AI Slop and What Mamdani's Win Means for Marketing (486)

This Old Marketing - Content Marketing News with Joe Pulizzi and Robert Rose

AI hits the headlines again. Anthropic wins a lawsuit for its training data procedures, but the judge leaves room for additional lawsuits. In the greater scheme, will any of the lawsuits really matter?

John Oliver's AI Slop video is "must-see-TV" and AI content continues to become a bigger part of our lives in content creation and marketing. What do we need to do?

And Zohran Mamdani wins the Democratic nomination for mayor in New York, outlasting the big money players through a Gen Z-focused approach. What can we learn from this and will we see more?

Winners and losers include Mumford & Sons and Intel dropping marketing as a core function.

Rants and raves include Voice of America and the LinkedIn Ballad.

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This week's links:

Anthropic Wins Case

AI Slop and John Oliver

Mamdani Takes New York Nomination with TikTok

VOA's Iran Mess

Mumford & Sons Membership Pass

Intel Outsources Marketing to Accenture

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