“Advertising and affiliate fees are the two biggest revenue streams for most traditional media companies. Now they are both in secular decline.” #Media
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"Instagram no longer believes it can beat AI by making more or better content. It wants to be the referee, to decide what is real and what is not, and to build systems that can do it at scale."
Simon Willison breaks down what happened in the LLM space in 2025. Some of it has the potential to transform tech forever.
This year's predictions from tech experts and decision-makers are notably pro-human.
"Notes from someone who's withstood White House demands to stop an explosive story—and who once even had a 60 Minutes piece spiked."