Notable & Quotable: ‘Panic Is . . . Warranted’

‘The picture painted by horse-race polling and approval ratings makes Biden possibly the most vulnerable incumbent president since scientific polling was invented.’

The Big Story: Recapping The Year In SPO And Data Privacy

In 2023, supply-path optimization took off, brands took their scalpels to made-for-advertising websites and DSPs and SSPs launched SPO products to cut down on hops. Plus: lessons from the year in data privacy.

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AI Data Trained On Models Containing Child Sexual Abuse

LAION-5B, a dataset used to build AI images that has more than 5 billion images and captions from the internet, was found to contain suspected child sexual abuse material, according to a report.

Stagwell, RealClearPolitics Unveil New Polling Platform

The new platform follows a September announcement by the companies that they were joining forces to better monetize RCP’s assets for the 2024 election cycle.

How the digital ad industry is preparing for profound change in 2024

Michael Beebe, CEO, Dstillery

For the digital advertising industry, planning for 2024 is unlike any other year. It is going to be, in a word, dynamic. The industry is heading into an unusual transition that will affect the fabric of the open web ecosystem: the forced, fast and complete transition away from the third-party cookie for targeting and measurement. 

Google has the power to deprecate third-party cookies in Chrome unilaterally, meaning that the industry does not have the choice to keep using the cookies. This move is intended to happen within just six months during the second half of 2024. Instead of transitioning over years, the industry will have to adapt quickly. 

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Meet Flip, the Viral Video App Giving Away Free Stuff

Social video app Flip is trying to create a social platform dedicated to reviewing and buying products. Some early adopters are cashing in on the app’s giveaways—but have questions about its future.