CBX Daily 10/20/2025

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Judy Obae
October 20, 2025

Today, AI is checking our homework and our humanity… but let’s start with how Canal+ is turning African entertainment into its next power move by saving MultiChoice.

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Canal+ Extends African Reach and Bails Out a Sinking MultiChoice

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South Africa’s largest pay-tv provider, MultiChoice, is now officially part of the French media giant Canal+. The acquisition signals a major consolidation in Africa’s media landscape, where digital entertainment is becoming one of the fastest-growing industries. While Canal+ gains a bigger foothold in Africa, MultiChoice has been losing ground, especially in markets like South Africa, where 1.2 million of its subscribers have left. Ultimately, this move could reshape the way millions across the continent consume content.

Can AI Be a Fair Teacher? New Study Raises Big Questions

Asked to generate intervention plans for struggling students, AI teacher assistants recommended more punitive measures for hypothetical students with Black-coded names and more supportive approaches for students the platforms perceived as white, a new study shows. These findings come from a report on the risks of bias in artificial intelligence tools published Wednesday by the non-profit Common Sense Media. Researchers specifically sought to evaluate the quality of AI teacher assistants such as MagicSchool, Khanmingo, Curipod, and Google Gemini for Education that are designed to support classroom planning, lesson differentiation, and administrative tasks, Chalkbeat reports.

J&J’s $966 Million Baby Powder Cancer Settlement Highlights Racial Targeting

A Los Angeles jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson (JNJ +0.42%) to pay $966 million to the family of Mae Moore, who died in 2021 from mesothelioma, a rare cancer linked to asbestos-contaminated talc exposure. This unprecedented agreement marks a significant moment in the intersections of public health and corporate accountability. For Black women, who were selected by J&J as “the right place” to sell more talc baby powder to, specifically targeting  “under-developed geographical areas,” this is perhaps an opportunity for financial reciprocity along the path to racial health equity.

Millennials Redefine Spending As They Trade Paychecks For Pets

For many millennials, pets aren’t just companions—they’re financial priorities. With 34% of millennials willing to turn down higher-paying jobs to be with their pets, it’s now clear that furry friends are influencing financial decisions in a big way. Reports show that the pandemic, which decimated other businesses, only accelerated the growth in the pet business. Pet ownership surged during the Covid-19 pandemic, and today, over 66% of U.S. households own a pet, spending more than $136 billion annually.

Black Millennials Getting On Track To Create Generational Wealth

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Millennials are set to become the largest generation and portion of the workforce in the U.S. though they continue to lag behind Baby Boomers when it comes to creating generational wealth. People 57 to 75 years old, control 53% of the country’s total wealth, and have a far larger share of the country’s wealth than millennials when they were the same age, 21% compared to the millennials’ 4.6%. Building generational wealth, financial assets passed down from one generation to another, is an uphill battle for millennials, particularly Black millennials whose financial legacy is imperative in closing the racial wealth gap.

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