“[A Search Generative Experience]-driven shopping search experience will ultimately bypass publishers and drive traffic direct to the retailer, with the AI making individually tailored recommendations on what to buy. This threatens to be disastrous for publishers. Effectively, SGE delivers a one-two punch of reduced traffic as more search queries are answered on the results page, plus reduced traffic to and revenue from affiliate pages.”

“The president told a small group of Wall Street executives in the White House’s Roosevelt Room early last week that he thought the headline was irresponsible and could have triggered military escalation in the Middle East, two people briefed on the conversation told Semafor. He fumed in particular that the headline had appeared ‘in an American newspaper.'”

“This process has the intended effect of preventing brands’ ads from running alongside polarizing content, but it also has the unintended effect of demonetizing news publishers’ coverage of these news cycles.”

“It is hard to explain the world and investigate it in one piece…To go very forensic is a slightly different skill set — you’re looking for the needle in the haystack, the one thing that reveals something new. And then our visual stories should be explaining the much broader context and using visuals to explain to you why and how some things happen.”

But head Adam Mosseri couldn’t resist a dig at publishers: “We’re working on it. My concern is that it’ll mean a lot more publisher content and not much more creator content, but it still seems like something we need to get done.”

“… at less than half the price it paid for the company two years ago, a sign of the industrywide troubles afflicting digital media… BuzzFeed is planning to keep First We Feast, the division of Complex responsible for the popular ‘Hot Ones’ interview franchise, after the transaction, one of the people said.”

“The US already provides access to wire services such as Associated Press to newsrooms in several Pacific countries. [State Department official Elizabeth] Allen said the US would continue to look for opportunities to encourage independent journalism, which may include ‘how to create access outlets like AP, AFP wire services…to make sure that they’re getting access to objective editorially sound information.'”

“Disinformation researchers have found relatively few A.I. fakes, and even fewer that are convincing. Yet the mere possibility that A.I. content could be circulating is leading people to dismiss genuine images, video and audio as inauthentic.”

“Their videos are about as far as you can get from the ‘get ready with me’ makeup videos that are a TikTok staple, resembling instead a social media version of ‘Dirty Jobs,’ the long-running show on the Discovery Channel. In some cases, as with Mr. Knowles, these hard-working influencers have signed sponsorship deals with brands, giving them an additional source of income.”

“The idea is to maximize the incentive for accuracy over sensationalism,” wrote Elon Musk, apparently without irony.

“The order has eight goals: to create new standards for AI safety and security, protect privacy, advance equity and civil rights, stand up for consumers, patients, and students, support workers, promote innovation and competition, advance US leadership in AI technologies, and ensure the responsible and effective government use of the technology.”

“‘We never comment on M&A speculation but I can tell you that we have defined a digital-only strategy and we remain interested in growing our digital media portfolio,’ [Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner] said, speaking on Politico’s Power Play podcast, which is hosted by Anne McElvoy. ‘Digital first, digital only,’ Döpfner added.”

“UnHerd has quickly become one of the biggest sites for political commentary in the UK, and now the hedge fund founder behind it — who also funds GB News and donates to the Tories — is trying to add the Telegraph to a fast-growing empire. What does he really want?”

“The restrictions mark a significant clampdown on a major source of pro-Hamas propaganda since the Israel-Hamas war began, one that Telegram’s error messages suggest may be driven by the [iOS and Google Play] app store policies. Other popular Telegram channels that have expressed support for Hamas have also been restricted, according to CNN’s analysis.”

Fashion Matters is a year old and its open rate is over 50%. “My ideas about what the newsletter is and who it is for have definitely evolved, and I wish I could have foreseen that and aligned the launch messaging a bit better. I’m happiest when readers email or tweet me to say that they aren’t or weren’t previously that interested in fashion, but the newsletter has made them interested or given them a peek into a wholly different world every week.”

“Content Credentials works by capturing specific metadata about the photograph — the camera used to take it, as well as the location, time and other details about the shot — and locks those in a secure ‘manifest’ that is bundled up with the image itself using a cryptographic key (the process is opt-in for the photog).”

“[In] the same way that many households stuck with cable for game broadcasts, sports fans and sports reporters still find X indispensable because, they say, it remains the go-to place for live updates and hot takes about coaching decisions and umpire calls.”

“The editor in chief, David Velasco, said he had been terminated after six years as Artforum’s leader. He had worked at the publication, considered among the world’s most prestigious art magazines, since 2005…’I have no regrets,’ Velasco said in an email. ‘I’m disappointed that a magazine that has always stood for freedom of speech and the voices of artists has bent to outside pressure.'”

“Meanwhile, The Boston Globe is treating this as a local story, going all-in with multiple reports. Today’s print edition includes four front-page stories, ranging from a round-up of what we know so far to a story on Maine’s gun laws. There are two opinion pieces and four more articles in the metro section covering topics such as the fear experienced at nearby Bates College and how teachers should discuss mass shootings with their students. The Globe is also running updates on its homepage.”