“Last month, an A.I. bot that handles tech support for Cursor, an up-and-coming tool for computer programmers, alerted several customers about a change in company policy. It said they were no longer allowed to use Cursor on more than just one computer…some got even angrier when they realized what had happened: The A.I. bot had announced a policy change that did not exist.”

“How will the founder of The Awl make a mark at CNN?…The move marks the latest hire at the brand as it attempts to reorient itself in the online news ecosystem with an eye toward developing subscription products — a big pivot for CNN, but one seen as a necessity as the channel looks past its linear TV roots.”

“If you took Pinterest, mashed it together with everything annoying about Threads, and sprinkled generative Al prompts on top — that’d pretty much sum up the newly launched Meta Al site’s social feed…The result is a fascinating microcosm of the human-Al experience and, specifically, how so few people know what to do with generative Al.”

“With this new metric for podcasts, Spotify aims to encourage users to explore podcasts they may not be familiar with, especially if they see that other listeners highly favor these episodes. For creators, this information sheds light on which episodes resonate most with audiences and, more importantly, allows them to benchmark their performance against competitors.”

“The Guardian is hiring for more than a dozen new editorial roles…The Guardian U.S. is expected to report in coming months that it earned $65 million in revenue last fiscal year which ended in March…It’s also expected to report that revenue from reader contributions made up around 68% of its total U.S. business last year, or around $44 million — a new record.”

“…quite odd for a publisher. Executive Editor Matt Murray….did, however, relay that Lewis is ‘very proud’ of the winners and will congratulate them in person when he returns — though it seems unlikely [Pulitzer winner Ann Telnaes, who resigned in protest of Lewis in January] will be the recipient of such a gesture.”

“Trump has encouraged his Federal Communications Chief Brendan Carr to punish CBS and its corporate parent over his long-running beef with 60 Minutes.”

“My first question [when I joined The Baltimore Banner] was, why an app? Why so soon? Why not get the web right first? But I think the app play turned out to be really smart, because apps have become table stakes for news organizations, especially subscription-driven news organizations today.”

“…a proposal that included federal incentives for U.S. theater owners to upgrade their facilities.”

“Now, OpenAl’s nonprofit board — the one that briefly fired CEO Sam Altman — will continue to oversee its commercial subsidiary, which is being changed from a capped, for-profit business to a public benefit corporation (PBC) like Anthropic and xAI.”

“A common critique of systems that hold liars to account — such as the fact-checking industry — is the accusation that they are biased…The perception of bias comes from the fact that far-right echo chambers objectively spread more misinformation and are therefore impacted more even under politically neutral platform policies.”

“Nearly halfway through its second 75-day countdown to being banned, the platform is still seen as a dependable partner — proof that, in advertising, consistency can sometimes outweigh certainty.”

“Google and Range announced a partnership this spring called ‘AI On Screen’ to commission short films about AI, with the goal of making two into feature films. Here’s how it described one of the shorts, ‘Sweetwater’: ‘When the son of a late celebrity visits his childhood home, a piece of fan mail reveals a startling AI, forcing him to reconcile his mother’s legacy.'”

“Commentators on all sides of politics are suggesting, in the wake of the election rout, that too much listening to and engagement with Sky News…is a reason why the Liberal party is so manifestly out of touch with middle Australia. There are lots of reasons for News Corporation’s declining power. Mostly, it is a part of the wider story of waning influence for mainstream media.”

“B2B influencer marketing agency Creator Match, which launched in early 2024, has made 80 percent of its lifetime revenue in the ‘past few months’ paying out over $1 million to LinkedIn creators during that period…management firm The Wishly Group has gone from managing six LinkedIn creators in August 2024 to 30 creators on the platform in April 2025, with its average number of campaigns per month increasing from 20 to 75.”

Its 42.7 million minutes of monthly usage compares to 42.8 million for The Evening Standard, 41.6 million for GB News, and 47.1 million for the Financial Times. (Still No. 1 by 1,000 kilometers: the BBC with 9.1 billion minutes.)

“The real problem with the ideas and the communication of conspiracy theories is when they get evinced by people with the power to act on them…If some guy, somewhere, thinks the Earth is flat, the answer is ‘So what?’ But when people in power have those beliefs, it becomes a serious issue.”