Year: 2026

TikTok announced the next stage of its expanded investment in Europe, with a 1 billion euro, or $1.2 billion, data center project in Lahti, Finland. The new data center will store TikTok’s EU user information separately away from the company’s home base in China, in compliance with EU directives. The new…

LinkedIn on Monday was hit with new class-action privacy lawsuits over allegations that it scans users’ browsers to determine what extensions have been installed. “When users visit LinkedIn, defendant executes hidden scripts that scan their browser for installed extensions and it then transmits that data to third parties without users’…

YouTube added some new insights to its Media Kit for channels, which will enable creators to share expanded audience data with potential partners. The platform is also bringing more artificial intelligence-powered creation tools to its separate video editing app. First, YouTube added new elements to its Media Kit info display, giving…

Mark Zuckerberg’s quest for artificial intelligence supremacy could be poised to take its next major step, with Axios reporting that Meta’s Superintelligence group is close to launching its first AI models. Meta formed its Superintelligence project in June, with Zuckerberg announcing his intention to “bring personal superintelligence to everyone” in order to accelerate…

OpenAI has proposed policies geared for the artificial intelligence (AI) era to support a public wealth fund and rapid social safety net programs. These measures are intended to help merge AI with business as well as the advertising industry, and address the potential disruption to ad-sector jobs. It also would…

Google Gemini has overtaken Perplexity to become the world’s second-largest source of AI chatbot referrals to websites for the first time, according to independent web analytics company Statcounter. Publishers have struggled with the lack of referral traffic from AI chatbots to websites from one of the most used traditional search…

X owner Elon Musk is trying another tactic to boost ad spend in the app, this time by pressuring potential SpaceX investors to also buy X ads and subscribe to xAI’s Grok tools. As reported by the New York Times, Musk has told banks, law firms and other advisers working on the…

Smartly.io has become OpenAI’s first creative ad-tech partner, allowing advertisers to place ads in the ChatGPT interface where users can engage with the chatbot for product advice and recommendations. While Smartly has become a primary partner, the move follows Criteo’s appointment in March as OpenAI first overall advertising-technology partner for the ChatGPT…

Google added new capabilities to Google Vids, including higher quality video generation, custom music generation and artificial intelligence-powered avatars that can promote your business. Google launched Vids in April 2024, touting the app as an “AI-powered video creation app for work.” The tool provides simplified options to generate professional video content, including templates, stock…

TikTok’s could soon integrate financial services into its functions, as the platform continues to explore more ways to power its in-app shopping push, and align more of its users with purchase activity. As reported by Reuters, TikTok has applied for lending and payments approval in Brazil, which would enable the app…