Why the Getty-Shutterstock Merger Is Really About Who Controls “Real” kaptur.co/the-authentici…

The AI Shift: What has AI done to illustrators? Disruption has led some to pull back while others are changing the type of work they produce ft.com/content/98c48b…

Prediction: In the AI age, taste will become even more important. When anyone can make anything, the big differentiator is what you choose to make. paulgraham.com/taste.html

Liberals should mourn the passing world. Why apologise for what was the most successful international order in history? ft.com/content/3dd3f3…

No country for young people theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/f…

Tourism is booming in 2026 - just not where you think bbc.co.uk/travel/article…

'Europe remained the world's most visited region, welcoming nearly 800 million arrivals and posting a solid 6% growth over 2024.' bbc.co.uk/travel/article…

'But after two decades in which tech start-ups have torn through publishing, advertising, retail and transportation, “it’s suddenly easy to look at a bunch of industries and say, maybe we could take a bunch of costs out with AI”.' ft.com/content/40d049…

AI Is In Its Gentleman Science Era. AI research is wide open for builders with heretical ideas. The window won’t last forever garryslist.org/posts/ai-is-in…

'The biggest breakthroughs are simple ideas anyone can try and the easy questions haven’t been answered yet.'

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The AI productivity take-off is finally visible. New economic data suggests the US is transitioning to a phase of measurable gains from the technology ft.com/content/4b51d0…

Fascinating chart from Goldman Sachs showing how stocks of newspaper companies started to move downward before their earnings took a hit. Good reminder that markets can sometimes be pretty efficient and get ahead of the actual data

The World Is Drowning in Tourists. Who Should Pay the Price? I’m the problem, it’s me bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Writing forces your brain to coordinate memory, reasoning, and meaning-making simultaneously. Every time you write, you rewire toward clearer thinking. Every time you let an LLM do it, you rewire toward consumption.

'[AI agents'] Experience will “become the dominant medium of improvement and ultimately dwarf the scale of human data used in today’s systems”, Silver and Sutton predicted.' ft.com/content/dffe72…

Knowledge base. 'AI agents trained on your business data. Use Agent Bricks to build, train and deploy AI agents that work.' databricks.com

As Britain’s airports flounder, these new hubs are set to transform travel. From Dubai’s Al Maktoum to Warsaw’s Port Polska, these openings will reshape global aviation telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/fu…

'Its 260 million annual passengers will eclipse the 95.2 million who currently travel through Dubai International Airport, which will gradually be phased out in favour of Al Maktoum.'

Extreme ways countries are combatting overtourism bbc.co.uk/travel/article…