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AI - May 17, 2026 Madhive names Luke Valvano CFO to lead its local media AI push

Madhive appointed Luke Valvano as CFO on May 12, bringing 20+ years of digital and OOH media finance experience to its local DSP and AI advertising platform.

by Luis Rijo

AI - May 17, 2026 OpenAI's ChatGPT secretly sent your queries to Meta and Google, lawsuit claims

Glass human head with data streams flowing to dark server obelisks, ChatGPT privacy

A class action filed May 13 in California alleges ChatGPT embedded Meta's Pixel and Google Analytics to relay user queries and identifiers to ad platforms.

by Luis Rijo

Search - May 17, 2026 Brazil's CADE recommends a Google investigation over AI Overviews scraping

Publisher content absorbed into Google AI Overviews as Brazil's CADE recommends probe

A 180-page CADE commissioner opinion recommends a formal antitrust proceeding against Google for using publisher content in AI Overviews without compensation.

by Luis Rijo

AI - May 16, 2026 IAB UK: 95% of UK digital ad businesses already use AI - far ahead of the rest

IAB UK report cover showing UK map with AI chip graphic, titled The UK's Hidden AI Engine

IAB UK research shows 95% of digital advertising businesses already deploy AI versus just 16% of UK businesses overall, inside a sector worth £40bn annually.

by Luis Rijo

AI - May 16, 2026 Google spam policies now officially cover AI Overviews and AI Mode in Search

Crystalline filter gate blocking spam content from Google AI search results

Google today clarified that spam policies apply to AI Overviews and AI Mode, ending ambiguity over manipulation penalties in AI-generated search results now.

by Luis Rijo

AI - May 16, 2026 The Trade Desk's Q2 Kokai updates: AI controls, CTV pause ads, Deal Desk

Kokai Reach & Frequency panel showing 23% savings rate and 1.45M saved impressions

The Trade Desk Q2 2026 Kokai release adds AI optimisation controls, CTV pause ads, Sincera inventory signals, Deal Desk upgrades, and omnichannel insights.

by Luis Rijo

AI - May 16, 2026 AI search upends publishers: global digital subscriptions grow but fragment

Twenty global digital publishers ranked by subscribers inside a cathedral of media power.

FIPP and WAN-IFRA's 2026 Snapshot finds AI search disrupting referral traffic as bundling and direct audience relationships replace single-title sub models.

by Luis Rijo

AI - May 16, 2026 Your AI chatbot may be sharing your prompts with ad networks

AI chatbot leaking conversation data to Facebook, TikTok and ad networks via data threads

A UC Davis study of 20 popular AI chatbots finds 17 transmit data to third parties, with three leaking plaintext prompts via Microsoft Clarity session replay.

by Luis Rijo