Anthropic pledges no ads for Claude
Jon Keegan / sherwood - The move defines Anthropic’s AI offering as an alternative to competitors planning to integrate ads in AI chats.
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Pinterest layoffs today: 15% of jobs cut as social media giant is latest to cite shift to AI
Michael Grothaus / fastcompany - Nike isn’t the only household corporate name to announce significant layoffs this week. Just a day after the sporting goods giant announced layoffs, citing a further embrace of automation, social media giant Pinterest has announced it will cut jobs. The d…
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Microsoft's Xbox Cloud Gaming May Soon Let You Stream Your Own Games for Free - If You Watch Ads
msmash / slashdot - Microsoft appears to be preparing an ad-supported tier for Xbox Cloud Gaming that would let players stream games they've purchased digitally without needing a Game Pass subscription, according to a Windows Central report citing sources familiar with the p…
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OpenAI Will Soon Test Ads On ChatGPT
barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) / seroundtable - OpenAI announced on Friday it will begin testing ads in the ChatGPT responses in the coming weeks. The ads will show on the free product and low-cost subscription tier, ChatGPT Go. The ads will show under the main response and not influence the answers Ch…
Editor: Let's be real here: this was as inevitable as it was risky. The big risk is what it does to consumer's perception of trustworthiness - how will OpenAI structure their ads product so that users don't feel like their ChatGPT responses are compromised or suspect? How do you accept a product recommendation when you're not sure whether the AI is incentivized to recommend a particular product?
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YouTube relaxes monetization policy on videos with controversial content
techxplore - YouTube is updating its guidelines for videos containing content that advertisers define as controversial, allowing more creators to earn full ad revenue when they tackle sensitive issues in a nongraphic way.
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OpenAI considers Ads to support free ChatGPT amid growth
Alexey Shabanov / testingcatalog - OpenAI plans to explore ads to support free access to ChatGPT, promising separation from user interactions and no use of content for targeting.
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AI Attack Ad in Texas Senate Race Shows John Cornyn Dancing With Jasmine Crockett
Reid J. Epstein / nytimes - A video from Ken Paxton, a Republican primary challenger to Senator John Cornyn of Texas, depicted A.I.-generated imagery of the senator twirling with Jasmine Crockett, a Democratic Senate candidate.
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OpenAI set to start rolling out ads to free and ChatGPT Go users
Jon Keegan / sherwood - OpenAI says user conversations will be kept private from advertisers, and answers will not be influenced by ads.
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Apple Cuts Vision Pro Production and Marketing as Sales Disappoint [Report]
iclarified - Apple has significantly scaled back manufacturing and advertising for the Vision Pro following a period of weak consumer demand. According to a new report from the Financial Times, manufacturing partner Luxshare halted production of the headset at the sta…
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Apple Reveals App Store Search Results to Include More Ads in 2026
Steve Vegvari / iphoneincanada - In 2026, Apple is refreshing how ads appear on the App Store with new top banner ads and more running on search results.The post Apple Reveals App Store Search Results to Include More Ads in 2026 first appeared on iPhone in Canada.
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Google Korea Appoints Ex-Apple Leader for Ad Sales
Newton Kitonga / parameter - TLDRs: Yoon Koo named Google Korea managing director starting January 5, 2026. He will lead ad sales amid growing mobile and AI-driven markets. Yoon brings over 20 years of experience at Apple, Samsung, and Microsoft. Google seeks to expand AI, YouTube co…
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New York’s new law forces advertisers to say when they’re using AI avatars
Mia Sato / theverge - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill Thursday that will require advertisers to identify if an ad includes AI-generated people. Hochul's announcement said the bill, S.8420-A/A.8887-B, was the first of its kind in the US, describing it as a "common sens…
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AI Slop Ad Backfires For McDonald's
msmash / slashdot - McDonald's has pulled an AI-generated Christmas commercial from YouTube after viewers pushed back on what they called a distasteful, "AI slop"-filled take on the holidays. The 45-second ad, titled "It's the most terrible time of the year," was a satirical…
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Meta Agrees to Give EU Users More Personalized Ad Choice
PYMNTS / pymnts - Meta has agreed to offer users in Europe more choice about seeing personalized ads. The European Commission (EC) announced that agreement Monday (Dec. 8), six months after fining the tech giant over its “consent or pay” model that allows ad-free services …
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X axes European Commission’s ad account after €120M EU fine
Bjarke Smith-Meyer / politico - Nikita Bier, X’s head of product, accused the EU executive of trying to amplify its own social media post about the fine on X by trying “to take advantage of an exploit in our Ad Composer."
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OpenAI says it’s turned off app suggestions that look like ads
Anthony Ha / techcrunch - While OpenAI continues to insist that there are currently no ads — or tests for advertising — live in ChatGPT, the company’s chief research officer also acknowledged that the company “fell short” with recent promotional messages.
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AI chatbots can sway voters better than political advertisements
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Adcities Raises Over €3M in Seed Funding
FinSMEs / finsmes - Adcities, a Madrid, Spain-based adtech startup, raised over €3m in seed funding. The round was led by Adara Ventures with participation from PlusPartners and Bynd, and angels including Albert Nieto (co-founder of Seedtag) and Scott Painter (global mobilit…
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Leak confirms OpenAI is preparing ads on ChatGPT for public roll out
Mayank Parmar / bleepingcomputer - OpenAI is now internally testing 'ads' inside ChatGPT that could redefine the web economy. [...]
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EU could give Apple Ads, Maps DMA gatekeeper title
Suhasini Srinivasaragavan / siliconrepublic - Apple has told the EU that Apple Maps and Ads do not qualify for the gatekeeper designation.Read more: EU could give Apple Ads, Maps DMA gatekeeper title
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