{
  "id": 2946388,
  "title": "Attention economy: Battle in the age of AI",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/attention-economy-battle-in-the-age-of-ai-2946388",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-24T05:12:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/opinion/20260824/attention-economy-battle-in-the-age-of-ai"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In the digital age, platforms vie for fleeting moments of concentration, rather than merely striving for market dominance or profitability. The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) has exacerbated and redefined this competition, ushering in a new era of the attention economy that promises to be more customized, anticipatory, and pervasive than ever before.\n\nFlooded with an excess of information, individuals are overwhelmed by content from social media, news sources, streaming services, and beyond. In this environment, attention becomes a scarce commodity. With the influx of AI-generated content saturating digital platforms, it has become increasingly challenging to differentiate authentic, high-quality human-generated content.\n\nAI's contribution to this landscape is its remarkable capacity to filter, curate, and generate content tailored to individual preferences. Through sophisticated algorithms, platforms can now examine vast volumes of behavioral data, including users' clicks, dwell time, and content skip patterns, to refine and personalize the information presented.",
  "summary": "Attention is priceless. In a distracted world, focus is the most limited resource, the new currency for success. In the digital age, platforms compete for moments of focus, not just for market share or profitability. With the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), this competition has intensified and transformed, creating a new phase of the attention economy that is supposed to be more…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Attention economy: Battle in the age of AI",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/attention-economy-battle-in-the-age-of-ai",
        "published": "2026-08-24T05:02:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}