Perplexity Retreats From Ads Citing Trust
After struggling to gain traction with ads, Perplexity is throwing in the towel – for now. The company…
OpenAI Begins Testing Ads Inside ChatGPT
OpenAI is officially starting to test ads within ChatGPT, according to a person familiar with the matter who…
TikTok Expands Access to AI Chatbot Tako — Are Ads Next?
It’s Tako time. In 2023, TikTok launched Tako, a gen AI chatbot in beta, positioning it as a…
IAB Proposes Legislation to Curb AI Scraping
The IAB is officially anti-scraping—at least when it comes to AI. That position was reinforced this week as…
X Courts Advertisers for Grok Amid Regulator Scrutiny
Amid ongoing turmoil, X is looking for advertisers for Grok. Over the weekend, as Adweek reported on the…
Google Pushes Back on Gemini Ads Story — For Now
Google is denying a report by Adweek that ads are coming to the Gemini app/interface in 2026. (For…
Android Code Hints ChatGPT Ads May Be Close
ChatGPT is starting to look a lot like Netflix — everyone swears “no ads” until the business model…
Adobe Snaps Up Semrush in Nearly $2B Deal
AI has made search sexy again after years of it feeling, well, a little boring (apologies to the…
DoubleVerify Warns Advertisers About AI Recipe Sites
Recipe sites can often feel like MFA. They’re slideshow-heavy and jam-packed with ads. Now, according to new research,…
AI Agents Could Gut Google Search Volume, Says Perplexity CEO
AI agents are all the rage. But what happens to advertising if they start doing our Google searches…
Apple May Bring Google’s AI Search Rivals to Safari
When it (regulatory) rains, it (regulatory) pours. That must be how Google is feeling today. During the remedies…