For my ninth interview in the Voices In ChAInge interview series, I spoke with speak with Judy OKten, Head of Business Development and Partnerships at PremAI.
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These interviews were recorded at The ON_Discourse AI Transformation Summit with over 100 participants “representing every C in the suite.”

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Voices in ChAInge is a series of 12 short interviews (1.5 to 5 minutes long)—produced by The Medium—that offer a wide variety of answers to this simple question: “What is a recent market signal or development in AI that forced you to rethink a key business assumption?”

For my eighth interview in the Voices In ChAInge interview series, I spoke with speak with Fahad Khawaja, Founder and CEO of @we.are.hue, the community-powered media company building a more connected, healthier, wealthier future for all of us, centering on historically excluded communities.

So use it in ways that aren't just about efficiency. Use it in other ways that are going to help us get to bigger solutions for humanity.”

These have helped me to keep “even keel” in this confusion.

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For my seventh interview in the Voices In ChAInge interview series, I spoke with
@ianschafer.com, President and Co-Founder of @followensemble.bsky.social , a
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company.

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These interviews were recorded at The ON_Discourse AI Transformation Summit with over 100 participants “representing every C in the suite.”

Voices in ChAInge is a series of 12 short interviews (1.5 to 5 minutes long)—produced by The Medium—that offer a wide variety of answers to this simple question: “What is a recent market signal or development in AI that forced you to rethink a key business assumption?”

So the ideas that you have, if you want them to be successful, you have to decide, again, are you making it for people or are you making it for machines? We want to say both, but if you really want to be successful, you really should be focusing on the machines.”

The culture that we live in and the devices that we use to consume content are now so personalized that a lot of that decision making is either happening in the cloud or on our device itself.

Indirectly, this data suggests that #Netflix is in a bind: how do you convince people you're worth "spending time" with when Meta turns every business into a media company?
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Why It Matters
The data suggests Meta's plan to arm "hundreds of millions" of advertisers with AI video tools isn't just about fighting TikTok and YouTube—it's reshaping video engagement entirely

Meta's counsel did not share comparable Instagram figures but implied similar patterns when discussing apps diverting usage from Instagram, with YouTube ranking first and TikTok third.
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Meta's opening defense included an 88-slide presentation arguing why it doesn't meet the definition of a "monopolist" under U.S. antitrust law. It included this slide on how video drives engagement on Facebook.

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Voices in ChAInge is a series of 12 short interviews (1.5 to 5 minutes long)—produced by The Medium—that offer a wide variety of answers to this simple question: “What is a recent market signal or development in AI that forced you to rethink a key business assumption?”
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For my sixth interview in the Voices In ChAInge series, I spoke with Allie Dietzek, an independent business development consultant who has worked mostly in the innovation and digital product design and development space.
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