Advertising giant hires Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley and Nomura Securities to assess potential buyers for creative and media units outside Japan, following disappointing financial results and major restructuring efforts.

SISTRIX data reveals significant shifts in German search landscape with AI summaries changing user behavior patterns while Reddit reaches new visibility heights.

Cloudflare research shows AI platforms consume content at unprecedented scales while providing minimal traffic returns.

AI-generated advertisements promote fraudulent products through fake demonstrations while platforms struggle with detection and enforcement.

Amazon introduces generative AI-powered assistant that flows between devices and responds to natural language without wake word repetition.

xAI seeks injunction to prevent former employee from working at OpenAI while lawsuit challenges AI industry talent competition practices.

Taz Patel exits AI search company as platform continues building revenue streams.

Amazon escalates efforts to prevent AI companies from accessing e-commerce data as retail giant adds restrictions against Meta, Google, and Huawei crawlers on August 21.