Kara Swisher's Warning About Meta's New AI Tool | Pivot

Kara is joined by Puck’s Matt Belloni, host of @TheTownPodcast, to unpack states’ upcoming antitrust challenge to the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger, Disney’s fight with the FCC over "The View," and Netflix’s growing YouTube ambitions. Then, they discuss Meta’s controversial AI image generator, the Sam Altman movie finding a new home after Amazon walked away, and the blockbuster hype surrounding Christopher Nolan’s "The Odyssey." Kara's Threads post on opting out of Meta's AI photo generator: https://www.threads.com/@karaswisher/post/DajGdbIEZX5 00:00 Intro 5:16 States Finalize Paramount Antitrust Suit 18:18 Disney Hits Back at FCC 27:28 Netflix’s New Deals 39:56 Meta AI Generator 43:50 Hollywood Buzz 56:18 Predictions #pivot #podcast #karaswisher #mattbelloni #paramount #warnerbros #disney #fcc #netflix #youtube #meta #metaai #theodyssey #taylorswift #madonna Producers: Lara Naaman Zoë Marcus Taylor Griffin Todd Wiseman Vox Media's Executive Producer of Podcasts: Nishat Kurwa Subscribe to Pivot on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pivot/id1073226719 Subscribe to Pivot on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4MU3RFGELZxPT9XHVwTNPR Follow us on Instagram and Threads at: https://www.instagram.com/pivotpodcastofficial/ Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@PIVOTPODCAST Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or email pivot@voxmedia.com

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Jul 10, 20261h 5mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: July 10, 2026
Duration: 1h 5m
Channel: Pivot
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Kara is joined by Puck’s Matt Belloni, host of @TheTownPodcast, to unpack states’ upcoming antitrust challenge to the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger, Disney’s fight with the FCC over "The View," and Netflix’s growing YouTube ambitions. Then, they discuss Meta’s controversial AI image generator, the Sam Altman movie finding a new home after Amazon walked away, and the blockbuster hype surrounding Christopher Nolan’s "The Odyssey." Kara's Threads post on opting out of Meta's AI photo generator: https://www.threads.com/@karaswisher/post/DajGdbIEZX5 00:00 Intro 5:16 States Finalize Paramount Antitrust Suit 18:18 Disney Hits Back at FCC 27:28 Netflix’s New Deals 39:56 Meta AI Generator 43:50 Hollywood Buzz 56:18 Predictions #pivot #podcast #karaswisher #mattbelloni #paramount #warnerbros #disney #fcc #netflix #youtube #meta #metaai #theodyssey #taylorswift #madonna Producers: Lara Naaman Zoë Marcus Taylor Griffin Todd Wiseman Vox Media's Executive Producer of Podcasts: Nishat Kurwa Subscribe to Pivot on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pivot/id1073226719 Subscribe to Pivot on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4MU3RFGELZxPT9XHVwTNPR Follow us on Instagram and Threads at: https://www.instagram.com/pivotpodcastofficial/ Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@PIVOTPODCAST Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or email pivot@voxmedia.com

SPEAKERS

Kara Swisher
host
Technology journalist and podcast host at Vox Media, co-host of Pivot.
Matt Belloni
guest
Entertainment industry journalist at Puck and host of The Town podcast.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Pivot, featuring Kara Swisher and Matt Belloni, Kara Swisher's Warning About Meta's New AI Tool | Pivot explores hollywood power plays collide with AI opt-outs and streaming shifts States preparing an antitrust suit against the Paramount–Warner deal are less likely to block it outright than to use injunction leverage to extract concessions on investment, production, and possibly divestitures.

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