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For Walmart and other players in the grocery-store industry 'the pandemic was a boon,' Eric Schlosser writes. Although supply-chain issues have been resolved, profits keep climbing.

What happens to consumers, he asks, when these companies go unchecked? theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

'Algorithms have become market gatekeepers and value allocators, and are now becoming producers and arbiters of knowledge.' In our article Tim O'Reilly Ilan Strauss Rufus and I argue for a closer look at the economic power of AI in The Conversation ⬇️ theconversation.com/to-understand-…

Incredible charts in today's Financial Times about concentration of capital markets. Markets are at a 58 year high in concentration from the US-based 'Magnificent Seven' tech stocks (Microsoft, Apple, Meta, Amazon, Alphabet, Nvidia, Tesla).
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Vass Bednar Also see this on TJ’s dubious practices: tastecooking.com/we-need-to-tal…

The latest from the Globe's business commentary, by Vass Bednar:

How to protect child influencers, whose boss is also mom and dad? tgam.ca/3PRBCR5

Plurality offers an optimistic, pragmatic roadmap to reforging democracy for the AI era. Tang and Weyl say: we're not limited libertarian or authoritarian visions of technology — openness, plurality and the human spirit offer a third way. So good! plurality.net

Here’s some shrinkflation nonsense. They shrunk the size of the cheese, but not the packaging, so there’s an excess of plastic.

Over 10 antitrust agencies are actively, and publicly, looking at Generative AI. Here is the list: networklawreview.org/antitrust-gene…

I'm honoured to work w/ super talented, thoughtful ppl at the Globe and Mail to craft this podcast that sense-makes life in the new economy - while having just the right amount of fun w/ it. We are looking forward to sharing our first episode next week (!). Thanks for kind notes.

Things are getting weird and out of control when people realize they can’t trust weights and measures at the grocery store: vm.tiktok.com/ZMMu2qPM7/

Just saw an ad on instagram for paying for your groceries in instalments. This country is cooked

ICYMI: Bombshell legal docs exposed another way Live Nation-Ticketmaster exploits conflicts of interest to pad its profits.

The #BreakUpTicketmaster Coalition, Morgan Harper, and Brian Hess of Sports Fans Coalition on what they mean.👇
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Around 250 artists & songwriters have made a statement in opposition to generative AI using their work without permission to train models that compete with them.

The list includes Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj, Elvis Costello, R.E.M., Mumford & Sons, Katy Perry and many more.

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