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Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word manifesto calling for open, democratized AI the same week Meta was defending itself in six active monopoly lawsuits. Bumble scrapped the women-message-first rule, which was literally the brand. Obama launched a book podcast on an audio platform and somehow it's one of the smarter marketing moves of the year.

Jonathan K. Lowe joined me to talk through all of it, plus the FAA quietly solving a hiring crisis by recruiting video gamers.

Timestamps

0:00 Zuckerberg's AI manifesto vs. Meta's monopoly problem

23:48 Bumble drops women-message-first (and what the Southwest comparison reveals about brand strategy)

42:00 Obama's Audible book podcast and why celebrity co-signs beat institutions now

54:00 The FAA is hiring gamers as air traffic controllers

1:03:00 Key takeaways

About Jonathan K. Lowe Jonathan is the founder and CEO of Salt Foundry, a fractional CMO collective, and author of "Keeping People Interested: How Leaders Use Marketing to Capture and Sustain Attention."