This chapter explores TikTok's entry into the world of e-commerce, discussing its efforts to facilitate sales and provide promotional opportunities. It highlights the potential benefits and challenges of TikTok becoming a dominant commerce platform. The chapter also reflects on the unique nature of TikTok as an attention platform and its ability to test and find audiences for unconventional content.
OpenAI has released its plan to fight disinformation in elections in 2024, but will its policies be consequential compared to those of other generative A.I. companies? Then, a watershed moment had crypto fans celebrating for the first time in maybe more than a year. And finally, what one writer’s attempt to sell a used mechanical pencil on TikTok says about how the platform is changing.
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- David Yaffe-Bellany covers the crypto industry for The New York Times
- John Herrman covers technology for New York Magazine
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