AI no longer sits quietly in the background. In this episode of The Speed of Culture podcast, Suzy founder and host Matt Britton explains why 2026 will become a turning point for consumers, not just companies. He breaks down the top consumer AI trends for 2026 that will change how people search, buy, create, and ..
Tag : Artificial Intelligence
China drafted landmark rules to stop AI chatbots from emotionally manipulating users, including what could become the strictest policy worldwide intended to prevent AI-supported suicides, self-harm, and violence. China’s Cyberspace Administration proposed the rules on Saturday. If finalized, they would apply to any AI products or services publicly available in China that use text, images, ..
After a somewhat sleepy start, 2025 was itself a landmark year, one defined by mammoth deals including Omnicom’s $13.5 billion takeover of former rival Interpublic Group, Paramount’s $8 billion merger with Skydance, and the ongoing contest for Warner Bros. Discovery’s future—alongside hundreds of smaller but influential deals that reshuffled the market. In total, M&A volumes ..
In the latest episode of the Marketing Vanguard podcast, we welcome Kirsten Spittel-Sloan, SVP of marketing at iFit, for an eye-opening chat on what it takes to succeed in the fitness tech space today. Listen in for Kirsten’s playbook on how marketing leaders can navigate rapid technological change, build adaptive teams and balance analytical rigor ..
2025 was a strange and tough year for consumers, which made for a strange and tough year for those in marketing hoping to reach people with messages meant to inspire and sell. Although the U.S. commerce engine seemed to hum along spectacularly by the year’s end, it was the product of a lot of hard ..
Google has filed a lawsuit to protect its search results, targeting a firm called SerpApi that has turned Google’s 10 blue links into a business. According to Google, SerpApi ignores established law and Google’s terms to scrape and resell its search engine results pages (SERPs). This is not the first action against SerpApi, but Google’s ..
Deadline reports that the behavior of these creators ran afoul of YouTube’s spam and misleading-metadata policies. At the same time, Google loves generative AI—YouTube has added more ways for creators to use generative AI, and the company says more gen AI tools are coming in the future. It’s quite a tightrope for Google to walk. ..
Monitoring these systems continually, humans review AI flags, then text any concerning images detected to school superintendents. Police are alerted when human review determines images may constitute actual threats. ZeroEyes’ spokesperson told Ars that “it has detected more than 1,000 weapons in the last three years.” Perhaps most notably, ZeroEyes “detected a minor armed with ..
This story was originally published in On Background with Mark Stenberg, a free, weekly newsletter that explores the key themes shaping the media industry. You can sign up for it here. The media industry spent much of 2025 reacting: to AI-driven traffic volatility, to shifting advertiser expectations, and to the collapse of familiar playbooks. Looking ahead ..
Google began its transition to Gemini 3 a few weeks ago with the launch of the Pro model, and the arrival of Gemini 3 Flash kicks it into high gear. The new, faster Gemini 3 model is coming to the Gemini app and search, and developers will be able to access it immediately via the ..
