Here is a big existential question for every media company today. Do they fight the AI

tech overlords or do they just take their money? So far, most of them are taking the money,

but a few are fighting. One of them is Zip Davis. This is Peter Kafka, the host of channels.

And on this week's episode, I'm talking to Zip Davis, CEO of Vech Shah, who tells me he's kind of optimistic about the media business and why he's taking on the people behind chat GPT.

That's this week on channels, wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.

Hey everyone, John Worth. I'm here. It is today's quick serve, day two from the 2025 U.S. Open, brought to you by Amazon Prime. Let's timestamp this before we do anything. It is late, late on Monday.

Carlos Alcoraz wins the first set on serve and the second against Riley O'Pelka. If we wake up tomorrow and somehow Riley O'Pelka has pulled

Evanda Zanslop and beaten Carlos Alcores at the U.S. Open and Erotic will buy everyone breakfast.

Just kidding. If somehow Carlos Alcarez does not prevail and win this match, this would be a big upset.

Maybe we'll revisit in the morning. But let's work on the assumption that Carlos is okay and wrap up today.

If there was a theme, it was probably one of the grand doms of the women's tour, sort of players perhaps playing in their final match.

Let's start with Venus Williams, 45 years old.

We have exhausted the inventory of adjectives and phrases of praise for this towering champion

who was playing in her 24th U.S. Open reached the finals in 1997.

Like, I think Clinton was just beginning his second term when Venus Williams first played this event and reached the final to give you some idea.

She played tonight in a night session against Keralina Mujava, who's reached the semifinals two years in a row.

And for large swat of this match, for large chunks of the evening.

It looked a lot like Venus Williams doing a pretty good Venus Williams impression out there,

holding her serve with ease, moving quite well, giving a younger higher-right opponent some real fits.

Say this, Venus certainly earned her wildcard.

But beyond that, this was really a nice occasion to toast a champion so often in sports we don't fully appreciate athletes or give them their full due until they're offstage.

Not the case here. Venus surely felt the warmth and the affection of the crowd, and for about an hour there, she really captivated everyone by staying in this match, winning the second set, faded a bit, as one

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