*Last updated: February 5, 2026 | Reading time: 4 minutes*
LONDON — Feb 5, 2026
For the first time since the generative AI boom began, the "efficiency curve" is bending backward.
A new quarterly report from Digital Insights Group suggests that while AI-driven recommendation engines (like those powering TikTok and Instagram's 'For You' feeds) have reached peak efficiency, user satisfaction has hit a 5-year low.
The market reaction? A massive valuation spike for Human Curation.
## The "Signal-to-Noise" Ratio
"Users are drowning in 'good enough' content," says Dr. Elena Rostova, a media economist at LSE. "The AI can give you 1,000 recipes for pasta. But it cannot give you the *one* recipe that a trusted chef actually swears by. That distinction—between 'content' and 'expertise'—is where the value is migrating."
This shift is creating a shadow economy of "Super-Curators"—individuals who use tools to aggregate, filter, and verify information. These curators are effectively functioning as human hedge funds, managing portfolios of high-value information.
## The Premium on "Verified" Links
In this environment, a curated list of bookmarks is trading at a premium over a raw algorithmic feed.
* Algorithmic Feed: High Volume, Low Trust, Zero Cost.
* Curated Index: Low Volume, High Trust, High Value.
Platforms like Voyena are providing the infrastructure for this new economy. By allowing users to build manually curated libraries of content, they are enabling the creation of "high-signal" zones in a "low-signal" web.
## Investment Thesis
For the tech-savvy professional, the move is clear: stop relying on the algorithm to feed you. Start building your own supply chain of information.
In a world of infinite generation, *selection* is the only scarcity left.