AI AdCP is the tail wagging the dog, says industry veteran Industry leader warns Ad Context Protocol launch misses opportunity to fix programmatic advertising's structural problems before building new AI systems.
Search One year after Google apologized to web creators at summit Small website publishers reflect on traffic losses and algorithm changes one year after October 29, 2024 summit where executives apologized then revealed more AI.
Data EU's cloud sovereignty plan gives more points to efficiency than independence Commission's scoring system weights supply chain 20% and legal jurisdiction 10%, letting US providers win contracts despite foreign government access.
Video Disney content vanishes from YouTube TV as contract talks fail Disney channels including ABC, ESPN and FX disappeared from YouTube TV on October 30, 2025, affecting over 9 million subscribers after failed contract negotiations.
AI SISTRIX reveals Google self-preference in German AI Mode citations SISTRIX analyzed millions of AI Mode responses after the October 31, 2025 German launch, finding YouTube and Google.com dominate citations at 40% and 31% respectively.
Data Uber launches platform-specific attention metric with Adelaide and Kantar Uber Advertising announces the first custom attention model combining brand lift data with predictive attention measurement for ride and food delivery ads.
AI Music artists demand transparency on Universal's AI partnership with Udio Artists group questions consent, compensation, and clarity in Universal Music Group's deal with AI music generator Udio announced October 30, 2025.
AI Lorelight founder shuts down AI visibility tracking tool Lorelight's founder Benjamin Houy closes the generative engine optimization platform on October 31, 2025, after realizing AI search visibility requires same fundamentals.
DOOH TfL denies Ricky Gervais stab vest ad rejection claim amid train attack Transport for London says comedian's controversial vodka ads highlighting knife crime were never submitted, contradicting viral social media claims.
AI OpenAI's Altman deflects questions on $1.4 trillion spending plans Sam Altman grew defensive when questioned about OpenAI's compute commitments exceeding revenues, offering stock sales instead of financial clarity.
AI Microsoft plans to hire again with "more leverage" from AI tools Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced workforce expansion plans with AI enabling higher productivity per employee, following flat headcount in fiscal 2025.
AI Ad Context Protocol divides advertising industry on agentic AI standards Six companies launched Ad Context Protocol on October 15, but skepticism emerged about whether another protocol is needed for agentic AI advertising automation.
AI AWS activates Project Rainier with 500,000 Trainium2 chips AWS brings online Project Rainier with nearly 500,000 Trainium2 chips in under a year. Anthropic scales Claude training to over 1 million chips by year-end.
AI Polish emerges as top language in multilingual AI benchmark testing Researchers test 26 languages across seven synthetic tasks at context lengths from 8K to 128K tokens, finding performance gaps widen at longer contexts for low-resource languages.
Video IAB pushes standardized conversion APIs to close CTV outcome gap IAB releases guide showing Conversion APIs can bridge Connected TV's measurement gap with search and social. Two-thirds of advertisers improved ROAS after CAPI.
Data Bombora launches curated ecosystem audiences with premier B2B partners Bombora debuts curated ecosystem audiences on October 30, 2025, partnering with Crunchbase, Definitive Healthcare, G2, and HG Insights for B2B targeting.
Video OpenX launches curated video packages for Latin American advertisers OpenX introduces specialized connected TV and premium video offerings targeting Mexico, Brazil, and Latin America's rapidly growing digital advertising market.
Video LG Ad Solutions introduces AI platform for CTV advertising operations LG Ad Solutions launched Agentiv on October 30, integrating over 20 AI agents for media planning and data collaboration in Connected TV advertising workflows.
AI Google expands Mixboard to 180+ countries after September launch Mixboard, an experimental AI-powered concepting board from Google Labs, now reaches users in over 180 countries following initial September launch, quadrupling board size based on feedback.
AI Cloudflare unveils registry format for bot and agent authentication Cloudflare introduces registry format enabling website operators to discover and validate cryptographic keys from bots and agents at scale, addressing authentication needs.
Social Bluesky tests new features to improve reply quality and user control Bluesky announced October 31, 2025 testing social proximity ranking, dislikes beta, toxicity detection, and reply controls to enhance conversation quality.
Data Microsoft Clarity enforces final cookie consent deadline starting now Microsoft Clarity begins final enforcement of cookie consent requirements for European traffic on October 31, 2025, affecting analytics features.
AI HubSpot acquires XFunnel to strengthen answer engine optimization HubSpot announced on October 31, 2025, the acquisition of XFunnel, an answer engine optimization platform, strengthening its marketing automation capabilities.
Retail Cyber Monday 2025 preparation requires understanding 2024 Cyber Monday 2025 falls on December 1, requiring retailers to prepare based on 2024 data showing $13.3 billion in sales, with 57% mobile transactions and extended shopping periods.
AI MIT researchers expose major gaps in AI world understanding Research comparing 517 humans and three frontier AI models reveals significant limitations in how AI systems learn and understand environments through benchmark testing.
