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TGIF, TFP. After two days, Pope watch is officially over. And in a twist worthy of Conclave (yes, the movie, which we promise to stop going on about), an American has been named to the highest position in the Catholic Church for the first time ever. Robert Francis Prevost, who served as a Cardinal in Peru but was born and raised in Chicago, will take the name of Pope Leo XIV. Godspeed.

Couples are turning to digital platforms like Minecraft, Roblox, VRChat, and Discord as their wedding venue, kicking off a virtual version of nuptials that allows endless customization and no need for guests to travel.

Why It Hits: The average wedding price has skyrocketed over the past few years, mostly due to location and logistics costs post-COVID (when people were hosting weddings on Zoom). That’s forcing some couples to rethink the ritual, making it smaller in scale but just as special in execution. And for the digitally native who spend most of their social life online, turning to a metaverse platform is simply another extension of how they fell in love in the first place.

Behind the Ceremonies: Destination weddings are getting a whole new meaning.

Happily Ever After: One couple, Sarah Nguyen of Oregon and Jamie Patel of England, met and started dating an ocean apart by playing Minecraft. Years later, Patel proposed in the game, so they said having the wedding there was also inevitable, calling it “the closest thing we have to a shared home.” Fifty friends and family spread across eight countries attended… all for the grand total of $300.

Prediction: Wedding planning companies, like Wedfuly, are already offering digital packages, so don’t be surprised if creators start to architect gamified venues as a new form of passive income. Is this the start of the virtual-rental market?

Most car factories, like Ford and Tesla, reportedly build a car every minute — so, isn’t it time we did the same for houses?

BOXABL believes they have the potential to disrupt a massive and outdated trillion-dollar building construction market by bringing assembly-line automation to the home industry.

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The job of “prompt engineer” — being able to craft the perfect string of words to get an AI system to generate an intended output — seemed to herald the new entry-level job of the AI era, with an expected annual growth rate of nearly 33%. But, in just two years, it’s already gone the way of the milkman, the switchboard operator, or the lamplighter. Extinct.

The Big Picture: The disappearance of the “prompt engineer” — what looked to be a promising career path for a hot second as ChatGPT and DALL-E overtook culture — shows both how quickly systems are progressing and how new tech can create flash-in-the-pan cottage industries that just want to feed the hype.

Between the Lines: Raise your hand if you’re a prompt engineer?

Crickets? Here’s why:

The Future: What is becoming popular in the generative-AI landscape are training courses for employees to learn how to be better prompt engineers within their current positions, such as the one that Nationwide Bank rolled out for its workforce. Some companies, like Microsoft, are even using AI agents to help employees develop better prompts for their generative systems. (Yes, AI helping AI. Wild.)

Prediction: While AI-focused roles like machine learning engineers are on the rise, the decline of the prompt engineer suggests a shift: the most valuable skill in today’s job market may be learning how to use AI to boost productivity in your existing role.

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86.3% of you voted No in yesterday’s poll: Would you travel internationally just to visit a new Disney park?

“Disney put a bad taste in my mouth, lately. I would rather support other artists.”

“Disneyland was sort of in my backyard growing up. I loved it, and we would just hang out at the park for a fun day of food and entertainment a dozen times a year. Something that was affordable then. Somewhere, ‘Uncle Walt’s’ dream became all about $$$$$s, required a second mortgage to take the family, and lost the magic for me. Now, I wouldn’t even take the five-hour drive from my house to go to Disney World.”

“Maybe not only to visit a park but definitely make it part of the trip. It’s fun to see how different the parks are in other cultures and languages. Even though we live 15 minutes from Anaheim, our favorite is Tokyo, as the parks have the best souvenirs that the US can only dream of, and rides feel shorter but the experiences are more immersive and higher quality. And prices are much lower — it was cheaper to go to Tokyo than Orlando. We even got engaged in front of the Disneyland castle there.”

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🎮 The second trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI may be the biggest trailer launch for any entertainment title ever, with over 475 million views across platforms.

🎞️ Paramount Global, which scored a rare profit last quarter, stresses that the Skydance acquisition will close next month.

📺 Warner Bros. Discovery may copy Comcast and launch its own SpinCo for its cable assets.

🤓 Meta may include a “super-sensing” mode in its smart glasses that allows AI to keep track of everything you do and everyone you interact with.

🤖 OpenAI hired Instacart CEO Fidji Simo as the AI firm’s first “CEO of applications.”

✈️ Aviation startup Stratolaunch successfully tested an autonomous hypersonic rocket plane, which flew five times the speed of sound.

🏥 Revive Health Therapy and Creators 4 Mental Health have introduced a program called CreatorCare that connects digital creators with mental-health professionals.

📱 Tim Stokely, the founder of the controversial OnlyFans, is creating a new social platform called Subs.

🤳 According to Stream Charts, political livestreaming content on platforms like YouTube, Twitch, and Kick are up 56% this year.