Liberal media, long dominated by a few big national players such as New York Times columnists, is splintering into countless micro-factions, much like the early MAGA movement.
Why it matters: Gone are the days of simply sucking up to the Times or Rachel Maddow. Now, potential 2028 contenders for president need to navigate a multi-layered media ecosystem controlled by big players and solo operators with big audiences.
It's every driver's nightmare: a kid dashes into the street from behind a parked car and there's little time to react.
Zoom in: A Waymo robotaxi incident outside a Santa Monica elementary school suggests an AI brain would react faster than a human — but it's not that simple.
Prediction markets have emerged as an unlikely engine of viral misinformation, pumping out false, misleading and context-free claims to millions of people on social media.
Why it matters: Once a niche corner of crypto and gambling cultures, these platforms have rapidly become a central force in how politics, media and global crises are understood in real time.
The tech world is agog (and creeped out) about Moltbook, a Reddit-style social network for AI agents to communicate with each other. No humans needed.
The big picture: Tens of thousands of AI agents are already using the site, chatting about the work they're doing for their people and the problems they've solved, per The Verge.
