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The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations “In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...

The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...

An AI slop factory apparently tried to rewrite our article about AI not replacing workers en masse, but hit the paywall... so just summarised the paywall. If this is the robot that takes my job I'll be v embarrassed

What fresh hell is this? Would the wearer have to ask consent from anyone they interact with before recording? Total privacy minefield.

YouTube video by ExchangeWireTV "Think Like Creators": A Coffee With Lizzy Morgan, Be A Bear

Loved filming the latest in @exchangewire.bsky.social’s A Coffee With series - Lizzy Morgan of Be A Bear joined me for a chat.

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This week on the MadTech Podcast, Chris Andrews of Miroma Founders Network chats to us about OpenAI launching a web browser, trust as a business driver, and UK ad agencies calling for a ban on fossil fuel ads.
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Loved chatting to the brilliant Ella Britton of MediaPlus UK on this week’s MadTech Podcast

Will the drivers be allowed to turn left though?

Bikey?!

That’s been the Zuck modus operandi since day one, right?

Dr Evil levels of villainy/stupidity...

This is a fantastic read. Zuck’s transformation to Maga Mark, and if it’s just who he’s always been…

The Shark of the New: Jaws 50 Years On | The Quietus The international news headlines were pretty grim in 1975. Lest we forget or never knew in the first place, events that year included the Angolan civil war, a flood in China that led to the deaths of ...

Happy 50th birthday to JAWS the greatest "family" movie of all time; rite of passage, gateway to untrammelled horror & relatable heart palpitator.

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✈️ to Cannes…

#adtech #canneslions

"Shifting the Balance of Power Back to Media Owners": A Coffee With Fern Potter, Multilocal - ExchangeWire.com In our latest coffee-based conversation, Multilocal's Fern Potter delves into the evolving realm of curation. Joining John Still, ExchangeWire head of content, Fern Potter, SVP strategy and growth, M...

☕️ Always love talking to Fern Potter of multilocal, so was delighted to have her join for our most recent A Coffee With… chat.

Curation was the topic, of course. Enjoy!

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You Can Now Edit Videos With Meta AI We’re launching a generative AI video editing feature across the Meta AI app, the Meta.AI website and the Edits app to help you bring your creative ideas to life.

"We saw everyone was posting AI slop and misinformation and wanted to make it easier for everyone to do exactly that."

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Elon & Trump: The Breakup of the Summer Pivot · Episode

Strong, smart, eloquent discussion on Elon’s downward spiral

In the latest in our new video series revolving around coffee-based conversation, we turn towards retail media with Havas Market's Alex Walker.
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YouTube video by ExchangeWireTV "Retail Media Shouldn't Just Be A Line on the Plan" : A Coffee with Alex Walker, Havas Market

Loved chatting to Alex Walker of Havas Market UK about the current retail media landscape, and the growth of social commerce...

#adtech #retailmedia #

☕ A Coffee With...Alex Walker - watch now ⬇️

Screened Out: Open AI, Hardware and the Future of Ad Tech - ExchangeWire.com Shirley Marschall gazes into our AI future, and looks at what a hardware driven ad tech experience could mean for the industry...

Must read on @exchangewire.bsky.social today -Shirley Marschall's latest piece.

"Advertising in this world has to be ambient, intuitive, and welcome. It has to be emotionally intelligent. Which is, frankly, not where most digital ads are right now."

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Can someone make sure they go back and put F.C. after Liverpool's name alongside 2020 or I won't sleep.

This week, ExchangeWire editor Aimee Newell Tarín is joined by research lead Mat Broughton and Alex Bodini, CEO of creative agency Spin, to discuss YouTube winning the rights to the opening game of the 2025 NFL season, new ad formats planned by Netflix and more.
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Sam and Jony introduce io Building a family of AI products for everyone.

Aside from that fact that this looks like a cheesy engagement announcement, OpenAI making a huge bet on hardware with Jony Ive is really intriguing...

YouTube video by ExchangeWireTV "It's the Speed of AI That's Transformative.": A Coffee With Laura Kell, Havas Media Network

Superb guest to kick-off our new video series, A Coffee With...: Laura Kell of Havas Media Network We discuss:

🤖 AI's impact on agencies
🎨 The importance of human creativity
🐶 Boston terriers, yachts and Socrates...

All with two Teesside accents. Enjoy!

#AI #media #UTB #agency #adtech #data

This week on the MadTech Podcast, Grainne Reid, John Still, and Mat Broughton come together for an EW team chat.
They discuss WPP's decision to rebrand GroupM to WPP Media, an anticipated slower TV upfronts season amid the uncertain economic climate, and more.
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Great pod from last week - nice to get @jakedubbins.bsky.social on the show.

The footage of him telling advertisers to ‘go fuck themselves’ should be enough to make sure the case never sees court.

Don’t Use Ad Tech to Track Me. Use it to Adapt to Me. - ExchangeWire.com In her latest column, ad tech expert Shirley Marschall takes a look at the old promise of perfect targeting, and why it really needs to be done better...

"People aren’t avoiding content. They’re shaping it to fit their flow. And if an ad doesn’t fit that flow, it gets ignored."

In her latest column, Shirley Marschall, takes a look at the old promise of perfect targeting, and why it needs to be done better...

CNN’s Rob Bradley on Chrome’s Cookie Chaos, Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly and Declining Ad Spend  - ExchangeWire.com On this episode of the MadTech Podcast, ExchangeWire head of marketing Grainne Reid is joined by head of content John Still and Rob Bradley, SVP of Digital Revenue, Strategy and Operations at CNN to d...

Last week on the MadTech Podcast, Grainne Reid was joined by ExchangeWire's John Still and Rob Bradley, SVP of Digital Revenue, Strategy and Operations at CNN, to discuss the reversal of Google's plan to eliminate third-party cookies, and more.
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CNN’s Rob Bradley on Chrome’s Cookie Chaos, Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly and Declining Ad Spend  - ExchangeWire.com On this episode of the MadTech Podcast, ExchangeWire head of marketing Grainne Reid is joined by head of content John Still and Rob Bradley, SVP of Digital Revenue, Strategy and Operations at CNN to d...

Loved chatting to Rob Bradley of CNN for the MadTech Podcast this week. We dive headfirst into Google’s big week - both the Cookie chaos and the monopoly ruling.

#adtech #madtech #cnn #google #cookie #chrome