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- The draft code describes regulating AI applications under a risk-based framework to provide guidance for meeting the EU AI Act's requirements.
- This election does not come down to a choice between two candidates, blah, blah, blah... That's how I originally began this post. I came up with this one instead.
- There's a contradiction of events happeneing at OpenAI. The company's AGI Readiness lead is leaving, and members are being distributed to other teams as the company pledges a role to national security - a new development in its approach as it moves from supporting consumers, brands and ad agencies to government entities.
- Experts say TikTok could use several loopholes, but losing the appeal would mean removal of the app from online stores or fines. Influencers may not want to risk fines, and payment processors and banks would pull their support.
- Omnicom's brass has touted the nearly billion-dollar deal as remaking the holding company by turbocharging its commerce, AI and data capabilities, but it also could end up a liability.
- A poll found 11% of likely voters find the media very trustworthy and 32% find it somewhat trustworthy - and voters trust the Supreme Court but not Congress, The Center Square reports.
- Google will generate $170.87 billion worldwide in net digital ad revenue in 2023 worldwide, Insider Intelligence estimates - up 6.5% vs. last year, giving it a 28.4% share of the worldwide digital ad market and an estimated,organic search share of 90%.
- Consumers feel they have little control over how their personal data is used by companies or the government, Pew Research Center reports.
- TikTok users may begin to see links to Google results in the app. In a screenshot shared by an app researcher on X, TikTok's search results page included a link inviting the user to search Google for the same inquiry.
- The Platform Accountability and Transparency Act would require large social platforms to share ad libraries, statistics about content moderation, and other data with researchers.
- A government operated Missouri website that offers information about COVID-19 appears to have sent ad-related data about visitors to TikTok, researchers at Princeton University reported this week.
- The CEOs of Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic will meet Thursday with Vice President Kamala Harris and top officials to discuss issues around AI.
- A new study from the agency shows the perception of "corporate greed" is one of the fastest-growing inflation concerns among U.S. consumers.
- Privacy laws that require companies to obtain consumers' consent don't go far enough, a new report suggests.
- "We think that reflects notable changes in consumer behavior coupled with changes in legislation at the state level," says Cowen analyst.
- As of March, "Face the Nation," "Meet the Press" and "This Week" are all averaging 3 to 3.5 million viewers and have been for years, regardless of who is booked.
- Even in its nascent development phase, CBD-rich smokable hemp is gaining use among consumers who see it as an alternative to marijuana or a way to quit smoking tobacco.
- Internet search traffic for abortion medication rose 162% after someone leaked a draft of the Supreme Court's abortion decision in May, according to new research.
- We can recognize and engage with media bias and overcome our own preconceptions to become better participants in civic society.
- According to a new Ipsos study, two-thirds of Americans are likely to vote for candidates who support passing a law legalizing abortion to replace Roe if SCOTUS strikes it down.
- Statehouse press corps have grown as nonprofit news organizations emerge to fill the gap created by the decline in commercial newspapers and organizations shift reporters to more part-time statehouse reporting.
- Tech companies like Google implement controls that allow consumers to see and manage interests associated with them that are used to target ads. How does this awareness impact online behavior?
- Email marketers must cope with shifting consumer demands and even shopper identities, judging by a new study from Atlantic Brand Partners.
- The Republican party's kibosh on future presidential debates is ironic, given how important free speech is to its members. Misinformation, not so much.
- "There were conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook, and Facebook over and over again chose to optimize for its own interests, like making more money," former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen told "60 Minutes."
- Driving this high estimate is the use of Facebook as a fundraising tool.
- The timing of a just-released analysis of how members of Congress use social media for themselves couldn't be better, coming as they once again hear testimony from one of their personal favorite platforms: Facebook.
- A new report shows the number of Republicans who believe in protecting freedom of information has risen 10%, while 65% of Democrats now support the government's involvement in restricting misinformation online.
- Coming back from a self-imposed news blackout during an "off-the-grid" family vacation last week, the first thing that struck me was how utterly predictable the dumbfounded reaction of the U.S. news cycle can be when it comes to inherently predictable events.
- "While we agree that Facebook must safeguard user privacy, it is similarly imperative that Facebook allow credible academic researchers and journalists like those involved in the Ad Observatory project to conduct independent research that will help illuminate how the company can better tackle misinformation, disinformation, and other harmful activity that is proliferating on its platforms," three Senate Democrats say in a letter sent Monday to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
