Biden Campaign to Use New York Verdict Against Trump in 2024 Ads
Biden campaign advisers say they plan to use Democratic Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s recent guilty plea in a case against former President Donald Trump in political ads, a move that should come as a surprise to no one. according to POLITICO, Biden’s advisers are aiming to “keep Trump’s felony conviction top of mind for […]
Google testing ads in AI-powered search as news publishers warn of looming disaster
Google has announced plans to place advertising directly into its new AI-powered search results, stoking concerns from news publishers that the controversial overhaul of the world’s most popular search engine could deal a devastating blow to site traffic and advertising revenue. The tech giant plans to begin testing search and shopping ads within automatically generated […]
Google cuts check for DOJ while trying to dodge jury trial in digital ads lawsuit
Google has taken the odd step of paying the full damages offered by the U.S. government in order to avoid a risky jury trial in a Department of Justice lawsuit targeting its alleged monopoly in the digital advertising market. In a little-noticed court filing last week,Google said it cut a cashier’s check for a redacted […]
Bashing governor in publicly funded campaign ads is OK in Connecticut legislative races, court rules
The Connecticut Supreme Court on Monday fined two Republicans running for the state Legislature thousands of dollars for criticizing the Democratic governor in a publicly funded campaign in 2014. The court ruled that authorities had violated the lawmaker’s constitutionally guaranteed right to free speech. In a 5-0 ruling, the justices canceled a $5,000 civil penalty […]
Wisconsin Dems invest $7M in TV ads for 5 key state Senate races
Wisconsin Democrats plan to spend $7 million on TV ads in five state Senate races they believe are key to regaining control of Congress. The state Senate Democratic Committee announced Wednesday that the takeover would include races in Milwaukee’s northern suburbs, rural areas north of Madison, the Fox Cities, Green Bay and La Crosse. Republicans […]
Mystery anti-Israel ads plague NYC subway trains: ‘Deeply disturbing’
The Post has learned that a series of disturbing anti-Israel ads have been displayed on the city’s subway trains, leaving red-faced MTA employees furious. “Liberate Palestine. The US is using your tax dollars to commit genocide in Gaza,” reads a professional-looking poster spotted on an F train this week. “Read. Organize. Fight back.” person in […]
Google bans deepfake-porn ads as ‘egregious’ AI nudes surge
Google is sending a stern message to advertisers: “Don’t get involved in the dark side of AI.” The search engine is cracking down on the promotion of deepfake pornography, the practice of using artificial intelligence to modify or alter a person’s face or body to depict sexual scenes. The tech giant has given advertisers a […]
Ex-Trump aide Brad Parscale, who targeted Facebook ads, now has AI platform
Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale, the operative behind the former president’s 2016 election-winning Facebook ads, has debuted his own artificial intelligence platform. . Parscale touted “artificial intelligence’s future replacement for polls across the country” in a promotional video for a new platform that he claims will boost conservative political campaigns, the paper said. […]
Ads on Facebook, Instagram for explicit ‘AI girlfriends’ prompts Meta crackdown
David Dietze, senior investment strategist at Peapack Wealth Management, discusses whether Amazon or Meta is a better investment on Craman Countdown. The social media giant was forced to remove explicit content from its platform in recent days after tens of thousands of racy artificial intelligence-generated “girlfriend” ads were discovered across Metaapp. investigation by wired An […]
Sex workers outraged as ‘AI girlfriend’ ads flood Instagram
Facebook and Instagram are reportedly running thousands of explicit ads for AI-generated companion and ‘girlfriend’ apps, and sex workers are criticizing Meta for double standards when it comes to cracking down on sex crimes I’m accusing them of that. The online chatbot in the ad provides users with realistic, AI-generated images of stereotypical, partially clothed, […]