chris actualNoted pony-for-oral broker #elonmusk lost his ridiculous antitrust lawsuit against advertisers boycotting his amateur-hour microblogging website because he's guilty of being a massive chump.
#twitter #advertisers #wompwomp
RonSupportsYou"A US judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Elon Musk's X which accused a group of advertisers and major companies of illegally boycotting his platform":
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c05dlm0l0jgo
#Twitter #X #lawfare #advertisers #SocialMedia
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c05dlm0l0jgo
#Twitter #X #lawfare #advertisers #SocialMedia
PPC LandAutoBait exposed: inside the AI slop factory draining ad budgets: DoubleVerify's Fraud Lab uncovered AutoBait, a 200+ domain MFA network using exposed AI prompts, costing advertisers millions in wasted impressions. https://ppc.land/autobait-exposed-inside-the-ai-slop-factory-draining-ad-budgets/ #AutoBait #AdFraud #MFA #Advertisers #DigitalMarketing
PrivacyDigestThe Government Uses Targeted #Advertising to #Track Your Location. Here's What We Need to Do.
We've all had the unsettling experience of seeing an ad online that reveals just how much #advertisers know about our lives. You're right to be disturbed. Those very same online ad systems have been used by the government to warrantlessly track peoples' locations, new reporting has confirmed.
#warrants #privacy #surveillance
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻“The company says it will “keep your conversations with ChatGPT #private from advertisers,” but notes that the ads will still be “optimized based on what’s most helpful to you.” #Advertisers won’t have an impact on #ChatGPT’s answers, according to #OpenAI.”
<https://theverge.com/news/875724/openai-chatgpt-ads-test-launch>
#Google Settles $68 Million Lawsuit Claiming It #Recorded Private #Conversations
the lawsuit claimed #GoogleAssistant would sometimes turn on by mistake -- the phone thinking someone had said its activation phrase when they had not -- and recorded conversations intended to be private. They alleged the recordings were then sent to #advertisers for the purpose of creating targeted #advertising.
#privacy #security
Google Settles $68 Million Lawsuit Claiming It Recorded Private Conversations - Slashdot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: Google has agreed to pay $68 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly listened to people's private conversations through their phones. [...] the lawsuit claimed Google Assistant would sometimes turn on by mistake -- the phone thinking someone...
Su_G@pheonix
Yes, that is so strange… as you & others in this thread comment: “You bought X once, so you must need 10 more of it! Who thought of this?” 🤔
It's so creepy-weird. Why does the algo keep trying to sell us the same thing? As if we are our past? It’s such incredibly lazy programming. Advertizers pay for this? Why? Make it make sense!! 🤔
#algorithms #marketing #advertizers #advertisers #advertising #weird
@Beldarak
Yes, that is so strange… as you & others in this thread comment: “You bought X once, so you must need 10 more of it! Who thought of this?” 🤔
It's so creepy-weird. Why does the algo keep trying to sell us the same thing? As if we are our past? It’s such incredibly lazy programming. Advertizers pay for this? Why? Make it make sense!! 🤔
#algorithms #marketing #advertizers #advertisers #advertising #weird
@Beldarak
Steve Dustcircle 🌹The #Inaudible #Surveillance That Linked Your #Phone to #Stores
#ultrasonic #tracking #tracker
Why #advertisers figured out how to follow you from your couch to a #store using #offline #adtracking
The Inaudible Surveillance That Linked Your Phone to Stores
Chuck DarwinNew reporting by
"The Information" has revealed some recent topics of conversation between #OpenAI employees as they work to supply #advertisers with a teeming new audience to manipulate.
The plans are not final, though they give us a look at what soon may become the norm for #ChatGPT.
One conversation between OpenAI staffers, for example, involved ♦️ giving sponsored chatbot results
“preferential treatment” over non-sponsored results, anonymous employees told The Information
Other internal conversations focused on the best ways to ♦️serve ads without putting off users entirely,
who might feel less inclined to go on hours-long chat benders if they feel corporate advertisers are looking on like a third-wheel.
One ad mockup shared with the publication showed ads only appearing after a second prompt with ChatGPT,
to avoid bombarding users with sponsored content too early in their conversations.
News that OpenAI was experimenting with cramming commercials into ChatGPT came in early December,
after a software sleuth uncovered a dozen lines of code in the chatbot’s beta app for Android referencing things like
🔸“feature ads” and 🔸“search ads carousel.”
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openais-ads-push-starts-taking-shape
OpenAI’s Ads Push Starts Taking Shape
OpenAI executives have kept a tight lid on how the company could show advertisements to users of its popular ChatGPT chatbot, leaving the broader digital ad industry eager for clues. Behind the scenes, staff are working through key details. Employees have discussed ways for AI models to ...
eicker.news ᳇ tech news#Italy’s #CompetitionAuthority fined #Apple €98.6 million for its #AppTrackingTransparency feature, claiming it harms #appdevelopers and #advertisers. The AGCM argues the feature is excessively burdensome and that Apple could have achieved #privacyprotection with less restrictive means. Apple plans to appeal the decision, highlighting the #privacy benefits of the feature. https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/22/italy-fines-apple-over-app-tracking-transparency/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
