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Creator Economy: A YouTuber Finds the Math on Shorts Doesn’t Add Up The aftermath of one YouTuber’s decision to shutter a channel focused on Shorts and relaunch on long video shows the challenges YouTube faces. theinformation.com/articles/a-you… From Kaya Yurieff

The Briefing: What SSI’s $5 Billion Valuation Really Means Ilya Sutskever’s AI startup SSI raised $1 billion from big-name investors. Plus, the backstory to Verizon’s coming acquisition. theinformation.com/articles/what-… From Martin Peers

The China Reality: Before cracking down on Chinese batteries, says EV charging executive Quincy Lee, the U.S. needs to recognize that it has no battery supply chain yet. theinformation.com/articles/the-e… From Steve LeVine

Huawei Faces Production Snag With New Phone: Huawei is struggling to make enough chips for its upcoming Mate 70 flagship phone. theinformation.com/articles/apple… From Qianer Liu

AI Agenda: OpenAI Considers Higher Priced Subscriptions to its Chatbot AI theinformation.com/articles/opena… From Stephanie Palazzolo and Erin Woo

#WTF offers attendees the opportunity to forge new relationships w/over 250 experts in AI, DEI, finance, and media from companies like AWS, Anthropic, Clinton Foundation, the Daily Beast, Instacart, JP Morgan, PagerDuty, and Salesforce ++ RSVP today! theinformation.com/events/wtf-202…

OpenAI is considering higher priced subscriptions for future Strawberry and Orion-related products. Here’s what it means. theinformation.com/articles/opena…

Brief: Alibaba’s Domestic Shopping Sites to Accept Tencent’s WeChat Pay theinformation.com/briefings/alib…

Brief: Microsoft-Inflection Deal Cleared by UK Antitrust Regulator theinformation.com/briefings/micr…

Creator Economy - The Superstar Podcast Deals of 2024 One theme unites the priciest podcast deals of the year: Spotify is giving up some of its exclusive rights. theinformation.com/articles/the-s… From Rocket Drew

Brief: Andreessen Horowitz Closes Miami OfficeB theinformation.com/briefings/andr…

Big Chip Clusters Are AI 'Table Stakes' Investor Reid Hoffman said Elon Musk's claim that his xAI startup had quickly built a big chip cluster doesn't give it a lead on other AI companies. theinformation.com/articles/opena… From Erin Woo

Dealmaker: The Cult of Founder Mode Yes, founders often know what’s best for their companies. But ‘founder mode’ can reinforce Silicon Valley’s tendency to worship founders—and turn a blind eye to mismanagement. theinformation.com/articles/the-c… From Kate Clark

Brief: Elon Musk’s X Launches New TV App theinformation.com/briefings/elon…

The Briefing: Verizon’s Backflip Verizon’s purchase of Frontier reverses an asset sale done nine years ago. Plus, Larry Ellison’s central role in Paramount Global purchase. theinformation.com/articles/veriz… From Martin Peers

At #SFAISummit Reid Hoffman: "The generative AI revolution is still very early, it's kind of just like any other tech wave. AI is like the early internet. We knew the internet would change everything. Now look at the internet." theinformation.com/articles/opena…

A New AI Business Model: Sellers of enterprise AI apps are trying something new: charging customers only when the AI works. theinformation.com/articles/new-a… From Jon Victor

AI Agenda - Musk’s Rivals Take Jabs at His GPU Cluster, Nvidia’s Cuda Weakness, Enterprise AI Use Cases: Summit Highlights theinformation.com/articles/musks… From Stephanie Palazzolo

The Big Read: At some schools, AI isn’t the enemy many educators once feared. Now flaky AI startups are. theinformation.com/articles/ai-is… From paris martineau