OpenAI CEO of applications Fidji Simo described a new venture as "building a deployment arm" for its tech, but did not provide details on participants, financing or valuation.

The integration of ads could become much simpler.

Perplexity seems to have abandoned its ad model in February to focus on optimizing results for search queries and AI agents and software for enterprises - despite the court ruling it must stop using its web browser agent to make purchases on behalf of shoppers on Amazon's online marketplace. That's not the case.

For Meta, this paves a path toward complete automation as the web shifts from tools that answer questions to agents that execute tasks.

Meta Platforms will add "location fees" to ad buys targeting users in six countries beginning July 1, passing on the cost of Europe's digital services taxes to advertisers.

Does Google prohibit reasoning skills or teach humans to think? As AI takes hold, Liz Reid, VP/head of search at Google, has some strong ideas on the subject. She has been working at Google for more than 20 years, mostly in Maps and Search.

LoopMe recently announced its role as a founding member of AgenticAdvertising.org, an independent initiative that aligns with its focus to unlock AI benefits via collaboration, interoperability, and open standards.

Agentic agents have become a disruptive tool for brands and agencies to develop complete ad strategies, and are reshaping how the entertainment industry conceptualizes and produces films and TV series.

The collaboration establishes a new standard for performance-driven audience marketing through generative AI, as more targeting platforms use AI to move beyond third-party cookies and legacy models.

Marketers and finance teams often face misunderstandings over money and performance, even with marketing mix-modeling. A study by Recast found only 10.9% of marketers felt very aligned with their company's finance team, while 26.7% felt aligned.