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Heyyy. It’s Tuesday, baby. And if we know one person who’s enjoying their Tuesday, it’s definitely Usher. After Sunday’s halftime performance, his Spotify streams are up 550%, and his ticket prices are up 40%. No wonder artists actually pay to do the halftime show instead of the other way around.

In other news… AI-led Super Bowl ads are a thing, Disneyland heads to the metaverse, and more Gen Z career woes.

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How AI-led ads played at the 2024 Super Bowl

The Future. Compared to the 2022 Super Bowl, which was dubbed the “Crypto Bowl” due to its abundance of crypto ads, this year’s Big Game had fewer AI-led commercials despite the AI hype. If new technology has the potential for embarrassing mistakes, brands may avoid investing in Super Bowl ads for that tech until it’s thoroughly vetted to save money — and face.

Just don’t fumble the ads
While most brands were unwilling to gamble their reputations on $7 million commercials generated with AI tools, some still advertised the technology in a positive light, reports Adweek.

Shake off the illusions
BodyArmor, the Coca-Cola-owned sports drink brand, went in the opposite direction, making fun of the unnerving imperfections of generative AI rather than trying to sell it as a “competent product.”

With every Big Game, there’s always an opportunity to market the latest technology as a catalyst for positive change, but like the BodyArmor commercial says, “there’s no substitute for real.”

TECHNOLOGY

Disneyland might be coming to the metaverse

The Future. Last week, Disney revealed its plans to acquire a $1.5 billion equity stake in Epic Games, the developer of Unreal Engine and “Fortnite.” More than just a move to populate the metaverse platform with its IP, Disney’s investment could bring a virtual theme park to fans in a way that was impossible before.

To infinity and beyond
Disney wants to share a whole new world with fans via the metaverse.

Faith, trust, and a little pixie dust
Epic Games’ metaverse platform might very well become the foundation of a virtual Disney park, reaching millions of people who will never ever be able to visit one IRL, and that’s pretty magical.

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Gen Zers’ whole lives are their resumés

The Future. As the first generation to grow up with social media, Gen Z has their whole lives documented online. This can ruin their professional aspirations since employers can take Gen Zers’ personal lives into consideration in the hiring process. To succeed in their careers, Gen Z may have to wipe the slate clean.

Work = play
A Greek economist listed the unique professional challenges facing Gen Z.

Tabula rasa
The only ways for Gen Zers to insulate themselves from such consequences are to delete their early history on social media or to delete those accounts entirely. 

As if we needed another reason to ditch social media for something real.

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Today’s email was written by Kait Cunniff and Luke Perrotta.
Edited by Boye Akolade.
Published by Darline Salazar.