Agentic AI is the ad industry’s favorite buzzword. Companies present in every niche of the media industry are working to build and test their own AI agents. Ad tech firms hope the tech can help them cut costs and add value; agencies and advertisers hope they can use the tech to leapfrog those same ad-tech […]
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After months of testimony and a final day of unusually pointed questioning, Judge Leonie Brinkema used the closing arguments phase of the U.S. Department of Justice v. Google to give the clearest indication yet of how she is weighing up an appropriate remedy after ruling the defendant a monopolist earlier this year. Related Insights Google on Trial
This story was first published by Digiday sibling Modern Retail. Last week, federal lawmakers proposed changes to the 2018 Farm Bill that would effectively ban most hemp-derived THC products in a year. The proposed ban was included in the bill Congress passed to end the government shutdown. The Farm Bill had removed hemp as a controlled substance
As the data center faces unprecedented demand and a critical shortage of skilled technicians, energy tech firm Schneider Electric has launched an initiative to recruit and train 400 U.S. military veterans for customer-facing service roles supporting data centers, power systems and critical facilities. The timing couldn’t be more opportune. Data center demand is projected to
AI chatbots have upended how people search online, creating a zero-click environment and reducing traffic to traditional search results. Publishers have taken the brunt of it, seeing dips in traffic to news coverage. Marketers too, however, are feeling the effects of lower site traffic, creating less first-party data and fewer opportunities to retarget shoppers, according
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Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Spotify This time last year, OpenAI finally seemed to reckon with the idea that it needed a cash influx by way of advertising. This year, that plan has been put into motion. In August, the tech behemoth scooped up Instacart’s former CEO Fidji Simo as its new CEO of Applications. Then
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Currency Advisory Group seeks to operationalize culture as a strategic business function, not just a marketing layer.
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Regulators gave “unconditional” sign-off to the $13 billion-plus acquisition, which comes amid further rumblings of large agency consolidation.
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“Close” packs an emotional punch, showing a traveler reflecting on a complicated relationship with her father on a ride home from the airport.
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The mass beauty retailer shifted the team’s structure to improve efficiency, impacting 27 roles.
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