Month: June 2024

The “Creator Economy Conference” will include high-profile social media personalities and industry professionals who will talk with senior White House officials about data privacy, AI, fair pay and
mental health awareness in the creator economy, according to Christian Tom, director of the White House Office of Digital Strategy.

A federal appellate court has rejected Amazon users’ request for a new hearing over claims that the company wrongly targets ads to consumers based on their interactions with Alexa-enabled devices.

The test of Meta’s “AI Studio” platform will enable Instagram influencers to create AI versions of themselves – or “AI agents” – to communicate with followers via direct-messaging.

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The IAB Tech Lab’s Privacy Sandbox Task Force issued its final report of the Fit Gap Analysis, and its conclusions were no more reassuring for the digital media industry or Google than when it
released its report in February.

Illia Polosukhin doesn’t want big companies to determine the future of artificial intelligence. His alternative vision for “user-owned AI” is already starting to take shape.

Dish is packaging its standard linear TV package of broadcast/cable networks with a free subscription to Netflix’s basic ad-supported option — with a two-year contract. Dish might be figuring a free
addition of perhaps the most popular, biggest name streaming provider, Netflix, could be just the ticket to at least provide it with some business and revenue stabilities.

On the bright side, Joe Biden disproved the right-wing conspiracy theory rumor mill that he would be hopped up on drugs.