5 Ways IBM Predicts AI and Ad Tech Will Evolve in 2021

With tech giants set to crack down on cookies and third-party trackers in the coming months, the ad-tech industry is in for some major changes. IBM Watson Advertising has bet that artificial intelligence and anonymized behavioral insights will play a central role in that post-cookie future. The company has rolled out a series of product…

Postpartum Brand Frida Mom Offers Advice on Avoiding Dicks (Literal or Otherwise) After Birth

It’s well known that new mothers should avoid having sex for six weeks after birth. But in case that advice has passed you by, postpartum brand Frida Mom says it loud and clear in a new spot that spoofs medical ads: “No dicks allowed.” And the ad doesn’t just mean avoiding dicks of the anatomical…

Neustar Is Latest To Roll Out A Cookieless ID

Third-party cookies are going away, mobile ad IDs will soon be harder to come by – and the advertising ecosystem is responding with a flurry of deterministic identifiers of its own. LiveRamp has an ID, Nielsen’s got one, the industry is starting to coalesce around Unified ID 2.0 and, on Wednesday, Neustar launched Fabrick ID. FabrickContinue reading »

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Trump Could Torpedo a Bill to Boost Funding for AI

The National Defense Authorization Act would increase US investment by $6.4 billion over 5 years. But the president could veto it over other provisions.

Reddit Details Moat by Oracle Data Cloud Integration

Reddit entered into its first viewability measurement collaboration with its integration of Moat by Oracle Data Cloud, which will provide third-party verification on the platform’s ad views. The server-to-server integrations was custom-built for Reddit, and it is currently being alpha-tested with a limited number of partners with an eye toward a broader rollout early next…

GroupM: Global Retail Ecommerce To Reach $10 Trillion By 2027

GroupM’s new ecommerce forecast predicts that next year ecommerce in the U.S. will account for 16.2% of retail sales. The analysis is focused on retail e-commerce and thus omits service-focused
sectors, such as travel, finance or digital media.