In today’s Digest, we look at OpenAI’s new Astra model being powerful enough to trigger its own safety alarms, Havas naming Patrick Affleck to lead its newly unified UK & Ireland Village, and the EU court rejecting Opera’s challenge over [...]

Thrad, the ad network for AI conversations, is moving its first cohort of Middle East and North Africa advertisers live on ChatGPT today (2nd September, 2026) , as OpenAI opens ChatGPT Ads across the region. ChatGPT Ads opened across the Middle [...]

impact.com, the global infrastructure for partnership-driven commerce, today reported second-quarter results marked by Minecraft's launch of its first affiliate programme, a slate of AI-powered platform innovations unveiled at its annual iPX event, and continued global customer growth. During the second [...]

In today’s Digest, we discuss Bailey flagging the risk of an AI slowdown for global markets, OpenAI denying Apple’s trade secret theft claims and calling the lawsuit “a mess of Apple’s own making,” and Anthropic signing a $35 billion cloud [...]

In today’s Digest, we discuss the FTC and states suing Amazon over alleged ad-price manipulation, Brussels putting ChatGPT in the same bracket as Google and ushering in tougher rules, and Australia’s digital ad spend hitting a four-year high, climbing 14% [...]

Thrad, the advertising platform for AI conversations, has announced its sponsorship of RUN/HACK, Europe's first running hackathon, taking place in London on Saturday 29 August.  Presented by TAG and organised by Zizou Brahmi, Tijs Nieuwboer, Siena Kinsale, Luke Balabanovic, Rachel Macnaghten [...]

In today’s Digest, we discuss Meta agreeing to pay up to USD$18bn (£13.5bn) and restrict teen access under a sweeping state settlement, X revamping its creator pay with a new rewards program, and MiniMax posting a 283% revenue surge, though [...]

Find out what our speakers are excited to discuss at ATS London 2026 - AI, publishing and first-party data are all in the spotlight...

In today’s Digest, we cover the ASA awareness campaign returning with expanded industry inventory, including Netflix and Waitrose, TikTok settling a children’s privacy case for $400m, and Taptap Digital acquiring Skyrise to expand in Europe. 

In today’s Digest, we discuss Amazon being sued over its use of Twitch streamers’ videos to train AI models, UK digital infrastructure investment reaching dot-com era levels amid the AI data center boom, and Shein preparing to debut in Hong [...]