“Nearly” 20% of Fortune's web traffic comes from “AI-assisted” stories.

So, when will journalists start tokenmaxxing?

https://shlema.me/tokenmaxxing-vs-journalism

Optimising ourselves for legibility by AI is a slippery slope — but it's definitely happening already (h/t @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social)

https://shlema.me/optimising-ourselves-for-AI

OpenAI buying TBPN for $100M makes zero sense to me. They want an 11-person podcast team for "communications outside the show"? That's not how daily 3-hour livestreams work. TBPN got paid, but kissed their independence goodbye. https://shlema.me/openai-tbpn-deal/

Spicy and pricey vertical mini-dramas are taking over streaming Streaming apps that charge $20 a week for absurd, 60-second soap operas are winning audiences that rival Hulu and Paramount+.

This makes me feel both old and scared

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Here’s an interesting thing to think about: what happens if generative AI platforms become the main interface for humans to access information? And more narrowly, what would it mean for media and journalism?

Got a few half-baked thoughts out today, always happy to discuss: shlema.me/the-ultimate...

On media business models, old and new
shlema.me/media-busine...

Screenshot of Google page pointing to fake elements and content

State of Google today

Jonathan Coulton and the challenge of finding new good music
shlema.me/jonathan-cou...

Honestly I've never met anyone who liked using AI for writing. Only people who use it for anodyne business copy and still kind of hate it

Elon Musk, billionaire owner of Tesla, once belonged to a group of businessmen who played ruthless capitalists.

In the game, called "Monopoly," players aggressively pursue a plan of real estate domination, buying land and building homes and even hotels, while trying to avoid being sent to jail.

Die verdraaide videogames weer.

Six hours under martial law in Seoul On the ground from the protests outside the National Assembly building.

This is quite beautifully written

www.theverge.com/24312920/mar...

Хм.

Yesterday somewhere around Zandvoort

О, у мене також десь валяється.