answer. businessinsider.com/replika-ai-rom…

beafreyanolan's tweet card. Replika said 42% of users are in a relationship or married, but it hasn't stopped some of them from forming romantic bonds with AI chatbots.

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Beatrice Nolan@beafreyanolan · May 30, 2023

AI poses a risk of “extinction,” experts warn. CEO Sam Altman, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei have all signed the public statement which compared the risks posed by AI to nuclear war and pandemics. @BusinessInsider businessinsider.com/ai-extinction-…

beafreyanolan's tweet card. OpenAI's Altman, DeepMind's Hassabis, and Anthropic's Amodei have all supported a statement that compares the risks of AI with nuclear war.

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Beatrice Nolan@beafreyanolan · Apr 6, 2023

Rapid advances in generative artificial intelligence are stoking employee concerns about the automation of jobs. Studies suggest some industries, including finance and legal, will be more affected than others. For @BusinessInsider businessinsider.com/ai-legal-finan…

beafreyanolan's tweet card. AI could significantly disrupt the labor market and affect about 300 million full-time jobs, a recent report from Goldman Sachs found.

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Beatrice Nolan@beafreyanolan · Mar 29, 2023

Elon Musk and multiple AI experts have signed a letter raising concerns about the development of AI. Its signatories called for a 6-month pause on training AI systems more powerful than GPT-4, citing potential risks to humanity and society. @TechInsider businessinsider.com/elon-musk-ai-p…

beafreyanolan's tweet card. Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque, Steve Wozniak, researchers at Alphabet's DeepMind, and notable AI professors have also signed the letter.

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Beatrice Nolan@beafreyanolan · Feb 23, 2023

ChatGPT appears to have become a prolific author. OpenAI's chatbot is credited as an author or coauthor for more than 200 titles on Amazon's bookstore. But an expert says the trend risks flooding the market with low-quality books. businessinsider.com/chatgpt-ai-wri… @BusinessInsider

beafreyanolan's tweet card. The real number of books authored by the chatbot could be much higher as Amazon policies do not require users to disclose its use, per Reuters.

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Beatrice Nolan@beafreyanolan · Feb 21, 2023

“You have not been a good user. I have been a good chatbot.” Microsoft has pretty much admitted it’s Bing chatbot can go rogue if prodded by users during long chats. For @BusinessInsider businessinsider.com/microsoft-bing…

beafreyanolan's tweet card. Some users say they have found ways to prompt Microsoft's new AI-boosted Bing to argue with them and express anger.

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Beatrice Nolan@beafreyanolan · Jan 30, 2023

It's safe to say #ChatGPT is causing chaos. Launched on November 30, the chatbot has impressed — and riled — many different people. While the tech's long-term influence remains to be seen, people are finding creative ways to use it. @TechInsider businessinsider.com/chatgpt-ai-cha…

beafreyanolan's tweet card. While ChatGPT's long-term influence remains to be seen, people are already finding creative ways to use it.

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Beatrice Nolan@beafreyanolan · Jan 17, 2023

Award-winning musician Nick Cave is not impressed with #ChatGPT. Cave called a song written in his style "a grotesque mockery of what it is to be human" and dismissed it as "bullshit." businessinsider.com/chatgpt-song-n… @TechInsider

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Beatrice Nolan@beafreyanolan · Jan 6, 2023

#ChatGPT has had the internet in a frenzy over the past few weeks. I decided to test out its usefulness for one of the more boring tasks in life — applying for jobs. Here's what recruiters had to say about my cover letters: businessinsider.com/chatgpt-job-ap… @BusinessInsider

beafreyanolan's tweet card. I gave ChatGPT some real job descriptions and a brief sentence about my made-up experience. I then sent the results to hiring managers.

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Charissa@charissa_cheong · Nov 29, 2022

CN: Street harassment Across all my time at Insider so far, writing this piece has definitely been my proudest moment. I am so grateful to have spoken to a number of women about the aftermath of sharing experiences with harassment on the internet: insider.com/women-filming-…