COMMENTARY
by Laurie Sullivan, Staff Writer
OpenAI has acquired what OpenAI CEO of Applications Fidji Simo called one of the most influential tech news sources in the industry. That source … Read the whole story
by Wendy Davis
A federal judge threw out Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's claims that Roku wrongly disclosed users' video-viewing history to tech companies via analytics tools, … Read the whole story
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by Colin Kirkland
Following an initial testing round with its top-performing creators, Snapchat has officially expanded its Creator Subscription offering to all eligible Snapchat creators across the … Read the whole story
by Colin Kirkland
Tok has launched a simple mobile game designed to be played casually by friends within DMs and group chats. Read the whole story
by Joe Mandese
That's the good news, according to Guideline. The bad news is that geopolitical uncertainty - especially the war in Iran - could crush demand … Read the whole story
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by Wendy Davis
Perplexity late Wednesday asked a federal appellate court to vacate an injunction that would ban the artificial intelligence company's shopping agent, Comet, from Amazon. Read the whole story
by Wayne Friedman
"Media value" for linear TV networks is down 16% to $1.24 billion through Q1 this year, according to iSpot.tv. Read the whole story
by Joe Mandese
The rebooted print edition and accompanying digital "experience" features a new look, as well as columns including "The Context" intended to put a rapidly … Read the whole story
by Laurie Sullivan
Anthropic signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Australian government to follow specific AI safety and research rules, when CEO Dario Amodei met with … Read the whole story
by Laurie Sullivan
Smartly.io has become OpenAI's first creative ad-tech partner, allowing advertisers to place ads in the ChatGPT interface where users can engage with the chatbot … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Wayne Friedman, Staff Writer
TV networks and streamers are spending more on high-priced sports programming, with little left for unscripted content. Read the whole story
by Joe Mandese
Terms were not disclosed, but the 670-person agency will be integrated into Publicis Sports Group, reporting to CEO Suzy Deering. Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Adam Buckman, Featured Columnist
A couple of commandments are in order for watching "The Ten Commandments" this weekend on ABC. Read the whole story
by Colin Kirkland
Meta is forming a team of "elite AI researchers" led by Yang Song, a former TikTok executive now in charge of making Meta's social … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Ray Schultz, Columnist
The attempted class action suit may not go anywhere, but it reflects consumer fears about privacy in the digital age. Read the whole story
by Wendy Davis
A Utah man is alleging in a new lawsuit that artificial intelligence company Perplexity shares "complete transcripts" of users' chats with Google and Meta, … Read the whole story
by Laurie Sullivan
Microsoft Advertising appears to be testing a two-tier sponsored product carousel on Bing to expand its ecommerce ad presence and compete with Google. Read the whole story
by Colin Kirkland
TikTok's U.S. venture has announced a partnership with Cameo, which delivers personalized celebrity video messages to fans. Together, both companies want to help creators … Read the whole story
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by Wendy Davis
A federal appellate court this week refused to revive a challenge to a Minnesota law prohibiting "realistic" deep fakes of politicians. Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Wayne Friedman, Staff Writer
In the last 12 months, there were 206.4 million total sign-ups among the nine streamers including Apple TV, discovery+, Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu, Netflix, … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Laurie Sullivan, Staff Writer
Google released a guide today that teaches developers and marketers how to build agents that follow fixed prompts to ones that can dynamically expand … Read the whole story
by Rob Williams
As AI follows digital advertising's playbook by optimizing for engagement, constant validation may also reinforce harmful beliefs. Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Wayne Friedman, Staff Writer
TV station groups have formalized their concerns in comments filed with the FCC as it opens a review of live sports moving more to … Read the whole story
by Wayne Friedman
'March Madness" has hit its highest viewership since 1993, with the strongest result in UConn's last-minute victory over Duke in a game that averaged … Read the whole story