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Data - May 02, 2026 Infillion tells DSP buyers what questions they are afraid to ask

Infillion MediaMath published a 15-question DSP buyer guide on AI architecture, pricing transparency, data ownership, and identity resolution for programmatic.

by Luis Rijo

AI - May 02, 2026 Ad platforms rebuild, earnings diverge, and AI rewrites the supply chain

Google's scale tips: search revenue surges while network ad revenue falls, publishers lose ground.

Alphabet posts $109.9B in Q1, X replaces its entire ad stack, Omnicom runs live agentic buys, and OpenAI formalizes advertiser data-sharing in one dense week.

by Luis Rijo

AI - May 01, 2026 Circle to Search can now find entire outfits at once on Pixel 10

Google's Circle to Search on Pixel 10 can now deconstruct a full outfit into individual shoppable items, powered by Gemini 3, with a virtual try-on feature.

by Luis Rijo

Data - May 01, 2026 News publishers target Common Crawl, the AI training data backdoor

A robotic arm pulls newspapers from a vault, illustrating AI scraping of publisher content.

News/Media Alliance sent a formal letter to Common Crawl demanding it stop unauthorized scraping and block AI companies from using news content for training.

by Luis Rijo

AI - May 01, 2026 Meta opens its ad system to Claude and ChatGPT with new AI connectors

Meta command center connecting its ad system to Claude and ChatGPT via MCP.

Meta launched AI connectors letting Claude and ChatGPT manage campaigns, catalogs, and ad signals directly - no developer credentials or API setup required.

by Luis Rijo

Search - May 01, 2026 SISTRIX April 2026: AI citation drift and the death of keyword research

Keyword index cards crumbling as AI topic clusters and SISTRIX node graphs replace search.

SISTRIX April 2026 review reveals AI citation drift rates of 54-59% across six countries and launches Prompt Research to replace traditional keyword research.

by Luis Rijo

AI - May 01, 2026 OpenAI's privacy policy now lets advertisers send purchase data

OpenAI updated its US privacy policy on April 30 to formalize advertiser data sharing, purchase data receipt, and user targeting through marketing partners.

by Luis Rijo

AI - May 01, 2026 Typeface AEO Analyzer scores content for AI search as Firstsource deal lands

Typeface yesterday launched an AEO Analyzer that scores content for AI answer engine visibility, as Firstsource announced a parallel agentic marketing partnership.

by Luis Rijo