I'm a Microsoft software engineer. AI makes hitting my deadlines much easier, but I'm still skeptical it will replace me. - Business Insider

The ChatGPT prompts read like a to-do list. Build “a continuous audio recorder.” Add “live listening” and “downloading/deleting recordings.” Encrypt the SD card. Make the USB output “power-only.” Develop “a second unit and speech-triggered recording,” then “a third unit.” Finally, “apply final protection and silence boot output.”

Joseph LeGare works at a data center site in Maryland. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Joseph LeGare, a 24-year-old project engineer based in Frederick County, Maryland. He works at Rowan Digital Infrastructure, a hyperscale data center developer, which introduced Business Insider to LeGare. It has been edited for length and clarity. It has been edited for length and clarity. I studied philosophy for two years at The Catholic University of America before dropping out and working as an assistant superintendent at a construction company. After about a year, I moved into residential and did administrative work, including daily reports, county inspection scheduling, quality verification, and weekly safety meetings with foremen. I even worked as a materials management specialist at a residential home manufacturer. At the same time, I was taking night classes in construction management at Frederick Community College. I assumed I'd go into residential construction, but my classes made me realize I really wanted to pursue commercial construction. I wanted to get out of office work and back into the field.

The Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador has certified a class action on behalf of passengers on board Air Canada Flight AC 2259 which landed hard at Halifax in December of 2025 after the plane’s landing gear collapsed. The flight had taken off from St. John’s International earlier that evening, and officials at YYT later confirmed that debris was found on one of its runways after the flight took off. They wouldn’t say at the time whether the discovery was related to the incident at Halifax. The class action names Air Canada, Provincial Aerospace Ltd, St. John’s International Airport Authority and the Halifax International Airport Authority, all of whom have consented to certification. Stephen Barnes of Bob Buckingham Law says they want to understand what went wrong that night and make sure that passengers have an opportunity to be fairly compensated for what they went through. The case will examine whether the defendants met their responsibilities for aircraft safety, runway safety and emergency response, and whether any failures caused injury or loss to passengers.