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ChatGPT vs Bard headline contest results: advantage ChatGPT. But humans still dominate on writing. Let's save AI for smarter or dumber tasks.
"A tsunami [of AI] is coming. We can either ride it or get wiped out by it," says Business Insider editor Nicholas Carlson.
High score goes to Super Mario movie starring Jack Black, Chris Pratt, Seth Rogen, and directed by hilarious Teen Titans Go team
BuzzFeed AI quizzes work but BuzzFeed full AI stories to feed SEO are laughable and dystopian just like CEO Jonah Peretti says.
Brilliant fake celeb endorsements for cheap. A-list brands (and celebrities) beware. Here's how startup Surreal cereal company blew Kellogg ads away.
Linette Lopez at Business Insider is the best at airing truth on market topics, and her last 2 pieces on VC & crypto pull no punches. Read them here.

A potential TikTok ban is a stark reminder to all creators that you must own at least 1 or 2 platforms you post on so they can never be taken from you.
Great piece by Molly White on why bitcoin really rallied during a bank crisis month. She addresses (debunks) ‘safe haven’ theory.
A few reaction logos to We Heart NYC logo. It's no longer about the state, which goes against the whole concept of We.
Can’t stand influencers? Then you’re going to love latest TikTok craze: Deinfluencers! Deinfluencing is like, totally authentic.
SVB depositors made whole; Credit Suisse counter-parties saved; First Republic bondholders protected — were these bailouts or something else?
Financial media in a crisis can't shout fire in a crowded theater, but it does have to provide an offset to social chatter doing so.
Senators like Josh Hawley & Marco Rubio support banning TikTok, and Biden talks tough on it, but what would it accomplish, really, except political risk?
Ben Carlson asks 8 key questions about the crisis, including: Is it the Fed's fault? Why are rates collapsing? Is tech making world less stable? Is my money safe?

