---
title: "Good Morning \u0026 Good Luck"
description: "As AI becomes our primary news source, are we returning to an era of ABC, NBC \u0026 CBS—where three or four major models filter \u0026 shape how we understand the world?"
categories: ["AI","media","technology"]
keywords: ["AI news consumption","media consolidation","ChatGPT","Claude","Gemini","information filters","dead internet","AI summaries","Edward R Murrow","Walter Cronkite"]
ai_summary: "AI models are becoming the new ABC, NBC \u0026 CBS—three networks filtering how we see the world, consolidating information access after decades of media fragmentation."
date: 2025-10-16
lastmod: 2026-07-31
canonical_url: https://www.tomtunguz.com/good-morning-and-good-luck/
author: "Tomasz Tunguz"
---


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I asked Claude this morning about the most important news in tech. A few follow-up questions about Salesforce's Dreamforce, Samsung's XR headset, & TSMC earnings later, I popped over to [ChatGPT Pulse](https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-pulse/). It suggested some updates about the Fed's rates policy. Then, I [listened to podcasts through Gemini-powered AI transcriptions](https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-to-digest-36-weekly-podcasts).

All of my news was filtered through AI.

Fifty years ago, most Americans received their news through one of three major television stations : CBS, ABC & NBC. [Edward R. Murrow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_R._Murrow) ended his CBS broadcast with "Good night, & good luck."

Then cable exploded the channel count from 10 to 100 to 1000, serving every possible interest. Social media fragmented conversations further. But AI is a countervailing force.

What if AI is the new CBS, ABC, & NBC, the new mass-media?

[The Economist argues AI is killing the web](https://www.economist.com/business/2025/07/14/ai-is-killing-the-web-can-anything-save-it). Who will visit web pages in a few years? Instead of visiting many links, we ask AIs to summarize & prioritize. The [traffic drop is real & immediate.](https://tomtunguz.com/chegg-aio/)

I see it in my behavior. I'd hazard a guess I visit 10% of the websites I did a year ago.

Why sift through pages and pages, when I can have an answer to my question, with all the relevant context across hundreds of sites? Web browsing feels like the [card catalog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_catalog) and Google.com like the [Dewey Decimal system](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification) - anachronisms of legacy information retrieval taught to schoolchildren.

The networks are back. This time, they are probabilistic.

Good morning. Your briefing is ready.