At Stanford. Ideas & reads on reputation, comms, crises, politics, media & AI. Me interesa América Latina.
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Mark Zuckerberg threatened to leave California. Meta’s Board cut him a deal.
Feared a proposed billionaire tax would force a major share sale, threatening his voting control.
#Compliance wsj.com/business/mark-zucker… via @WSJ
An excellent account to follow for insightful stats on all things Latin America. Gran trabajo @LatamData.
🇸🇦 🎬 Did you know Saudi Arabia banned cinemas for 35 years before a Mexican chain won one of its first licenses?
Cinépolis now runs more cinema complexes than anyone on Earth, and it started with a single screen in Morelia in 1971.
Its new Openbank credit card shows how a cheap ticket can build a much bigger business.
🗞️ read the full breakdown → latinometrics.com/articles/w…
ALT Cinépolis leads globally with 892 cinema complexes, followed by AMC and Ruyi Films. Data presented in a bar graph format.
A framework for determining when AI can make decisions
“Routine decisions, which have low ambiguity & low risk, are strong candidates for automation, whereas strategic decisions, which have high ambiguity & high risk, need a strong human lead”
@MITSloan mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-…
A new 2028 poll finds Vance, Rubio and a mishmash of Democrats in the mix
nytimes.com/2026/10/24/us/de…
Gobernar no es la extensión de la campaña electoral.
Flavio Bolsonaro, Lula about even ahead of Brazil election runoff #LATAM
The margin of error: 2.2 percentage points. CNT/MDA . Via @Reuters
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Hanna Houdali retweeted
AI is more persuasive than humans, says new study
"Findings suggest that we’re less likely to stand our ground with AI agents, giving it an edge in debates."
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Rehearsal Intelligence: Using digital twins for crisis readiness
"Many organizations use digital twins to optimize operations. So why aren’t they also used for crisis preparation? Here’s why this gap is dangerous and what to do about it."
sloanreview.mit.edu/article/… via @mitsmr
News consumption by social media site (US). 2 out of 5 regularly get their news on Facebook.
niemanlab.org/2026/10/two-ou…
The Wall Street Journal’s new AI tool, “Doppler,” forecasts the issues that will shape the midterm elections.
"Ahead of Election Day, the tool has ingested 25 million TikTok videos and 500,000 podcasts to gain new insight into U.S. voters."@NiemanLab
niemanlab.org/2026/10/the-wa…
What kind of Chief Purpose Officer does your company need?
A study of chief purpose officers reveals that different leadership approaches are needed depending on where an organization is in its purpose journey.
sloanreview.mit.edu/article/… via @mitsmr
Paid to Post: Mapping the Political Influencer Industry
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The new rules of brand visibility in AI search.
"Being found and ranking well enough to be retrieved by an LLM is necessary, but not sufficient, for visibility."
sloanreview.mit.edu/article/… via @mitsmr
LATAM has an opportunity to capture more of the global AI boom
Is Latin America finally moving up the global high-tech value chain? Some remarkable numbers suggest the region is making progress. A few highlights from a fascinating new @AmerQuarterly piece in collaboration with JP Morgan Private Bank:
• 🇲🇽 Mexico briefly overtook Taiwan as the largest supplier of advanced technology products to the U.S. in 2025. In the first half of 2026, its high-tech exports to the U.S. surged another 47% to $98.3 billion. The U.S. now gets 40% of its server imports from Mexico.
• 🇧🇷 Brazil is emerging as a major hub for AI infrastructure. Already home to 218 data centers, the world's 11th-largest total, Brazil could see its capacity more than double by 2030. Its abundant renewable energy is a major competitive advantage.
• 🇨🇷 Costa Rica offers a compelling model for moving beyond commodity exports. Medical devices already account for roughly 40% of its exports, and the country is now building a semiconductor industry through partnerships among universities, government and multinational companies.
• 🇩🇴 The Dominican Republic is another country to watch. Its electronics exports grew 50% from 2018 to 2023, and its extensive free trade zone network could help it become a significant player in semiconductor assembly and testing.
• 🌎 The bigger picture: Latin America's exports of information and communications technology services nearly DOUBLED from 2020 to 2024. The region has a real opportunity to capture more of the global AI boom—but sustained gains will depend on education, R&D, energy infrastructure and smart public policy.
More from Nur Cristiani and Rich Brown in @AmerQuarterly:
americasquarterly.org/articl…
Meta deberá pagar 25 mil millones de dólares por engañar a sus usuarios sobre sus prácticas de privacidad, en un caso vinculado al escándalo de Cambridge Analytica.
Es una de las mayores sanciones de la historia contra una tecnológica. Meta apelará.
cnn.com/2026/10/21/tech/meta…
Via @NiemanLab: A new report argues newsrooms need to do more experiments — like the kind with randomization and results
niemanlab.org/2026/10/a-new-…
Katie Zacharia is ousted after 5 days as White House #PressSecretary
nytimes.com/2026/10/16/us/po…
After Brazil bans online betting, sports media faces a financial reckoning
latamjournalismreview.org/ar… via @LatAmJournalism
