What I'm Reading - 6/22/25

I hope those in the US where it's super hot are staying cool. The heat and humidity have reached even northern Wisconsin, where we’re beating the high temps by lounging in the pool. I’ve also been reunited with my Jeep CJ-7, which was my first car.

Have a great Sunday!

What I’m Reading

AI Developments

1. Time: ChatGPT's Impact On Our Brains According to an MIT Study

2. Axios: Top AI models will lie, cheat and steal to reach goals, Anthropic finds

3. OpenAI: Preparing for future AI capabilities in biology

4. United States Conference of Mayors: Building Your City’s AI Strategy with USCM and Google

Stories About Specific Countries

1. Faizatul Hiqmah, Tanti Handriana, Masmira Kurniawati: Beyond Pixels: How Instagram Shapes Candidate Images in Indonesia's 2024 Election

2. TechPolicy.Press: Europe Says it’s Not Set Up to Succeed Globally on Tech

3. European Commission: Digital Decade 2025 - Special Eurobarometer

Political & Social Commentary

1. Financial Time: How Mark Zuckerberg unleashed his inner brawler

2. Nielsen: Streaming Reaches Historic TV Milestone, Eclipses Combined Broadcast and Cable Viewing For First Time

3. Westwood One: Audio Remains The Primary Mode Of Podcast Consumption Despite Growing Video Options, According To Brand New Cumulus Media And Signal Hill Insights’ Podcast Download – Spring 2025 Report

4. Campaigns & Elections: The Republican Digital Firm Making a Big Bet on AI

5. Newcomer: Substack in Talks to Raise Financing as It Taps Into the Zeitgeist of Trump II

6. Pack Light Live Full with Carmen Van Kerckhove: You can't future-proof your career by playing yesterday's game

7. Center for Communication and Civic Renewal / University of Wisconsin-Madison: 100 Days Under Trump

8. Reuters Institute: Digital News Report 2025

9. Reuters Institute: Overview and key findings of the 2025 Digital News Report

10. Nieman Journalism Lab: An unscientific peek inside Meta’s Community Notes shows the pilot is “not ready for prime time”

11. The CAQ: Institutional Investor Survey | Research Findings, Artificial Intelligence

12. New York Magazine: The “A Team": Inside the Atlantic’s Expensive Hiring Spree

13. The Guardian: Washington Post in talks with Substack about using its writers

Legal & Regulatory

1. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications: What makes online political ads unacceptable? Interrogating public attitudes to inform regulatory responses

2. C-SPAN.org: Senate Passes C-SPAN2 Anniversary Resolution By Unanimous Consent

3. Civil Georgia: Court Fines GD Critics over Facebook Posts ‘Insulting’ Ruling Party MPs

4. Techdirt: Why Making Social Media Companies Liable For User Content Doesn’t Do What Many People Think It Will

Miscellaneous Insights & Reports

1. Every: How to Keep Your Writing Weird in the Age of AI

Company Announcements

1. WhatsApp: Helping you Find More Channels and Businesses on WhatsApp