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Rory Sutherland: Our favorite marketing tools can be dangerous in the wrong hands
The article, written by Rory Sutherland, highlights the limitations and potential misleading nature of comparison charts, particularly in the context of the trial of nurse Lucy Letby. It argues that while marketers are generally unqualified to opine on complex legal or medical matters, they could provide expertise on how statistical data, like comparison charts showing…
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https://www.ian-leslie.com/p/how-the-mad-men-lost-the-plot-again?triedRedirect=true&hide_intro_popup=true
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How the Mad Men Lost the Plot Again
The article discusses the advertising industry’s struggle to adapt to the digital revolution, highlighting how traditional advertising lost prominence to digital media. In 2015, Ian Leslie wrote a piece for the Financial Times titled « How The Mad Men Lost The Plot, » which critiqued ad agencies’ shift towards digital marketing at the expense of traditional methods.…
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Who decides what’s real in the age of AI? Instagram does.
In a 2026 discussion about Instagram’s evolving role, Adam Mosseri, Instagram’s chief, addresses criticisms of the platform’s shift towards being a « referee of reality. » With the rising influence of AI and synthetic content, Mosseri emphasizes the need for industry-wide verification and credibility tools, acknowledging that more content will be AI-edited rather than purely AI-created. Instagram,…
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13 of the best Nano Banana trends from 2025
In 2025, Nano Banana, an image generation and editing model, saw significant success with its debut in August as the leading model globally, particularly due to its Gemini 2.5 Flash Image’s ability to consistently edit and blend images. By November, Nano Banana Pro was released, leveraging Gemini 3 Pro’s advanced reasoning and real-world knowledge, expanding…
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Gemini in Chrome and Gmail, and Google’s AI distribution conduit | Mobile Dev Memo by Eric Seufert
In December 2025, Google expanded its Gemini integration, initially announced in September, to iOS users in the U.S. This development introduces Gemini as an « agentic browsing assistant » in Chrome and a new email assistant called CC, which connects with Google services for task management, though not yet publicly available. Despite speculation, Google’s VP of advertising…
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Amazon’s AI assistant comes to the web with Alexa.com
At CES 2026 in Las Vegas, Amazon announced the launch of its new website, Alexa.com, allowing Alexa+ Early Access customers to use the AI-powered digital assistant online, expanding its availability beyond the 600 million Alexa-powered devices already sold worldwide. As part of the expansion, Amazon is updating its Alexa mobile app to offer a more…
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https://mobiledevmemo.com/podcast-metas-business-ai-tools-and-the-ad-product-divide-with-simon-whitcombe/
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Podcast: Meta’s Business AI tools and the ad-product divide (with Simon Whitcombe) | Mobile Dev Memo by Eric Seufert
In a recent episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast, Simon Whitcombe, Vice President of the Global Business Group at Meta, discusses the company’s Business AI and Meta AI business assistant, which were announced just before AdWeek. The conversation explores how these AI tools aid advertisers beyond traditional advertising, optimize product understanding, and enhance creative…
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https://business.google.com/us/think/ai-excellence/colgate-palmolive-gen-ai-marketing-pilot/
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