Winning the AI race could come down to learning how to play the data game. Microsoft President Brad Smith recommends that the U.S. ensure public data remains open and accessible because data fuels
powerful AI.
Plans for the next four years include accelerated investments in AI and silicon engineering across the U.S. and a new manufacturing factory in Texas, extending a previous five-year goal for U.S.
investment that affected search, recommendations, and advertising.
Winterberry Group estimates investments in connected commerce and technology stacks will drive U.S. ad, marketing, and data expenditures to $585 billion.
Across all publishers, 258,000 apps were downloaded per minute in 2024 for iOS and Android operating systems - down 1% vs. the prior year for iOS and Google Play stores, according to a new report
released by Sensor Tower.
Ad-tech stock market darling The Trade Desk was downgraded by a New Street Research's equity research team this morning from a "neutral" to a "sell" rating, but the target price of its shares remained
unchanged at $86.
The new coalition comes less than a month after the WFA shuttered GARM and seems intended to fill part of that ad industry void.
"After almost a decade, I have made the decision to leave," OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever wrote in a post on X. "The company's trajectory has been nothing short of miraculous."
DeepSee says it can detect inorganic or bot-driven website traffic.
3DExcite's Tom Acland demoed the system's AI-generated spots for Hyundai's IONIQ 6 to me in real-time. It's just the beginning.
TV advertising still has a strong impact on consumers. But when ads are consumed has a greater impact on whether they really work optimally.
Dubbed the "Ad Insights Hub," the service launches with 20 key reports, as well as an interactive advertising forecast dashboard.
Two Apple execs told employees on Tuesday the EV project that many had been working on for years will wind down.
Google Ads will update the Unacceptable business practices of the Misrepresentation policy to include the concept of "enticing users," meaning trying to get them to pay money or part with information
by impersonating or falsely implying affiliation with or endorsement by a public figure, brand, or organization.
Google has unveiled a new family of open-source AI models called Gemma to take on Meta and others, with models capable of running directly on a developer's laptop or desktop computer.
Experts in academia crunch the data to determine the fair market value that Meta and Google should pay U.S. publishers for the use of their content.
OpenAI changed the fine print in its use policy that eliminates text related to the tech for military and war, as a report links Baidu's AI tech to China's military research.
Microsoft said early Monday morning that Sam Altman will lead the company's new in-house AI team after the OpenAI co-founder was ousted from his startup on Friday.
Ad Net Zero provides a roadmap for the advertising industry. But will it work?
"On a societal basis, it is going to be even more disruptive. I think for the ad industry, it's going to be about the same, because what HTML did was create a whole new model for advertising. Online
was a completely new ad platform that created inventory that didn't exist before."
More than 80% of marketers plan to increase their retail media investment and 96% realize first-party data is vital to successful ad strategies, LiveIntent reports.
Marketers and agency executives choosing advanced TV programmatic partners said measurement capabilities were most important.
NewsGuard also released new data showing the number of AI-generated news sites has jumped to 347 -- up from just 49 when they were benchmarked in May.
The research initiative aims to help media companies ensure a quality advertising experience across traditional and emerging advertising channels.
More than half of executives in a recent survey by IDC agreed user tracking will soon become obsolete. Yet more than 40% are not familiar with targeting technologies other than advertising
identifiers.
Despite slowing growth, small and midsize businesses in the U.S. have a "sunny outlook" about marketing investments, according to a LinkedIn study conducted by YouGov released today
While measurement still needs work, gaming ads are no longer too costly, brand-risky, unscalable or limited in full-funnel effectiveness, according to an IAB report.
Basis Technologies, provider of cloud-based workflow automation and business intelligence, has now been added to the list of ad-tech companies laying off employees.
A truly functional next-gen MarTech stack doesn't just assemble tech solutions but builds relationships with vendors that optimize execution. NextDoor extends its good neighbor brand to vendor RFPs,
transparency with partners, and expectations for aligning on sustainability and inclusion. NextDoor's Marketing Technology & Operations Lead, Krish Sailam, explain building the better partner stack.
Roughly four out of five marketers said they believe IT teams will become more involved in marketing efforts in the next five years.
There is a direct "one to one" correlation between TV commercials' "attention" score and marketers' all-important "brand lift" measure, a survey from TVision and brand-measurement firm Upwave finds.