Meta yesterday expanded AI-powered age detection to Instagram in the EU and Brazil and Facebook in the US, using visual cues like height to find underage users.

Pinterest's Q1 2026 results reveal concrete changes to bidding, creative, measurement, and CTV that affect how advertisers plan and buy on the platform now.

Dolphin Air Fresheners turned a nostalgic Reddit community question into a real business, using Reddit Ads community targeting to generate 13x more pre-orders.

Meta launched Ads CLI on April 29, letting developers and AI agents create and manage ad campaigns directly from the terminal without writing custom code.

Snap's new AI Sponsored Snaps put brand AI agents inside Snapchat's Chat tab, letting users ask questions and get personalized answers directly from brands.

Meta updates Developer Policy 10.5 and 10.6a, requiring ad-buying solutions to disclose spending and campaign data to end advertisers from February 3, 2027.

Zeta's agency channel grew sharply in Q1 2026, with holdco brand count up 50% and a new independent deal jumping from zero to eight figures in one quarter.

Pinterest on May 1, 2026 launched its biggest paid media campaign to date, using OOH, TV, CTV, and cinema to push its users off-screen and into real life now.