Alex Was Right

Sora 2’s selfie-movies, Meta’s Vibes, and OpenAI’s Pulse point to shorter, agentic, video-first habits—and a shrinking role for text. Even The New York Times is saying newsletters are too wordy and need more video.

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Chapters:

* 00:00 Open

* 00:21 Welcome

* 03:09 Aux Bons Crus

* 07:42 Gen Z & Find My

* 09:18 Sora 2 & Vibes

* 20:43 Pulse

* 23:57 AI In Commerce

* 30:46 NYT World Newsletter

* 37:18 People Inc. Acquired FeedFeed

* 39:40 New Creator Tools On YouTube

* 46:07 CloudFlare Metadata Signals

* 50:57 Good Product

* 56:33 Outro

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