To say that Reddit's IPO is causing a stir is an understatement. Part of that excitement is due to generative AI. Google and other AI companies are just itching to get their hands on Reddit's vast pool of user-generated content to train its models.
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Last Wednesday, The House passed a bill demanding that ByteDance sell TikTok to another owner or the government will pull the plug for its 170 million users based in the U.S. According to The Wall Street Journal, the bill blindsided TikTok executives.
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You all know about the back and forth this past month that started with the extensive report the IAB Tech Lab released criticizing Google’s Privacy Sandbox. Though in all the summaries and hot-takes, video still hasn’t been getting enough attention and it’s an area that needs the most work ahead…
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This week's Wrapper features highlights from one of our keynotes at Publisher Forum Austin, Burhan Hamid, CTO at TIME, who shared his vision on the evolving role of AI in publishing during his talk, The Publisher's AI Advantage: Leveraging the Power of AI to Stay Ahead of the Curve. We…
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AdMonsters March 7, 2024 The Dawn of Hedged Gardens: The Evolution of Data Collaboration The concept of 'Hedged Gardens' emerges from the limitations of Walled Gardens. Unlike a walled environment, Hedged Gardens allows for controlled data collaboration between different entities. These environments are meticulously designed with 'hedges' - not…
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The digital advertising landscape is undergoing a monumental shift towards privacy-first practices, underscored by the Privacy Sandbox initiative and the critical findings from the “IAB Tech Lab's Privacy Sandbox: Fit Gap Analysis for Digital Advertising." It paints a picture of an industry at a crossroads, facing the challenge of reimagining…
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Everyone in the publishing industry is interested in watching The New York Times v. OpenAI. The New York Times filed a suit against the AI pioneer, claiming that ChatGPT was trained on its content, violating its copyrighted materials. OpenAI said there’s more to the story than meets the eye and…
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Media layoffs continued this past week. First, BuzzFeed announced plans to lay off 16% of its workforce and sell off Complex Networks. Meanwhile, Vice is pulling the plug on Vice.com and announced it would lay off “several hundred” staffers as part of its major restructuring. What does this mean for…
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As the industry moves away from the use of third-party tracking cookies, there are several solutions taking shape to help target users while keeping their information secure. One of those solutions is alt IDs, which tend to befuddle even the most seasoned players. The most important thing right now in trying…
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Last week, the IAB Tech Lab released a comprehensive report detailing the challenges of Google's Privacy Sandbox. In response, Google thanked the IAB Tech Lab for showcasing their perspective but asserted that their "analysis contains many misunderstandings and inaccuracies, which we consider important to correct in order to provide accurate information…
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