Confused About What to Watch?

If you've ever been confused about what to watch on a streaming platform, Amazon seems poised to help you with their new AI Topics features.

This is designed to recommend what to watch on their platform based on your interests. It's currently in beta mode, with a wider rollout expected in 2025.

Reels

We’re Gonna Sue

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has sent a letter to major studios, stating that their inaction on AI plagiarism has harmed their members. You may remember 2023 summer's WGA protests that delayed a lot of shows and films. While it hopefully doesn't mean they are considering re-striking, it is certainly problematic if the WGA is still complaining about it.

I'm also not sure what exactly the studios could do, because they’d end up engaging in whack-a-mole if you start trying to track down every potential plagiarism from an AI context. Studio, Writers, and AI companies partnering is the best solution for everyone.

Perplexing Ads

Perplexity continues its push to add more advertising clients on its platform, with growing interest from companies. Not everyone though is sold on Perplexity's abilities yet.

Want a Take an eSelf-ie?

eSelf is coming out of stealth with a $4.5 million raise to build interactive AI assistants that are capable of handling a lot of verticals, including education, financial services, and health and wellness. This is an area where we're going to see a lot of competition in the years ahead.