Warner Bros. Discovery in talks to merge with Paramount Global

Is The Great Rebundling about to begin?

Humans Prefer AI-Generated Content, New Research Suggests:

AI content - either written entirely by AI or with a final edit by AI - was preferred by readers.

I wonder how much of this is that LLMs are a reflection of how we speak online, so it probably feels more like a mirror than a lot of human-generated marketing copy.

At every step, fish are often being processed to some degree. The more processing you get and the more steps there are in that supply chain, the more likely it is that you’re going to have some sort of mislabeling or fraud because it becomes more and more difficult to identify what it is because it’s become progressively more and more modified as it moves along the supply chain.

This is about more than fish processing.

via the Search Engine podcast

Mr. Beast launched a YouTube analytics tool.

The tool itself may not be groundbreaking (yet?), but that’s not where the real value is.

He knows the algorithm & platform better than anyone not employed there, so what metrics ViewStats shows could be a peek behind the red velvet curtain.

UBS economist Alan Detmeister told the WSJ that the shelter component of CPI inflation can be expected to fall as much as 3.75% by the end of 2024.

Heard much the same from some real estate peeps recently. And also heard them mirror this expectation:

the Fed indicated last week that it’s on track to cut rates next year

Making the housing market a little more dynamic could be a good thing.

via The Daily Upside