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As AI-generated answers spread across search, monetization is advancing quickly, but confidence in the quality and sourcing of those answers remains unsettled.

Google has launched The Small Brief, pairing leading creative figures with local businesses while giving them access to its Flow AI creative studio to build campaigns.

Amtrak’s latest NextGen Acela ad borrows the style of luxury car marketing to promote a faster, more premium passenger rail experience.

KC Green says an ad campaign by AI startup Artisan repurposed his famous comic image without approval, reviving a broader fight over how internet-era artwork is monetized.

Snap has launched AI Sponsored Snaps, placing branded chatbots directly inside Snapchat’s Chat tab and pushing conversational advertising deeper into consumer messaging.

Google says its AI agent for Google Ads is adding proactive policy troubleshooting, around-the-clock security monitoring and faster certification handling.

Google says it blocked 8.3 billion ads globally in 2025 while suspending fewer advertiser accounts, reflecting a shift toward AI-driven ad-level enforcement rather than blanket account bans.

YouTube is raising U.S. Premium prices again, pushing the individual plan to $15.99 a month while acknowledging that some users have also been seeing unusually long unskippable ads on the free tier

A growing privacy concern in home entertainment is that smart TVs can monitor what viewers watch not just through built-in apps, but also through devices connected by HDMI.