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Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators
More than 70 civil liberties, domestic violence, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+, labor, and immigrant advocacy organizations are demanding that Meta abandon plans to deploy face recognition on its Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses, warning that the feature—reportedly known inside the company as “Name Tag”—would hand stalkers, abusers, and federal agents the ability to silently identify strangers in public.The coalition, which includes…
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Polymarket and Kalshi are turning TV programming into one big casino
When entertainment enthusiasts tune into TV and movie awards shows, there’s no way to tell who might take home the biggest prizes of the night. But during this year’s Golden Globes red-carpet preshow, hosted by…
“Uncanny Valley”: OpenAI and Musk Fight Again; DOJ Mishandles Voter Data; Artemis II Comes Home
This week, our hosts discuss why OpenAI and Elon Musk’s legal feud is heating up once again—and happening alongside SpaceX’s IPO filing. They also dive into how a Department of Justice lawyer misled a judge…
Meta’s AI push has made its way into ad creative. Not all marketers are happy about it
Something was off.Last summer, the clothing brand Snag Tights began noticing some AI-generated tweaks to its Meta ad creative, Brie Read, brand CEO, told Marketing Brew. The brand addressed it in a Facebook post in…
Allbirds Is Pivoting to AI Compute. Sure, Why Not
On April 7, Allbirds sent out a press release celebrating its new “canvas cruiser” collection and a partnership with Pantone, the color company. One week later, on April 15, Allbirds sent out a press release…
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The US Army Is Building Its Own Chatbot for Combat
The US Army is developing AI models trained on data from real missions, with the goal of deploying a chatbot…
How New York City FC got its pigeon mascot
On a Sunday in late March, MLS fans packed into Yankee Stadium—the temporary home of New York City FC—to watch…
This Startup Wants You to Pay Up to Talk With AI Versions of Human Experts
The company isn’t exactly breaking new ground. The idea of a chatbot standing in for a human is fairly common.…
Axe asks soccer fans to go out on a limb for World Cup tickets
What would you do for a pair of World Cup tickets? Put on a ridiculous outfit and ask someone out…
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Mondelēz taps soccer stars to get people snacking during World Cup
Sports and snacks go hand in hand, and Mondelēz International has a wealth of experience with both. For the World Cup this summer, the food and beverage giant is leveraging its portfolio of products and its athlete partners to get people snacking.Sports fans are no stranger to Mondelēz snacks: It…
Robotaxi Outage in China Leaves Passengers Stranded on Highways
An unknown technical problem caused a number of robotaxis owned by the Chinese tech giant Baidu to freeze on Tuesday in the middle of traffic, trapping some passengers in the vehicles for more than an hour.In Wuhan, a city in central China where Baidu has deployed hundreds of its Apollo…
Merrell’s pitch to non-outdoorsy consumers: Go outside instead
Touching grass is good for you, and it’s actually not that hard. At least, not according to Merrell.The 45-year-old hiking footwear brand, which is owned by Wolverine Worldwide, recently debuted a spot titled “It Starts Outside” as part of a new brand platform encouraging exploration of the world outside. The…
Duolingo’s Luis von Ahn Wants to Delete the Blockchain
Luis von Ahn could have retired to a beach somewhere years ago. Best known as the CEO of the learning app Duolingo, von Ahn in the 2000s invented the captcha, those infuriating little online tests that force people to prove they’re not robots. But after selling his creation to Google…
Meet the newest ‘Running Point’ character: Jake from State Farm
Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there—“there” being the Netflix show Running Point.Today, the insurance company announced a collaboration with the streamer, which includes a co-branded ad featuring characters from Running Point, the basketball-centric comedy starring Kate Hudson. As part of the deal, Jake from State Farm is set…
California Suspends Enforcement of Law Requiring VCs to Report Diversity Data
Under a new state regulation, venture capital firms operating in California were supposed to submit demographic data about their portfolio companies, including the gender and race of startup founders they backed. But amid public criticism from some tech leaders, the California agency administering the new requirement suspended it just before…
All things creator marketing with Tiffany Rivers
Tiffany Rivers is VP of emerging media and influencer marketing at Media Cause. She’s set to speak at Marketing Brew’s upcoming event, The Next Phase of Social and Creator Marketing, on May 12.Ahead of the event, we caught up with her to hear how she is advising her nonprofit clients,…
Iran Threatens to Start Attacking Major US Tech Firms on April 1
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned Tuesday that it plans to begin attacking more than a dozen American companies across the Middle East on Wednesday in retaliation for the killing of Iranian citizens in the ongoing war with the US and Israel. The list of companies includes Apple, Google, IBM,…
How soccer orgs and sponsors are putting local spins on World Cup campaigns
With 16 host cities across three countries, it’s safe to say there’s no one-size-fits-all marketing plan for this summer’s FIFA Men’s World Cup.Given the scope of the tournament, the leagues, host committees, media rights partners, and sponsors seeking to contribute to the growth of soccer fandom in the US while…
OpenAI Acquires Tech Talk Show ‘TBPN’—and Buys Itself Some Positive News
OpenAI announced Thursday that it had acquired the online business talk show TBPN for an undisclosed sum. The move comes as OpenAI struggles with its public image, which has taken a significant hit in recent months.Since launching in 2024, TBPN has risen in popularity among Silicon Valley circles by offering…
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How The Trade Desk is aiming to remain ‘king of the open web’
It’s been more than 10 years since The Trade Desk was named to Forbes’s list…
AI Research Is Getting Harder to Separate From Geopolitics
The world’s top AI research conference, the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems—better known as…
How IBM’s Masters campaign marks a shift in its sports strategy
With the Masters Tournament starting today, many golf fans will have Georgia on their minds.…
Cursor Launches a New AI Agent Experience to Take On Claude Code and Codex
Cursor announced Thursday the launch of Cursor 3, a new product interface that allows users…
Social platforms are facing increased scrutiny. How long will advertisers stick around?
It’s all fines and games for the social media platforms recently.Last month, a New Mexico…