This week, regulators, researchers, and industry leaders intensified scrutiny on Big Tech, as concerns over AI safety, platform influence, and advertising effectiveness continued to grow. In today’s Digest, we cover Temu being hit with an EU fine over unsafe product [...]

In today’s Digest, we cover the Supreme Court rejecting Meta’s appeal in an addiction case, Instagram banning betting ads featuring Kane and Haaland, and an IPA report warning that ‘small thinking’ is hurting advertising. 

All the goings on in the ad tech world this week, plus today's MadTech Daily Podcast...

In today’s Digest, we cover Meta’s ad business set to reach $240bn amid a market surge, Alibaba’s AI revenue posting its 11th straight quarter of triple-digit growth, and Netflix being accused of spying in a Texas lawsuit.

This week, industry players faced mounting legal pressure, sweeping job cuts, and major leadership shifts, signalling a period of deep structural change across the industry. In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover WBD shareholders approving Paramount–Skydance deal , WPP Consolidates Commerce [...]

In today’s Digest, we cover OpenAI quietly launching an Ads Manager, Meta removing ads recruiting plaintiffs in social media addiction lawsuits amid rising legal pressure, and YouTube denying plans for 90-second unskippable ads amid its CTV push.

In today’s Digest, we discuss OpenAI extending its ad pilot as it tests a global rollout of sponsored ChatGPT responses, Elon Musk’s X ad boycott being dismissed by a US Judge, and Disney+ striking a landmark next-day streaming deal with [...]

In today’s Digest, we cover Apple tapping Google Gemini to power AI Siri, Paramount Skydance taking Warner Bros. Discovery to court, and a study revealing publishers’ grim outlook for search.

In today’s digest we cover Google suing SerpApi over its web scraping activity, ByteDance boosting benefits for staff to attract and retain top AI talent around the globe, plus Facebook carrying out a test which limits the number of links [...]

From rising online consumption to blockbuster deals, data-driven upgrades and a rapid AI surge, the ad tech and media industry shifted gears once again this week. In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover DoorDash partnering with OpenAI to enable grocery ordering [...]