Google Ads replaces call duration metrics with AI-qualified conversions, filtering spam calls and feeding cleaner signals into Smart Bidding for US and Canada.

Bedrock Platform deploys the world's first containerized DSP bidder inside Index Exchange, eliminating QPS throttling and infrastructure as scale barriers.

ChatGPT ads reach logged-out users, IAB Tech Lab forms a programmatic governance council, SECURE Data Act targets state privacy laws, and Google resets its spam tools.

New log file analysis of 7 billion OpenAI bot events reveals a 3.5x surge in OAI-SearchBot activity after GPT-5, while ChatGPT user-driven events dropped 28%.

Google has brought its Gemini-powered Trends Explore page to mobile web, giving journalists and marketers real-time AI-assisted search trend research anywhere.

Vevo's 2026 upfront strategy triples Artist Franchise sales, expands Vevo Evolve audience tools, and opens music video inventory via YouTube Instant Reserve.

Paligo: 49% of harmful AI incidents involve software, not robots, in 1,406 cases - chatbots, recommendation engines and deepfakes dominate the incident record.

Google Ad Manager launched focused banner ads on March 9, 2026, a beta format that blurs article text mid-scroll until readers tap a button to resume reading.