Is AI Content a Race to the Bottom? (363)

<p>In this episode, Time and Taboola team up (is that Timeboola?) for a new eCommerce experiment. Is eCommerce the new sponsorship for publishers?</p> <p>The disinformation war is over. Disinformation won.</p> <p>And AI content is changing the business model for creators and the fight for search. Does this open a real opportunity for those who have audiences? Is AI content just a race to the bottom?</p> <p>In rants and raves, Joe loves this new research out about reading fiction, while Robert's viral post on the comma goes, well, viral.</p> <p><strong>This week's links:</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://www.axios.com/2023/02/14/exclusive-time-will-launch-a-new-commerce-site-powered-by-taboola" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Time/Taboola Deal</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/14/technology/disinformation-moderation-social-media.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Disinformation War Is Over</a></p> <p><a href= "https://searchengineland.com/content-creators-are-concerned-with-the-new-ai-features-in-bing-and-google-393052" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Content Creators Concerned Over AI Content</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/01/buzzfeed-using-chatgpt-openai-creating-personality-quizzes/672880/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Buzzfeed AI and the Death of Content</a></p> <p><a href= "https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/reading-fiction-empathy-better-person/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reading Fiction Makes You a Better Person</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/robrose_one-comma-and-100-billion-something-fascinating-activity-7029541702117801984-Gl1w/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robert's Comma Post on LinkedIn</a></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Liked this show? SUBSCRIBE to this podcast on <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/2ZCcAoMJEULFZfZu61QRVd" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Spotify</a>, <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id760760485?mt=2&ls=1" target="_blank" rel=