"Every seller requires a buyer, and it’s unclear who would be willing to take the other side of any European fire sale of US assets."

www.ft.com/content/beea...

It’s so useful

The UK has some of the best social media and digital tech effects researchers in the world. I find it mind-boggling they haven’t been considered first.

I wonder if someone like @richardfletcher.bsky.social might be able to answer this based on @reutersinstitute.bsky.social survey data for the UK.

Partisanship is a helluva drug

Hahaha

@waqasejaz.bsky.social and colleagues

This is not my field and maybe they would actually recommend something similar at this point, but their output isn’t mainly op-eds…

And if you want an example of what Victoria sounds like, here is one of her podcasts: buff.ly/vdQhUfg

I haven't seen good evidence that this makes people stop believing everything they encounter (and I doubt it will), but we shouldn't ignore that it seems to be having a (small) effect).

Some of the research I cited from:

- buff.ly/bp0S8rS
- buff.ly/zE9Ve60
- buff.ly/a7ubs8Y

One additional point that didn't make it into the article but I think is worth noting is that this seems to be one instance of people becoming somewhat more sceptical of all media content they encounter, because they assume AI might have had a hand in it (or is wholesale responsible).

… (people listening to podcast because many like the fact that humans interact, not just the format of "audio-delivery") – and the challenges the use of AI brings with it in the journalistic context.

The piece Victoria has written is well-worth a read and looks at what AI voices can enable on the journalistic front (personalised podcasts anyone) but also where they might fall short…

Victoria hosts the FT's News Briefing podcast and once she put this issue to me over the phone I couldn't help but notice that I, too, see why some people thought she was AI: incredibly clear enunciation combined with her accent created something that many of the flagship AI voices resemble.