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AI Is Not Your Friend

AI Is Not Your Friend

Update: 2025-08-15
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Plus: the case for media cooperatives and aperitivo, and why running agencies inside publishers is tough.

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Chapters:

* 00:00 Open

* 00:31 Welcome

* 01:41 Summer Stories

* 02:30 Food 52

* 13:17 Newsette

* 15:46 GenZ vs AOL

* 18:07 GPT 5

* 20:16 Chatbots vs Loneliness

* 32:30 Travel Log: Italy

* 35:41 Media Co-ops

* 42:28 Good Product

* 46:26 Outro



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