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Pew Research has put a number on something many of us have suspected for a while now. After scanning nearly half a million webpages, they found that roughly a third of the web created since ChatGPT launched carries the fingerprints of AI-generated writing, with dot-com domains leading the way and the trend accelerating.
That finding connects neatly to a piece in The Register making the case that AI-generated slop, messy and error-prone as it is, actually creates opportunity for developers who know what they are doing. The argument goes that when AI tools let inexperienced builders ship broken software at scale, skilled engineers who understand the fundamentals become more valuable, not less.
And on the regulatory front, prediction market platform Kalshi is now blocked for customers in Washington state, as state regulators and the federal Commodity Futures Trading Commission push back on how these markets operate. Kalshi is fighting the Washington ban in court while the CFTC continues drafting new rules, leaving users and investors watching a legal tug-of-war with real money on the line.
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