When generative AI was new, the issue of how it worked with copyright law was poorly understood. Over the previous two decades it was generally taken as a given that the mass indexing done by search engines like Google was a necessary part of being on the internet. Google wasn’t reproducing the content—just showing users a headline and a link—so it always functioned more like a distributor than a republisher. {“blockType”:”mv-promo-block”,”data”:{“imageDesktopUrl”:”https://images.fastcompany.com/image/upload/f_webp,q_auto,c_fit/wp-cms-2/2025/03/media-copilot.png”,”imageMobileUrl”:”https://images.fastcompany.com/image/upload/f_webp,q_auto,c_fit/wp-cms-2/2025/03/fe289316-bc4f-44ef-96bf-148b3d8578c1_1440x1440.png”,”eyebrow”:””,”headline”:”u003Cstrongu003ESubscribe to The Media Copilotu003C/strongu003E”,”dek”:”Want more about how AI is changing media? Never miss an update from Pete Pachal by signing up for The Media Copilot. To learn more visit…
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Below, John Richardson and Attia Qureshi share five key insights from their new book, Never Settle: Persuasion and Negotiation Skills to Get What You Want. John teaches negotiation at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, and previously at Harvard Law, and was an associate at the Harvard Negotiation Project. He was a coauthor with Roger Fisher and Alan Sharp of Getting It Done and Negotiation Analysis with Howard Raiffa and David Metcalfe. Attia is the founder of AQ Consulting, where she supports companies through negotiation, conflict resolution, and organizational strategy. She is an adjunct professor at the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of…
For foreigners, American life is often viewed through the eyes of Hollywood. But as tourists flood American cities for the World Cup, many are turning to social media to show everyday America from a fresh perspective. The world’s largest sporting event, the 2026 FIFA World Cup, kicked off this week, co-hosted by Mexico, Canada, and the United States. But beyond the soccer games themselves, the more than 10 million tourists expected to visit the U.S. this summer are getting a glimpse of everyday American life—and both sides seem to be enjoying it. Several tourists who touched down in the U.S.…
When you’ve worked in the food industry for as long as I have, you start to recognize when an ingredient stops being a supporting actor and becomes the main character. That’s what’s happening right now with fruit. We’ve watched pineapple slices top upside-down cakes, fruit bowls land in lunchboxes, smoothies take over breakfast, and acai bowls become social currency. But what we’re seeing now feels different. Fruit isn’t just part of the conversation, it’s shaping it. That’s why we dug into this further by analyzing cultural signals, social listening, and category data to create our inaugural trend forecast, Fruit Fwd:…
Pregnant women are drinking more, according to a newly published report from the CDC. The data sheds new light on one more aspect of public health in the U.S. that appears to be trending in the wrong direction, leaving serious developmental problems in its wake. Since 2020, more people say they are drinking while pregnant – a shift that coincided with a rise in pandemic drinking broadly, but one that appears to be lingering. The study, first reported by STAT, showed that 15.2% of pregnant women in the U.S. reported drinking in surveys conducted from 2021 to 2024. That number…
Kalshi’s latest ad is betting on star power, but fans are not buying it. The prediction market giant’s latest campaign taps A-list actor Timothée Chalamet for a one-minute video advertisement featuring the actor in a series of nonsensical and non-Kalshi-related scenarios. But, despite being directed by Oscar-winning Swedish cinematographer Linus Sandgren, fans on social media seem to not be embracing the video. “Delete this bro we were rooting for you,” a user responded to the video posted by Chalamet’s X account. Another added, “you are a rich and famous actor, why are you promoting trash?” The minute-long video features Chalamet…
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a green day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 1,802.77 points or 2.81% to 66,020.04 • Shanghai increased 44.498 points or 1.12% to 4,031.513 • Hang Seng increased 468.81 points or 1.93% to 24,718.10 • ASX 200 increased 170.80 points or 1.98% to 8,804.00 • SENSEX increased 1,695.40 points or 2.30% to 75,527.95 • Nifty50 increased 461.30 points or 1.99% to 23,622.90 The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today: • AUDUSD decreased 0.00009 or -0.01% to 0.70479 • NZDUSD decreased 0.00052 or -0.09% to 0.58318 • USDJPY increased 0.302 or 0.19%…
Somewhere in your inbox, there’s a tedious cybersecurity training that you clicked through during your onboarding process and have likely forgotten about. To combat scam attacks and boring cybersecurity training, cybersecurity AI firm Adaptive Security partnered with comedian and Emmy-winning late-night host Conan O’Brien on a 15-video training series meant to help employees recognize and stop scam attacks. Filmed in Los Angeles and co-written by O’Brien’s media network Team Coco, the videos rely on the comedian’s trademark humor to keep watchers engaged on an alarming topic. “We try to make that training a lot more engaging, a lot more entertaining,…
If you’ve applied for countless jobs and rarely hear back, chances are you’ve encountered a phenomenon that has grown increasingly common: “ghost jobs.” Sometimes employers post a job listing that seems legitimate—but the company has no intention of hiring for the position. This can be a major source of frustration for job seekers who take the time to apply for those jobs, only to get no response or find that the company never intended to fill the role. This month, New York state lawmakers passed a bill that could help combat the scourge of posting these jobs that don’t actually…
Companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars annually for stadium naming rights, and for good reason. It’s an opportunity like none other for brands to become associated with lasting memories and big cultural moments, like games and concerts. [Photo: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty Images] Over the next several weeks for the World Cup, though, brands with naming rights to any of the 10 U.S. stadiums in the tournament have had to scrub their names from their big investments. In essence, they’ve had to de-brand. MetLife, the insurance and annuities company that usually has its name in big letters on the side of…