Meet the media insider who makes Succession feel real

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You Can't Escape AI. Here's How to Live With It.

AI is already doing much more than most of us realize. So what happens when it starts doing more of your work—and when it starts deciding what work you should hand over? I talk to Wharton professor Ethan Mollick, whose new book is Co-Existence, about the real AI update: why today ...  Show more

Netflix in Turmoil + Derek Thompson on AI & The Antisocial Century

It feels like 2022 all over again: Netflix has hit a wall, and is scrambling to respond. That means layoffs, a purge of its top content people and… what else? Then Derek Thompson — one of the guys Barack Obama reportedly reads to keep on top of tech — gives me his blunt summary o ...  Show more

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