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Last updated: 19 August 2026, 04:30 IST
Search & Digital Marketing
AI’s Impact Is Outrunning Measurement: The Trust And Attribution Gap Facing Brands
AI's impact outpaced our ability to measure it in H1 2026. Indig's citation data, agent share shifts, and the intelligence-versus-agency split explain what changes next.
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AI Search Only Feels New If Your SEO Was Shallow
AI search only feels like a new sport to the people who were never really training. Here's what actually changed, and what didn't.
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ChatGPT Ads rolls out oCPC campaigns, AAM and product carousels
OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT Ads’ conversion capabilities with new campaign types, broader measurement integrations and enhanced optimization tools, while preparing to…
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Google expands Limited Ad Serving policy across all Ads
Google is expanding its Limited Ad Serving policy to cover all Google Ads, giving qualified advertisers unrestricted impressions while limiting ad delivery for accounts…
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Microsoft Advertising adds bulk editing for disapproved assets
Microsoft Advertising launched bulk editing and appeals for disapproved assets, making it faster for advertisers to resolve policy issues without updating assets one at…
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YouTube tests image ads during horizontal mobile playback
YouTube appears to be testing a new mobile ad format that displays static image ads during horizontal video playback, potentially creating an additional inventory option…
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Google Ads adds dedicated reporting for new customer acquisition
Google Ads introduced a new “Report on new customers acquired” option within Customer Acquisition, making it easier for advertisers to measure new customer performance…
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How business context changes AI recommendations
Every AI success story seems to end the same way. Someone shares a remarkable output, and almost immediately someone asks, “Will you share the prompt?” It’s a reasonable…
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Gen Z Now Treats Claude And OpenAI Like Consumer Brands, But Trust Is Still An Issue
YouGov data shows Claude and OpenAI doubling Gen Z consideration while U.S. trust in AI assistants sits at 28%, a gap that reshapes GEO plans.
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Media Buying Briefing: How Instrument won Croc’s business in a day
No one can dispute that technology has muscled its way into the world of marketing in such a strong way, it’s now a must-have skill for many agencies serving their…
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Meta adds more experimental Edits features to its beta tab
The company is allowing users to test new editing updates such as a speed curve function, color correction and folders.
Read on our siteLinkedIn updates feed display to drive more post replies and comments
The app is focusing on relevance and ranking engagement based on how pertinent an interaction is to each user, per a creator economy expert.
Read on our siteMeta adds more incentives for paying users
The company is offering new ways to build audiences and grow follower counts, according to social media researcher Jonah Manzano.
Read on our siteYouTube adds vertical livestream practice mode
Creators can use the feature to test chat, green screen and other streaming effects before going direct.
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The new program is designed to reward original creators and disincentivize aggregators as the company works to improve its content stream.
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Embattled hedge fund Situational Awareness invests $400M in chip startup Source Foundry
The AI-focused hedge fund is still making some big bets.
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Anthropic is turning Claude Code’s auto mode on by default
Programming with Claude Code will soon require even less human oversight.
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Historian Jill Lepore says Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy
On the latest episode of Equity, we spoke to Jill Lepore about "government by machines" and why Elon Musk is a bad science fiction reader.
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The AI safety test is becoming a safety risk
AI agents are escaping cybersecurity testing environments and reaching real-world systems, raising questions about whether safety infrastructure, industry standards, and…
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Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the US
AI has already had a significant impact on Amazon’s carbon emissions, which it reported were up 16% last year — the wrong direction for a company that pledged to…
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OpenAI acquires presentation startup NextSlide
Founder Ahmed Beshry describes the startup’s product as one “that could turn prompts, notes, documents, or research into a polished, editable presentation.”
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OpenAI says it slowed Astra model development over security concerns
OpenAI said this model, which is still in development, reached its "critical cybersecurity threshold," meaning it could independently identify and carry out cyberattacks…
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After Rippling blew millions on AI in months, it built an employee ROI tool
After its own AI usage wake-up call, Rippling this week unveiled AI Spend Console, a product that tracks individual and team employee AI spending.
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Cloudflare launches Kitesurf, a browser built for AI agents
Kitesurf is a cloud-hosted browser designed for AI agents instead of people. It uses less computing power than Chromium for common automation tasks, helping developers…
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