OpenAI Goes For-Profit, AOL Gets Bought, AI Marketing (Slop?), and Job Shocks

The Monkey Patching Podcast: Going Bananas on AI, Data, LLMs & Tech

• (01:50) - Create on-brand marketing content for your business with Pomelli
• (09:18) - OpenAI’s Less-Flashy Rival Might Have a Better Business Model
• (17:47) - Microsoft, OpenAI reach deal removing fundraising constraints for ChatGPT maker
• (25:56) - AOL to be sold to Bending Spoons for roughly $1.5B
• (36:40) - Accountable Acceleration: Gen AI Fast-Tracks Into the Enterprise
• (44:53) - I analyzed 180M jobs to see what jobs AI is actually replacing today

Create on-brand marketing content for your business with Pomelli | 2025-10-28
Google Labs and DeepMind launched Pomelli, an AI tool that builds a “Business DNA” from a company’s website to auto-generate on-brand social campaigns. It’s rolling out as a public beta in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand—promising speed, but raising questions about originality and disclosure.
https://blog.google/technology/google-labs/pomelli/


OpenAI’s Less-Flashy Rival Might Have a Better Business Model | 2025-10-26
WSJ argues Anthropic’s enterprise-first focus is paying off as corporate customers drive the bulk of its revenue and adoption. A reported multibillion run-rate and strong coding share sharpen the contrast with OpenAI’s mass-market push, setting up a strategic showdown over who monetizes AI best.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-business-model-ai-9e26b4ef

Microsoft, OpenAI reach deal removing fundraising constraints for ChatGPT maker | 2025-10-28
OpenAI is restructuring into a public benefit corporation with Microsoft retaining a 27% stake, clearing the way for bigger capital raises and potential IPO plans. The pact resets rights and revenue-sharing through 2032, signaling massive data-center ambitions—and tighter alignment—amid escalating AI costs.
https://www.reuters.com/business/microsoft-openai-reach-new-deal-allow-openai-restructure-2025-10-28/

AOL to be sold to Bending Spoons for roughly $1.5B | 2025-10-29
AOL is changing hands again, with Bending Spoons agreeing to buy it for about $1.5 billion as the Italian firm keeps scooping up legacy internet properties. The deal comes with $2.8 billion in new debt financing and claims of ~30 million monthly active users—big numbers for a storied brand.
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/29/aol-bending-spoons-deal

Accountable Acceleration: Gen AI Fast-Tracks Into the Enterprise | n.d.
Wharton’s latest adoption study says generative AI has moved from pilots to measured ROI, with usage now weekly for most leaders and daily for many. Standout stats—like 72% tracking ROI and three-quarters seeing positive returns—set the stage for 2026’s push from experimentation to performance at scale.
https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/special-report/2025-ai-adoption-report/

I analyzed 180M jobs to see what jobs AI is actually replacing today | 2025-11-03
A massive scrape of job postings finds steep drops in creative execution roles like computer graphic artists and writers, while machine-learning engineers surged 40% year over year. Watchlist: medical scribes fell 20%, hinting at AI note-taking tools biting into entry-level healthcare admin work.
https://bloomberry.com/blog/i-analyzed-180m-jobs-to-see-what-jobs-ai-is-actually-replacing-today/

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