Elizabeth Lopatto

So today’s ruling — using the much-contested Howey test — may be appealed by both sides, says Ann Lipton.

Enjoyed this Bloomberg story about the possibility that we are all old and tired, sick of seeing each other’s bad posts, and hoping to touch grass:

After the algorithm rings the alarm, a human team makes a choice. But the incentives for the financial institutions are skewed, according to The New York Times: it’s easier to close a customer’s account, even if they’ve done nothing wrong, than to risk penalties for bad transactions. That means a lot of innocent people are getting left in the lurch, with no access to their money.

Just one thing to keep in mind if you’re using Affirm or Klarna: their structure may not be to your benefit.

I mean, look at that lil face.

“When the surfer got the board back, there were bite marks on it.” Listen man, generally I feel that wildlife that has lost its fear of humans is a bad deal for everyone. However, in this specific case, I do want to see if the otter can actually hang ten.

The New Yorker’s Kyle Chayka tried out an AI model fine-tuned and trained on his work:

The actors may join the writers on strike, and Hollywood’s publicists are freaking out.

I enjoyed this story about Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav, who is the personification of the boring business bro who doesn’t care if a movie is good as long as it is profitable and predictable. But the phenomenon David Roth identifies here isn’t limited to Zaslav and could apply equally the AI cheerleaders, serving us glurge because these dead-eyed losers have no idea what is worthwhile about other people.