Other cities, including Oakland, and Somerville, Massachusetts, are also considering bans on the technology as a threat to civil liberties.
6 Times AI Tried to Get Creative, and How the Results Turned Out
While artificial intelligence has advanced to the point where it’s able to generate creative content, the technology’s output is still very…experimental. Breakthroughs in neural networks–a type of machine learning that vaguely imitates the structure of neurons in the brain–have given rise to a form of the technology called generative AI that can do everything from…
WPP’s Wunderman Thompson Goes Through Another Round of Post-Merger Layoffs
Wunderman Thompson, the agency created by the merger of Wunderman and J. Walter Thompson last November, went through a round of layoffs this week, according to several parties familiar with the matter. The change occurred in New York as WPP leadership gathered for a global summit in San Diego. Spokespeople for both the agency and…
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23rd Annual Webby Awards: Here Are Some of the Winners’ 5-Word Speeches
The 23rd Annual Webby Awards ceremony took place Monday night at Cipriani Wall Street in New York, complete with the traditional five-word speeches from winners, including Webby Special Achievement Awards honorees. Actress and comedian Jenny Slate served as the event’s host for the first time. Internet co-founder Vint Cerf was on hand to mark the…
AT&T’s Xandr Data Can Now Be Applied On Non O&O Properties
AT&T’s ad unit Xandr on Tuesday unveiled a publisher network called Community, which lets advertisers use Xandr data on video inventory across WarnerMedia’s O&O properties as well as a selection of outside publishers. The WarnerMedia properties include WarnerMedia-owned CNN, TNT, TBS, truTV, B/R Live, Otter Media and Warner Brothers, and the video partner publishers include… Continue reading »
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Shopping In-Store Is Presented as a Novel Idea In This Campaign for Bed Bath & Beyond
The news surrounding Bed Bath & Beyond has been nothing short of glum recently: Despite being Broad City’s retailer of choice, the company just parted ways with its longtime CEO Steven Temares as it struggles to keep pace with the changing retail environment. Even so, the retailer is chugging along with a digital campaign that…
Workplace by Facebook Added Several New Ways to Share Files
Workplace by Facebook detailed several upgrades aimed at making collaboration easier via the social network’s enterprise platform. Pancham Gajjar, who works on product monetization in emerging markets for Facebook, said in a blog post, “Being able to share content is the foundation of collaboration. To make work faster and less painful, people want to discover…
A Now-Fixed WhatsApp Vulnerability Enabled the Installation of Spyware on Users’ Phones
WhatsApp discovered and fixed a vulnerability in its voice-over-internet-protocol calling feature that enabled a third-party company to install spyware on users’ phones. The Facebook-owned messaging application identified the vulnerability earlier this month and fixed it within 10 days, making changes to its infrastructure in order to disable this attack from taking place. WhatsApp would not…
Chobani Celebrates National Teacher Appreciation Month
What does yogurt have to do with teachers? At first blush, not much. But as companies embrace the notion that doing good is good business, brands like Chobani are trying to tie issues they believe in to causes their consumers believe in. For Chobani, the ideas of a strong community, improving childhood nutrition and wellness,…