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Cookies are out, context is in. People Inc.'s Jonathan Roberts joins The Big Impression to talk about how America's biggest publisher is using AI to reinvent contextual advertising with real-time intent.From Game of Thrones maps to the open web, Roberts believes content is king in the AI economy. Episode TranscriptPlease note, this transcript  may contain minor inconsistencies compared to the episode audio.Damian Fowler (00:00):I'm Damian Fowler, and welcome to this edition of The Big Impression. Today we're looking at how publishers are using AI to reinvent contextual advertising and why it's becoming an important and powerful alternative to identity-based targeting. My guest is Jonathan Roberts, chief Innovation Officer at People Inc. America's largest publisher, formerly known as Meredith. He's leading the charge with decipher an AI platform that helps advertisers reach audiences based on real time intent across all of People Inc. Site and the Open Web. We're going to break down how it works, what it means for advertisers in a privacy first world and why Jonathan's side hustle. Creating maps for Game of Thrones has something for teachers about building smarter ad tech. So let's get into it. One note, this episode was recorded before the company changed its name. After the Meredith merger, you had some challenges getting the business going again. What made you realize that sort of rethinking targeting with decipher could be the way to go?Jonathan Roberts (01:17):We had a really strong belief and always have had a strong belief in the power of great content and also great content that helps people do things. Notably and Meredith are both in the olden times, you would call them service journalism. They help people do things, they inspire people. It's not news, it's not sports. If you go to Better Homes and Gardens to understand how to refresh your living room for spring, you're going to go into purchase a lot of stuff for your living room. If you're planting seeds for a great garden, you're also going to buy garden furniture. If you're going to health.com, you're there because you're managing a condition. If you're going to all recipes, you're shopping for dinner. These are all places where the publisher and the content is a critical path on the purchase to doing something like an economically valuable something. And so putting these two businesses together to build the largest publisher in the US and one of the largest in the world was a real privilege. All combinations are hard. When we acquired Meredith, it is a big, big business. We became the largest print publisher overnight.(02:23):What we see now, because we've been growing strongly for many, many quarters, and that growth is continuing, we're public. You can see our numbers, the performance is there, the premium is there, and you can always sell anything once. The trick is will people renew when they come back? And now we're in a world where our advertising revenue, which is the majority of our digital revenue, is stable and growing, deeply reliable and just really large. And we underpin that with decipher. Decipher simply is a belief that what you're reading right now tells a lot more about who you are and what you are going to do than a cookie signal, which is two days late and not relevant. What you did yesterday is less relevant to what you need to do than what you're doing right now. And so using content as a real time predictive signal is very, very performant. It's a hundred percent addressable, right? Everyone's reading content when we target to, they're on our content and we guaranteed it would outperform cookies, and we run a huge amount of ad revenue and we've never had to pay it in a guarantee.Damian Fowler (03:34):It's interesting that you're talking about contextual, but you're talking about contextual in real time, which seems to be the difference. I mean, because some people hear contextually, they go, oh, well, that's what you used to do, place an ad next to a piece of content in the garden supplement or the lifestyle supplement, but this is different.Jonathan Roberts (03:53):Yes. Yeah. I mean, ensemble say it's 2001 called and once it's at Targeting strategy back, but all things are new again, and I think they're newly fresh and newly relevant, newly accurate because it can do things now that we were never able to do before. So one of the huge strengths of Meredith as a platform is because we own People magazine, we dominate entertainment, we have better homes and gardens and spruce, we really cover home. We have all recipes. We literally have all the recipes plus cereal, seeds plus food and wine. So we cover food. We also do tech, travel, finance and health, and you could run those as a hazard brands, and they're all great in their own, but there's no network effect. What we discovered was because I know we have a pet site and we also have real simple, and we know that if you are getting a puppy or you have an aging dog, which we know from the pet site, we know you massively over index for interest in cleaning products and cleaning ideas on real simple, right?Damian Fowler (04:55):Yeah.Jonathan Roberts (04:55):This doesn't seem like a shocking conclusion to have, but the fact that we have both tells us both, which also means that if you take a health site where we're helping people with their chronic conditions, we can see all the signals of exactly what help you need with your diet. Huge overlaps. So we have all the recipe content and we know exactly how that cross correlates with chronic conditions. We also know how those health conditions correlate into skincare because we have Brody, which deals with makeup and beauty, but also all the skincare conditions and finance, right? Health is a financial situation as much as it is a health situation, particularly in the us. And so by tying these together, because most of these situations are whole lifestyle questions, we can understand that if you're thinking about planning a cruise in the Mediterranean, you're a good target for Vanguard to market mutual funds to. Whereas if we didn't have both investipedia and travel leisure, we couldn't do that. And so there's nothing on that cruise page, on the page in the words that allows you to do keyword targeting for mutual funds.(05:55):But we're using the fact that we know that cruise is a predictor of a mutual fund purchase so that we can actually market to anyone in market per cruise. We know they've got disposable income, they're likely low risk, long-term buy andhold investors with value investing needs. And we know that because we have these assets now, we have about 1500 different topics that we track across all of DDM across 1.5 million articles, tens of millions of visits a day, billions a year. If you just look at the possible correlations between any of those taxonomies that's over a million, or if we go a level deeper, over a hundred million connected data points, you can score. We've scored all of them with billions of visits, and so we have that full map of all consumers.Damian Fowler (06:42):I wanted to ask you, of course, and you always get this question I'm sure, but you have a pretty unusual background for ad tech theoretical physics as you mentioned, and researcher at CERN and Mapmaker as well for Game of Thrones, but this isn't standard publisher experience, but how did all that scientific background play into the way you approached building this innovation?Jonathan Roberts (07:03):Yeah, I think when I first joined the company, which was a long time ago now, and one of the original bits of this company was about.com, one of the internet oh 0.1 OG sites, and there was daily data on human interest going back to January 1st, 2000 across over a thousand different topics. And in that case, tens of millions of articles. And the team said, is this useful? Is there anything here that's interesting? I was like, oh my god, you don't know what you've got because if you treat as a physicist coming in, I looked at this and was like, this is a, it's like a telescope recording all of human interest. Each piece of content is like a single pixel of your telescope. And so if somebody comes and visit, you're like, oh, I'm recording the interest of this person in this topic, and you've got this incredibly fine grained understanding of the world because you've got all these people coming to us telling us what they want every day.(08:05):If I'm a classic news publisher, I look at my data and I find out what headlines I broke, I look at my data and I learn more about my own editorial strategy than I do about the world. We do not as much tell the world what to think about. The world tells us what they care about. And so that if you treat that as just a pure experimental framework where this incredible lens into an understanding of the world, lots of things are very stable. Many questions that people ask, they always ask, but you understand why do they ask them today? What's causing the to what are the correlations between what they are understanding around our finance business through the financial crash, our health business, I ran directly through COVID. So you see this kind of real time change of the world reacting to big shocks and it allows you to predict what comes next, right? Data's lovely, but unless you can do something with it, it's useless.Damian Fowler (08:59):It's interesting to hear you talk about that consistency, the sort of predictability in some ways of, I guess intense signals or should we just say human behavior, but now we've got AI further, deeper into the mix.Jonathan Roberts (09:13):So we were the first US publisher to do a deal with open ai, and that comes in three parts. They paid for training on our content. They also agreed within the contract to source and cite our content when it was used. And the third part, the particularly interesting part, is co-development of new things. So we've been involved with them as they've been building out their search product. They've been involved with us as we've been evolving decipher, one of the pieces of decipher is saying, can I understand which content is related to which other content? And in old fashioned pre AI days when it was just machine learning and natural language processing, you would just look at words and word occurrence and important words, and you'd correlate them that way. With ai, you go from the word to the concept to the reasoning behind it to a latent understanding of these kind of deeper, deeper connections.(10:09):And so when we changed over literally like, is this content related to that content? Is this article similar in what it's treating to that article? If they didn't use the same words but they were talking about the same topic, the previous system would've missed it. This system gets deeper. It's like, oh, this is the same concept. This is the same user need. These are the same intentions. And so when we overhauled this kind of multimillion point to point connection calculation, we drastically changed about 30% of those connections and significantly improved them, gives a much reacher, much deeper understanding of our content. What we've also done is said, and this is a year thing that we launched it at the beginning of the year, we have decipher, which runs on site. We launched Decipher Plus Inventively named right? I like it. We debated Max or Max Plus, but we went with Plus.(10:59):And what this says is we understand the user intent on our sites. We know when somebody's reading content, we have a very strong predictor model of what that person's going to need to do next. And we said, well, we're not the only people with intent driven content and intent driven audiences. So we know that if you're reading about newborn health topics, you are three and a half times more likely than average to be in market for a stroller. We're not the only people that write about newborn health. So we can find the individual pages on the rest of the web that do talk about newborn health, and we can unlock that very strong prediction that this purchase intent there. And so then we can have a premium service that buy those ads and delivers that value to our clients. Now we do that mapping and we've indexed hundreds of premium domains with opening eyes vector, embedding architecture to build that logic.Damian Fowler (11:56):That's fascinating. So in lots of ways, you're helping other publishers beyond your owned and operated properties.Jonathan Roberts (12:02):We believed that there was a premium in publishing that hadn't been tapped. We proved that to be true. Our numbers support it. We bet 2.7 billion on that bet, and it worked. So we really put our money where our mouth is. We know there's a premium outside of our walls that isn't being unlocked, and we have an information advantage so we can bring more premium to the publishers who have that quality content.Damian Fowler (12:24):I've got lots of questions about that, but one of them is, alright. I guess the first one is why have publishers been so slow out of the starting blocks to get this right when on the media buying side you have all of this ad tech that's going on, DSPs, et cetera.Jonathan Roberts (12:42):I think partly it's because publishers have always been a participant in the ad tech market off to one side. I put this back to the original sin of Ad Tech, which is coming in and saying, don't worry about it, publishers, we know your audience better than you ever will. That wasn't true then, and it's not true today, but Ad Tech pivoted the market to that position and that meant the publishers were dependent upon ad Tech's understanding of their audience. Now, if you've got a cookie-based understanding of an audience, how does a publisher make that cookie-based audience more valuable? Well, they don't because you're valuing the cookie, not the real time signal. And there is no such thing as cookie targeting. It's all retargeting. All the cookie signal is yesterday Signal. It's only what they did before they came to your site, dead star like or something, right? The publisher definitionally isn't influencing the value of that cookie. So an ad tech is valuing the cookie. The only thing the publisher can do to make more money is add scale, which is either generate clickbait because that's the cheapest way to get audience scale or run more ads on the page.(13:57):Cookies as a currency for advertising and targeting is the reason we currently have the internet We deserve, not the internet we want because the incentive is to cheap scale. If instead you can prove that the content is driving the value, the content is driving the decision and the content is driving the outcome, then you invest in more premium content. If you're a publisher, the second world is the one you want. But we had a 20 year distraction from understanding the value of content. And we're only now coming back to, I think one thing I'm very really happy to see is since we launched a cipher two years ago, there are now multiple publishers coming out with similarly inspired targeting architecture or ideas about how to reach quality, which is just a sign that the market has moved, right? Or the market moving and retargeting still works. Cookies are good currency, they do drive performance. If they didn't, it would never worked in the first place. But the ability to understand and classify premium content at web scale, which is what decipher Plus is a map for all intent across the entire open web is the thing that's required for quality content to be competitive with cookies as targeting mechanism and to beat it atDamian Fowler (15:15):Scale. You mentioned how this helps you reach all these third party sites beyond your properties. How do you ensure that there's still quality in the, there's quality content that match the kind of signals that makes decipher work?Jonathan Roberts (15:32):Tell me, not all content on the internet is beautiful, clean and wonderful. Not allDamian Fowler (15:36):Premium is it?Jonathan Roberts (15:36):I know there's a lot of made for arbitrage out there. Look, we, we've been a publisher for a long time. We've acquired a lot of publishers over the years, and every time we have bought a publisher, we have had to clean up the content because cheap content for scale is a siren call of publishing. Like, oh, I can get these eyeballs cheaper. Oh, wonderful. I know I just do that. And everyone gives it on some level to that, right? So we have consistently cleaned up content libraries every time we've acquired publishers. Look at the very beginning about had maybe 10 to 15 million euros. By the time we launched these artists and these individual vertical sites were down to 250,000 pages of content. It was a bigger business and it was a better business. The other side is the actual ad layout has to be good,Damian Fowler (16:29):ButJonathan Roberts (16:29):Every time we've picked up a publisher, we've removed ads from the site. Increase, yeah, experience quality,Damian Fowler (16:33):Right?Jonathan Roberts (16:36):Because we've audited multiple publishers for the cleanup, we have an incredibly detailed understanding of what quality content is. We have lots of, this is our special skill as a publisher. We can go into a publisher, identify the content and see what's good.Damian Fowler (16:54):Is that part of your pitch as it were, to people who advertisers?Jonathan Roberts (16:58):We work lots of advertisers. We're a huge part of the advertising market because we cover all the verticals. We have endemics in every space. If you're trying to do targeting based on identity, we have tens of millions of people a day. It'll work. You will find them with us, we reach the entire country every month. We are a platform scale publisher. So at no point do we saying don't do that, obviously do that, right? But what we're saying is there's a whole bunch of people who you can't identify, either they don't have cookies or IDs or because the useful data doesn't exist yet. It's not attached to those IDs. So incremental, supplementary and additional to reach the people in the moment with a hundred percent addressability, full national reach, complete privacy compliance, just the content, total brand safety. And we will put these two things side by side and we will guarantee that the decipher targeting will outperform the cookie targeting, which isn't say don't do cookie targeting, obviously do it. It works, it's successful. This is incremental and also will outperform. And then it just depends on the client, right? Some people want brand lift and brand consideration. They want big flashy things. We run People Magazine, we host the Grammy after party. We can do all the things you need from a large partner more than just media, but also we can get you right down to, for some partners with big deals, we guarantee incremental roas,Damian Fowler (18:26):ActualJonathan Roberts (18:26):In-store sales, incremental lift.Damian Fowler (18:29):So let's talk about roas. What's driving advertisers to lean in so heavily?Jonathan Roberts (18:34):Well, I think everybody's seen this over the last couple of years. In a high interest or environment, the CMOs getting asked, what's the return on my ad spend? So whereas previously you might've just been able to do a big flashy execution or activation. Now everybody wants some level of that media spend to be attributable to lift to dollars, to return to performance, because every single person who comes through our sites is going to do something after they come. We're never the last stop in that journey, and we don't sell you those garden seeds. We do not sell you the diabetes medication directly. We are going to have to hand you off to a partner who is going to be the place you take the economic action. So we are in the path to purchase for every single purchase on Earth.(19:19):And what we've proven with decipher is not only that we can be in that pathway and put the message in the path of that person who is going to make a decision, has not made one yet. But when we put the messaging in front of it of that person at the time, it changes their decisions, which is why it's not just roas, which could just be handing out coupons in the line to the pizza store. It's incremental to us, if you did not do this, you would have made less money. When you do this, you'll make more money. And having got to a point where we've now got multiple large campaigns, both for online action and brick and mortar stores that prove that when we advertise the person at this moment, they change their decision and they make their brand more money. Turns out that's not the hardest conversation to have with marketers. Truly, truly, if you catch people at the right moment, you will change their mind.Damian Fowler (20:10):They'll happily go back to their CFO and say, look at this. This is workingJonathan Roberts (20:15):No controversially at can. During the festival of advertising that we have as a publisher, we may be the most confident to say, you know what? Advertising works.Damian Fowler (20:27):You recently brought in a dedicated president to leadJonathan Roberts (20:30):Decipher,Damian Fowler (20:30):Right? So how does that help you take what started out as this in-house innovation that you've been working on and turn it into something even bigger?Jonathan Roberts (20:39):Yeah, I think my background is physics. I was a theoretical physicist for a decade. Theoretical physicists have some good and bad traits. A good trait is a belief that everything can be solved. Because my previous job was wake up in the morning and figure out how the universe began and like, well, today I'll figure it out. And nobody else has, right? There's a level of, let's call it intellectual confidence or arrogance in that approach. How hard can it be? The answer is very, but it also means you're a little bit of a diante, right? You're coming like, oh, it's ad tech. How hard can it be? And the just vary, right? So there's a benefit. I mean, I've done a lot of work in ad tech over the last couple of years. Jim Lawson, our president of Decipher, ran a publicly listed DSP, right? He was a public company, CEO, he knows this stuff inside a and back to front, Lindsay Van Kirk on the Cipher team launched the ADN Nexus, DSP, Patrick McCarthy, who runs all of our open web and a lot of our trade desk partnerships and the execution of all of the ways we connect into the entire ecosystem.(21:38):Ran product for AppNexus. Sam Selgin on the data science team wrote that Nexus bitter. I've got a good idea where we're going with this and where we should go with this and the direction we should be pointed in. But we have seasoned multi-decade experience pros doing the work because if you don't, you can have a good idea and bad execution, then you didn't do anything. Unless you can execute to the highest level, it won't actually work. And so we've had to bring in, I'm very glad we have brought in and love having them on the team. These people who can really take the beginnings of what we have and really take this to the scale that needs to be. Decipher. Plus is a framework for understanding user intent at Webscale and getting performance for our clients and unlocking a premium at Webscale. That is a huge project to go after and pull off. We have so many case studies proving that it will work, but we have a long way to go between where we are and where this thing naturally gets to. And that takes a lot of people with a lot of professional skills to go to.Damian Fowler (22:43):What's one thing right now that you're obsessed with figuring outJonathan Roberts (22:46):To take a complete left turn, but it is the topic up and down the Cosette this summer. There isn't currently any viable model for information economy in an AI future. There's lots of ideas of what it would be, but there isn't a subtle marketplace for this. We've got a very big two-sided marketplace for information. It's called Google and search. That's obviously changing. We haven't got to a point to understand what that future is. But if AI is powered by chips, power and content, if you're a chip investor, you're in a good place. If you're investing energy, you're in a good place of the three picks and shovels investments, content is probably the most undervalued at the moment. Lots of people are starting to realize that and building under the hood what that could look like. How that evolves in the next year is going to really determine what kind of information gets created because markets align to their incentives. If you build the marketplace well, you're going to end up with great content, great journalism, great creativity. If you build it wrong, you're going to have a bunch of cheap slop getting flooded the marketplace. And we are not going to fund great journalism. So that's at a moment in time where that future is getting determined and we have a very strong set of opinions on the publishing side, what that should look like. And I am very keen to make sure it gets done. You soundDamian Fowler (24:17):Optimistic.Jonathan Roberts (24:19):A year ago, the VCs and the technologists believed if you just slammed enough information into an AI system, you'd never need content ever again. And that the brain itself was the moat. Then deep seek proved that the brain wasn't a moat. That reasoning is a commodity because we found out that China could do it cheaper and faster, and we were shocked, shocked that China could do it cheaper and faster. And then the open source community rebuilt deep to in 48 hours, which was the real killer. So if reasoning is a commodity, which it is now, then content is king, right? Because reasoning on its own is free, but if you're grounding it in quality content, your answer's better. But the market dynamics have not caught up to that reality. But that is the reality. So I am optimistic that content goes back to our premium position in this. Now we just have to do all the boring stuff of figuring out what a viable marketplace looks like, how people get paid, all of this, all the hard work, but there's now a future model to align to.Damian Fowler (25:23):I love that. Alright, I've got to ask you this question. It's the last one, but I was going to ask it. You spent time building maps, visualizing data, and I've looked at your site, it's brilliant. Is there anything from that side of your creativity that helped you think differently about building say something like decipher?Jonathan Roberts (25:42):Yeah. So I think it won't surprise anyone to find out that I'm a massive nerd, right? I used to play d and d, I still do. We have my old high school group still convenes on Sunday afternoons, and we play d and d over Discord. Fantasy maps have been an obsession of mine for a long time. I did the fantasy maps of Game of Thrones. I'm George r Martin's cartographer. I published the book Lands of Ice and Fire with him. Maps are infographics. A map is a way of taking a complex system that you cannot visualize and bringing it to a world in which you can reason about it. I spent a lot of my life taking complex systems that nobody can visualize and building models and frameworks that help people reason about 'em and make decisions in a shared way. At this moment, as you're walking up and down the cosette, there is no map for the future. Nobody has a map, nobody has a plan. Not Google, not Microsoft, not Amazon, not our friends at OpenAI. Nobody knows what's coming. And so even just getting, but lots of people have ideas and opinions and thoughts and directions. So taking all that input and rationalize again to like, okay, if we lay it out like this, what breaks? Being able to logically reason about those virtual scenario. It is exactly the same process, that mental model as Matt.Damian Fowler (27:12):And that's it for this edition of The Big Impression. This show is produced by Molten Hart. Our theme is by loving caliber, and our associate producer is Sydney Cairns. And remember,Jonathan Roberts (27:22):We do not as much tell the world what to think about. The world tells us what they care about. Data's lovely, but unless you do something with it, it's useless.Damian Fowler (27:31):I'm Damian, and we'll see you next time.

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AI data wars push Reddit to block the Wayback Machine China Launches Three-Day Robot Olympics Featuring Football and Table Tennis US government agency drops Grok after MechaHitler backlash, report says Eli Lilly signs $1.3 billion deal with Superluminal to use AI to make obesity medicines The AI Was Fed Sloppy Code. It Turned Into Something Evil. | Quanta Magazine AI data centers made Americans' electricity bills 30% higher Sam Altman says 'yes,' AI is in a bubble Is the A.I. Sell-off the Start of Something Bigger? Thousands of Grok chats are now searchable on Google Opinion | Amy Klobuchar: I Knew A.I. Deepfakes Were a Problem. Then I Saw One of Myself. 2,178 Occult Books Now Digitized & Put Online, Thanks to the Ritman Library and Da Vinci Code Author Dan Brown Pluralistic: "Privacy preserving age verification" is bullshit (14 Aug 2025) How to use "skibidi" and other new slang added to Cambridge Dictionary YouTube Is Making a Play to Host the Oscars Leobait: Resisting AI Solutionism through Workplace Collective Action So ... is AI writing any good? Project Indigo We used AI to analyse three cities. It's true: we now walk more quickly and socialise less Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Rich Skrenta Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: pantheon.io helixsleep.com/twit

Google's search dominance and AI summaries are burying independent voices and pushing clickbait over real expertise. Dom Bettinelli and Joanne Mercier ask: Is the open web dying, and what can we do to save it? The post Is Google Killing the Open Web? appeared first on StarQuest Media.

AI data wars push Reddit to block the Wayback Machine China Launches Three-Day Robot Olympics Featuring Football and Table Tennis US government agency drops Grok after MechaHitler backlash, report says Eli Lilly signs $1.3 billion deal with Superluminal to use AI to make obesity medicines The AI Was Fed Sloppy Code. It Turned Into Something Evil. | Quanta Magazine AI data centers made Americans' electricity bills 30% higher Sam Altman says 'yes,' AI is in a bubble Is the A.I. Sell-off the Start of Something Bigger? Thousands of Grok chats are now searchable on Google Opinion | Amy Klobuchar: I Knew A.I. Deepfakes Were a Problem. Then I Saw One of Myself. 2,178 Occult Books Now Digitized & Put Online, Thanks to the Ritman Library and Da Vinci Code Author Dan Brown Pluralistic: "Privacy preserving age verification" is bullshit (14 Aug 2025) How to use "skibidi" and other new slang added to Cambridge Dictionary YouTube Is Making a Play to Host the Oscars Leobait: Resisting AI Solutionism through Workplace Collective Action So ... is AI writing any good? Project Indigo We used AI to analyse three cities. It's true: we now walk more quickly and socialise less Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Rich Skrenta Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: pantheon.io helixsleep.com/twit

AI data wars push Reddit to block the Wayback Machine China Launches Three-Day Robot Olympics Featuring Football and Table Tennis US government agency drops Grok after MechaHitler backlash, report says Eli Lilly signs $1.3 billion deal with Superluminal to use AI to make obesity medicines The AI Was Fed Sloppy Code. It Turned Into Something Evil. | Quanta Magazine AI data centers made Americans' electricity bills 30% higher Sam Altman says 'yes,' AI is in a bubble Is the A.I. Sell-off the Start of Something Bigger? Thousands of Grok chats are now searchable on Google Opinion | Amy Klobuchar: I Knew A.I. Deepfakes Were a Problem. Then I Saw One of Myself. 2,178 Occult Books Now Digitized & Put Online, Thanks to the Ritman Library and Da Vinci Code Author Dan Brown Pluralistic: "Privacy preserving age verification" is bullshit (14 Aug 2025) How to use "skibidi" and other new slang added to Cambridge Dictionary YouTube Is Making a Play to Host the Oscars Leobait: Resisting AI Solutionism through Workplace Collective Action So ... is AI writing any good? Project Indigo We used AI to analyse three cities. It's true: we now walk more quickly and socialise less Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Rich Skrenta Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: pantheon.io helixsleep.com/twit

This week, we discuss cloud earnings, what's driving valuations, and why AWS says it's still early innings for cloud. Plus, Coté does a deep dive on Shipley Donuts. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/live/7Bvu6GKJLPQ?si=Ibj_0pHyLrYJgr14) 532 (https://www.youtube.com/live/7Bvu6GKJLPQ?si=Ibj_0pHyLrYJgr14) Runner-up Titles Dangerous to do things in bed Free Donut Holes Dark Fiber BET A man can not believe anything that devalues their index funds. They just open sourced last year's homework. It doesn't use as many emdashes Anchorman Vibes Rundown AI & Cloud Trends for July 2025 (https://www.thecloudcast.net/2025/08/ai-cloud-trends-for-july-2025.html) Cloud Earnings Microsoft posts Q4 beat on top and bottom line on cloud, AI strength (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-posts-q4-beat-on-top-and-bottom-line-on-cloud-ai-strength-200602195.html) Clouded Judgement 8.1.25 - The AI Operating Model (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-8125-the-ai-operating?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=169283604&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email) Richard Seroter's Architecture Musings (https://seroter.com/) AI OpenAI's new waited model whatever (https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-oss/) Simon Willson says local tool calling might be better (https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/5/gpt-oss/) Exclusive: OpenAI Secures Another Giant Funding Deal (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/business/dealbook/openai-ai-mega-funding-deal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare) OpenAI has made $5.25 billion in 2025 so far, and Anthropic $1.5bn. In both cases, I have found a pattern of deceptive leaks of annualized revenues to suggest they're making far more. (https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com/post/3lve3kmvt722p) Relevant to your Interests How Olipop is sweetening the PTO deal for employees (https://www.fooddive.com/news/olipop-summer-recharge-time-travel-agency/756145/) Anaconda Secures $150M Funding, Hits $1.5B Valuation (https://www.webpronews.com/anaconda-secures-150m-funding-hits-1-5b-valuation/) Figma raises $1.2 billion, creating new playbook for going public in the summer (https://www.axios.com/2025/07/31/figma-ipo-stock-adobe) AI vs. AI: Prophet Security raises $30M to replace human analysts with autonomous defenders (https://venturebeat.com/ai/ai-vs-ai-prophet-security-raises-30m-to-replace-human-analysts-with-autonomous-defenders/) API Simulation Reduces MCP Server, Microservices Overload (https://thenewstack.io/api-simulation-reduces-mcp-server-microservices-overload/) Google loses appeal in antitrust battle with Fortnite maker (https://apnews.com/article/google-antitrust-android-apps-appeal-ceba472d6882c413967f512f2dc56067) Exclusive: More details emerge on how Windsurf's VCs and founders got paid from the Google deal (https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/01/more-details-emerge-on-how-windsurfs-vcs-and-founders-got-paid-from-the-google-deal/) OpenAI is teasing a GPT-5 release. (https://www.theverge.com/news/718147/openai-teasing-gpt-5-release) Cloud Software Group to Acquire Arctera (https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250804310158/en/Cloud-Software-Group-to-Acquire-Arctera) For the first time, OpenAI models are available on AWS | TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/05/for-the-first-time-openai-models-are-available-on-aws/) Agents or Bots? Making Sense of AI on the Open Web (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/agents-bots-making-sense-ai-open-web-perplexity-ai-rom0c/?trackingId=WQJoQHyfuX91F3i7ywZwtw%3D%3D) Three weeks after acquiring Windsurf, Cognition offers staff the exit door (https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/05/three-weeks-after-acquiring-windsurf-cognition-offers-staff-the-exit-door/) Apple has now shipped 3 billion iPhones (https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/apple-has-now-shipped-3-billion-iphones-030851439.html) Apple Growth Rebounds on Strength of iPhone 16 Line, China (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-31/apple-revenue-tops-estimates-on-strength-of-iphone-china-market?embedded-checkout=true) Apple Earnings; Cook's AI Comments; Apple's AI Strategy, Redux (https://stratechery.com/2025/apple-earnings-cooks-ai-comments-apples-ai-strategy-redux/) Nonsense Microsoft's Windows XP Crocs are no joke (https://www.theverge.com/microsoft/717965/microsoft-crocs-windows-xp-bliss-wallpaper-theme) Listener Feedback JD recommends Charm (https://github.com/charmbracelet/crush) Conferences SpringOne (https://www.vmware.com/explore/us/springone?utm_source=organic&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=cote), Las Vegas, August 25th to 28th, 2025. 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Kent C. Dodds is back with bold ideas and a game-changing vision for the future of AI and web development. In this episode, we dive into the Model Context Protocol (MCP), the power behind Epic AI Pro, and how developers can start building Jarvis-like assistants today. From replacing websites with MCP servers to reimagining voice interfaces and AI security, Kent lays out the roadmap for what's next, and why it matters right now. Don't miss this fast-paced conversation about the tools and tech reshaping everything. Links Website: https://kentcdodds.com X: https://x.com/kentcdodds Github: https://github.com/kentcdodds YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/kentcdodds-vids Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/kentcdodds LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kentcdodds Resources Please make Jarvis (so I don't have to): https://www.epicai.pro/please-make-jarvis AI Engineering Posts by Kent C. Dodds: https://www.epicai.pro/posts We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Em, at emily.kochanek@logrocket.com (mailto:emily.kochanek@logrocket.com), or tweet at us at PodRocketPod (https://twitter.com/PodRocketpod). Follow us. Get free stickers. Follow us on Apple Podcasts, fill out this form (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/get-podrocket-stickers), and we'll send you free PodRocket stickers! What does LogRocket do? LogRocket provides AI-first session replay and analytics that surfaces the UX and technical issues impacting user experiences. Start understanding where your users are struggling by trying it for free at LogRocket.com. Try LogRocket for free today. (https://logrocket.com/signup/?pdr) Special Guest: Kent C. Dodds.

In this episode of Cache Up, host Michelle Frechette chats with Clem Omotoso and Mary Baum about WordCamp Canada 2025. Clem, a newcomer to WordPress, shares his journey from student to event volunteer, while Mary, an experienced organizer, discusses the event's programming, community spirit, and accessibility. The conversation highlights the excitement around meeting fellow WordPress enthusiasts, the value of informal networking, and the unique features of the Ottawa venue. Listeners are encouraged to attend, volunteer, or sponsor, making WordCamp Canada 2025 a welcoming and memorable experience for all.Top Takeaways:WordCamp Canada Fosters Community and Welcomes Newcomers: Clem Omotosho's journey from student to WordCamp Canada volunteer highlights how welcoming and accessible the WordPress community is. With encouragement from experienced community members like Michelle and Mary, newcomers are not only embraced but quickly integrated into organizing teams and events. The spirit of connection, support, and shared learning was a central theme throughout the conversation.Hosting WordCamp on a College Campus Enhances Accessibility and Atmosphere: Returning to Carleton University in Ottawa, WordCamp Canada 2025 will benefit from a venue that naturally supports learning, accessibility, and social interaction. College campuses offer built-in amenities like classrooms, accessible pathways, and communal spaces, making them ideal for events focused on knowledge-sharing and community building.A Dual-Track Program Highlights WordPress's Future and Foundations: The 2025 event will feature two main speaker tracks: one focused on practical sessions for users, developers, and business owners, and another forward-looking track exploring topics like AI, the fediverse, and the future of the open web. With keynote speakers like Dave Winer and Evan (surname TBD), the program aims to engage both seasoned professionals and curious newcomers alike.Mentioned in the Show:WordCamp Canada

▼映像はこちら（＊YouTubeではマシン紹介もあるので、ぜひお楽しみください） https://youtu.be/SYDLcaNDM48 ▼GODAI FITNESS（2025年5月 白楽でOPEN！） Web： https://godai.gr.jp/fitness/hakuraku.html Instagram： https://www.instagram.com/godai_fitness ■「1時間座ると寿命が20分縮む!?」現代人の"座りすぎ"が健康寿命を脅かす理由とは？ GODAI FITNESSマネージャー宇野トレーナーが実践している、お酒を楽しみつつも徹底したセルフコンディショニング術や、低酸素ルームを活用したトレーニング法とは？年齢に負けない体づくりの秘訣をお届けします。 （全4回の4回目） ■健康ガジェット紹介 「グランズレメディ」 https://gransremedy.com/ 【ゲスト紹介】 ◉宇野賢明（うの・よしあき） 1998年よりフィットネスインストラクターとしてキャリアをスタート。初心者からアスリートまで幅広い層を指導し、トレーナーやスタッフの育成にも尽力。2016年以降は、パーソナルトレーニング専門ジムでプログラム開発や企業セミナー、クラブチームでの指導など多岐にわたる活動を展開。 2025年6月にオープンする「GODAIフィットネス」では、フィットネスディレクターとして全体を統括予定。 ■ 主な大会実績 •2009年 東京オープンボディビル 70kg級 優勝 •2010〜2013年 東京・関東クラス別ボディビル 75kg級 準優勝（複数回） •2014年 東京クラス別ボディビル 75kg級 優勝 / 関東クラス別 75kg級 準優勝 •2015年 関東クラス別ボディビル 75kg級 第3位 ＊本番組でお届けしている医療、健康などの情報については、専門家への取材や出演者本人の体験、見聞をもとにしておりますが、特定の企業、製品等を、具体的に推奨するものではありません。特に医療品や医療機関の選択に当たってはご自身でご判断いただくか、かかりつけ医にご相談されることをお勧めいたします。 【番組への感想はこちら】 https://forms.gle/QJQvRqLD8fM8RJfn9 【目次】 00:00 OP 00:40 健康ガジェット「グランズレメディ」 04:39 宇野流・健康ルーティン 08:37 44歳からの体づくり 09:46 今日から始めるケア習慣 11:32 利用プランと料金紹介 13:35 視聴者の皆様へ 14:17 ED 【出演者】 ◉石崎勇太 1981年生まれ。中央大学法学部法律学科卒。 幼少期からテニスを始め、高校時代にはインターハイ、全日本ジュニアに出場。 大学時代には体育会硬式テニス部主将として1部リーグで活躍。全日本選手権、インカレ出場。 卒業後大手建設会社、広告代理店を経て、現在はGODAIグループが運営するGODAI白楽支店 支配人。 『すぽきゃすTV』の前身番組『すぽきゃす』の企画・立ち上げ、インタビュアーとしてGODAIのコーチ・スタッフや各界で活躍しているスポーツ・健康の専門家にインタビュー。 時にはスポーツアスリートのマネジメントやメンタルサポートを行い、テニススクールのコーチとして熱心な指導はお客様に高く評価されている。 プライベートでは二児のパパ。育児に奔走中！ https://godai.gr.jp/ ◉早川洋平 新聞記者等を経て2008年キクタス株式会社設立。羽生結弦、コシノジュンコ、髙田賢三など世界で活躍する著名人、経営者、スポーツ選手等ジャンルを超えて対談。13年からは海外取材を本格化するいっぽうで、戦争体験者の肉声を世界へ発信するプロジェクト『戦争の記憶』にも取り組む。 公共機関・企業・作家などのパーソナルメディアのプロデュースも手がけ、キクタス配信全番組のダウンロード数は毎月約200万回。累計は3億回を超える。『We are Netflix Podcast@Tokyo』『横浜美術館「ラジオ美術館」』『石田衣良「大人の放課後ラジオ」などプロデュース多数。 https://yoheihayakawa.substack.com/ 【関連キーワード】 #godaifitness #白楽フィットネスジム #ゴルフ白楽 #テニス白楽 128_SpocasTV_Podcast.mp3

▼映像はこちら（＊YouTubeではマシン紹介もあるので、ぜひお楽しみください） https://youtu.be/PxVpx9mEbRQ ▼GODAI FITNESS（2025年5月 白楽でOPEN！） Web： https://godai.gr.jp/fitness/hakuraku.html Instagram： https://www.instagram.com/godai_fitness ■今回は、京都府立医科大学教授監修のもと導入された「低酸素ルーム」に注目！ アスリート向けのハードな環境というイメージを覆す、短時間・低負荷で細胞レベルの変化を促す最先端トレーニングを体験レポート。運動が苦手な方にも効果的な"コンディショニング"の魅力を、現場の声とともにお届けします。 （全4回の3回目） ■健康ガジェット紹介 「バランスボール」 【ゲスト紹介】 ◉宇野賢明（うの・よしあき） 1998年よりフィットネスインストラクターとしてキャリアをスタート。初心者からアスリートまで幅広い層を指導し、トレーナーやスタッフの育成にも尽力。2016年以降は、パーソナルトレーニング専門ジムでプログラム開発や企業セミナー、クラブチームでの指導など多岐にわたる活動を展開。 2025年6月にオープンする「GODAIフィットネス」では、フィットネスディレクターとして全体を統括予定。 ■ 主な大会実績 •2009年 東京オープンボディビル 70kg級 優勝 •2010〜2013年 東京・関東クラス別ボディビル 75kg級 準優勝（複数回） •2014年 東京クラス別ボディビル 75kg級 優勝 / 関東クラス別 75kg級 準優勝 •2015年 関東クラス別ボディビル 75kg級 第3位 ＊本番組でお届けしている医療、健康などの情報については、専門家への取材や出演者本人の体験、見聞をもとにしておりますが、特定の企業、製品等を、具体的に推奨するものではありません。特に医療品や医療機関の選択に当たってはご自身でご判断いただくか、かかりつけ医にご相談されることをお勧めいたします。 【番組への感想はこちら】 https://forms.gle/QJQvRqLD8fM8RJfn9 【目次】 00:00 OP 00:30 健康ガジェット「バランスボール」 03:58 低酸素ルームの効果とは 08:25 施設にあるマシンの特徴 09:23 ジムの運営体制とサービス 10:26 宇野マネージャーのキャリアと魅力 16:37 ED 【出演者】 ◉石崎勇太 1981年生まれ。中央大学法学部法律学科卒。 幼少期からテニスを始め、高校時代にはインターハイ、全日本ジュニアに出場。 大学時代には体育会硬式テニス部主将として1部リーグで活躍。全日本選手権、インカレ出場。 卒業後大手建設会社、広告代理店を経て、現在はGODAIグループが運営するGODAI白楽支店 支配人。 『すぽきゃすTV』の前身番組『すぽきゃす』の企画・立ち上げ、インタビュアーとしてGODAIのコーチ・スタッフや各界で活躍しているスポーツ・健康の専門家にインタビュー。 時にはスポーツアスリートのマネジメントやメンタルサポートを行い、テニススクールのコーチとして熱心な指導はお客様に高く評価されている。 プライベートでは二児のパパ。育児に奔走中！ https://godai.gr.jp/ ◉早川洋平 新聞記者等を経て2008年キクタス株式会社設立。羽生結弦、コシノジュンコ、髙田賢三など世界で活躍する著名人、経営者、スポーツ選手等ジャンルを超えて対談。13年からは海外取材を本格化するいっぽうで、戦争体験者の肉声を世界へ発信するプロジェクト『戦争の記憶』にも取り組む。 公共機関・企業・作家などのパーソナルメディアのプロデュースも手がけ、キクタス配信全番組のダウンロード数は毎月約200万回。累計は3億回を超える。『We are Netflix Podcast@Tokyo』『横浜美術館「ラジオ美術館」』『石田衣良「大人の放課後ラジオ」などプロデュース多数。 https://yoheihayakawa.substack.com/ 【関連キーワード】 #godaifitness #白楽フィットネスジム #ゴルフ白楽 #テニス白楽 127_SpocasTV_Podcast.mp3

First, Eric shares a prediction from Anthropic's CEO on AI-fueled labor disruption and examines how that will affect jobs in advertising, media, and adtech. Then, Joe shares his critique of romanticizing the open web and clarifies three things adtech companies should be thinking about when considering the future of the open web: what consumers want, what advertisers want, and websites vs CTV, audio, and DOOH.

▼映像はこちら（＊YouTubeではマシン紹介もあるので、ぜひお楽しみください） https://youtu.be/-GRGztSJDA8 ▼GODAI FITNESS（2025年5月 白楽でOPEN！） Web https://godai.gr.jp/fitness/hakuraku.html Instagram https://www.instagram.com/godai_fitness ■肩こり・腰痛に悩む現代人へ。鍛える前に"緩めて整える"ことの大切さをご存じですか？ 今回は、GODAI式コンディショニングの真髄に迫ります。テニスやゴルフを長く楽しみたい方、運動が苦手な方、日々の不調を感じている方にも必見。身体の根本改善を目指す、新しいフィットネスのカタチを体験ください。 （全4回の2回目） ■健康ガジェット紹介 「Keto Bar」 https://x.gd/New4Q 【ゲスト紹介】 ◉宇野賢明（うの・よしあき） 1998年よりフィットネスインストラクターとしてキャリアをスタート。初心者からアスリートまで幅広い層を指導し、トレーナーやスタッフの育成にも尽力。2016年以降は、パーソナルトレーニング専門ジムでプログラム開発や企業セミナー、クラブチームでの指導など多岐にわたる活動を展開。 2025年6月にオープンする「GODAIフィットネス」では、フィットネスディレクターとして全体を統括予定。 ■ 主な大会実績 •2009年 東京オープンボディビル 70kg級 優勝 •2010〜2013年 東京・関東クラス別ボディビル 75kg級 準優勝（複数回） •2014年 東京クラス別ボディビル 75kg級 優勝 / 関東クラス別 75kg級 準優勝 •2015年 関東クラス別ボディビル 75kg級 第3位 ＊本番組でお届けしている医療、健康などの情報については、専門家への取材や出演者本人の体験、見聞をもとにしておりますが、特定の企業、製品等を、具体的に推奨するものではありません。特に医療品や医療機関の選択に当たってはご自身でご判断いただくか、かかりつけ医にご相談されることをお勧めいたします。 【番組への感想はこちら】 https://forms.gle/QJQvRqLD8fM8RJfn9 【目次】 00:00 OP 00:32 健康ガジェット「Keto Bar」 04:38 整える習慣のすすめ 07:48 体が不調になる理由 13:31 ここがすごい！体験の魅力 15:51 ED 【出演者】 ◉石崎勇太 1981年生まれ。中央大学法学部法律学科卒。 幼少期からテニスを始め、高校時代にはインターハイ、全日本ジュニアに出場。 大学時代には体育会硬式テニス部主将として1部リーグで活躍。全日本選手権、インカレ出場。 卒業後大手建設会社、広告代理店を経て、現在はGODAIグループが運営するGODAI白楽支店 支配人。 『すぽきゃすTV』の前身番組『すぽきゃす』の企画・立ち上げ、インタビュアーとしてGODAIのコーチ・スタッフや各界で活躍しているスポーツ・健康の専門家にインタビュー。 時にはスポーツアスリートのマネジメントやメンタルサポートを行い、テニススクールのコーチとして熱心な指導はお客様に高く評価されている。 プライベートでは二児のパパ。育児に奔走中！ https://godai.gr.jp/ ◉早川洋平 新聞記者等を経て2008年キクタス株式会社設立。羽生結弦、コシノジュンコ、髙田賢三など世界で活躍する著名人、経営者、スポーツ選手等ジャンルを超えて対談。13年からは海外取材を本格化するいっぽうで、戦争体験者の肉声を世界へ発信するプロジェクト『戦争の記憶』にも取り組む。 公共機関・企業・作家などのパーソナルメディアのプロデュースも手がけ、キクタス配信全番組のダウンロード数は毎月約200万回。累計は3億回を超える。『We are Netflix Podcast@Tokyo』『横浜美術館「ラジオ美術館」』『石田衣良「大人の放課後ラジオ」などプロデュース多数。 https://yoheihayakawa.substack.com/ 【関連キーワード】 #godaifitness #白楽フィットネスジム #ゴルフ白楽 #テニス白楽 126_SpocasTV_Podcast.mp3

The episode introduces the show Open Web Conversatioins during the Open Channel FM's rebranding series, featuring insights from builders and innovators on digital identity, emerging technologies, and online creativity, inviting listeners to engage.

Welcome back to Free Speech Friday! All across the internet, parents and lawmakers are calling for tech companies to verify users' ages online. They frame these efforts as a smart, reasonable, and harmless way to keep kids safe. But that's not what age verification does!!!Age verification efforts are a major threat to privacy, freedom, and the very idea of an open web. No one knows this better than Eric Goldman. He is the associate dean for research at Santa Clara University School of Law and co-Director of the High Tech Law Institute.He recently wrote a fantastic paper on age verification, soon to be published in the Stanford Technology Law Review. Today he's joining me for Free Speech Friday to talk about how age verification works online and how it's all ultimately a trojan horse for government control surveillance, and censorship. Eric's paper on age verification: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5208739***** Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!

In this episode, AdTechGod interviews James Rosewell, co-founder of Movement for an Open Web, discussing the evolution of the open web, the implications of the Privacy Sandbox, the importance of web browsers, and the future of regulation in the digital advertising landscape. They explore the impact of political changes on antitrust initiatives and the need for market certainty, while also providing resources for listeners to stay informed about these developments. Takeaways James Rosewell founded Movement for an Open Web to address concerns about the Privacy Sandbox. The open web must offer advertisers a good return on investment and protect content rights. Privacy Sandbox can now compete on its merits without coercion from Google. Web browsers play a crucial role in the digital advertising ecosystem. Regulation is needed to ensure fair competition in the browser market. Political changes are influencing antitrust motivations in the US. Market certainty is essential during the appeal process for Google. The European Commission is taking steps towards divestiture of Google. Funding models for web browsers need to be reevaluated. Resources are available for those wanting to learn more about the open web movement. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to the Open Web Movement 01:29 The Birth of Movement for an Open Web 04:09 Antitrust and Privacy Sandbox Insights 06:02 The Role of Web Browsers in Advertising 10:00 Regulation and the Future of Browsers 12:10 Political Changes and Their Impact 14:00 Looking Ahead: Opportunities and Challenges 16:33 Resources for Further Learning AI Anxiety, Media Shakeups & the Social Disconnect In this episode of The Refresh, Kait breaks down a pivotal week in Adland marked by existential questions around AI, massive corporate restructuring, and the steady evolution of streaming. From WPP's dramatic rebrand and layoffs to the Meta antitrust trial's conclusion and fresh Nielsen numbers, the episode weaves together the mounting pressure of rapid technological change and its human cost. Key Discussion Points: WPP rebrands Group M as “WPP Media” under an AI-first strategy, but the move triggers confusion and layoffs impacting up to 45% of staff. The broader advertising industry is facing an AI reckoning, as companies move faster than ever with minimal oversight or infrastructure for displaced workers. Meta's antitrust trial wraps, with the FTC accusing the company of a “buy or bury” strategy—highlighting internal emails and challenging definitions of competition. Despite social media's waning ability to foster community, creator marketing continues to boom—but may need reevaluation for long-term brand building. Nielsen's April report shows streaming now holds 44% of total TV usage, with ad-supported content making up 72% of viewership; Grey's Anatomy tops the charts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wenn nur mehr die KI antwortet, anstatt Links bei Suchanfragen auszuspucken - wo bleibt da eigentlich der Rest des Web? Bisher haben Webseiten und Marken stark davon gelebt, dass sie in Google-Ergebnissen vorkommen und verlinkt werden. Doch bei Perplexity, ChatGPT und Google AI fällt das immer mehr weg.Ein österreichisches Startup hat sich deswegen darauf spezialisiert, zu messen, ob und wie Brands in den KI-Antworten vorkommen. Und dazu begrüßen wir heute recht herzlich Thomas Peham, CEO des österreichischen Startups Otterly AI, im Podcast! Die Themen:Google AI ModeWie Otterly.AI funktioniertBrands & Publisher: Welche Webseiten in KI-Antworten vorkommenChatGPT vs Google AI, wer hat da die Nase vorne?Wo steht vergleichsweise Perplexity?Der Tod des offenen Web Wenn dir diese Folge gefallen hat, lass uns doch fünf Sterne als Bewertung da und folge dem Podcast auf Spotify, Apple und Co. Für Anregungen, Kritik, Feedback oder Wünsche zu künftigen Gästen schick uns jederzeit gerne eine Mail an ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠feedback@trendingtopics.at.

Matt Biilmann is the CEO and co-founder of Netlify, a platform that has raised over $200M to reshape how websites are built and deployed. A key figure in the open source web development community, Matt helped popularize the JAMstack architecture to improve performance and streamline developer workflows. Before launching Netlify in 2014 with Christian Bach, he built several startups and earned a degree in Musicology from the University of Copenhagen.In this conversation, we discuss:How Matt Biilmann coined the term “JAMstack”, and how it redefined the architecture of the modern webThe evolution of Netlify from a bootstrapped side project to a platform used by 6M+ developersWhy the future of web development includes designing not just for humans but also for AI agents, with a focus on Agent Experience (AX)The rise of low-code creators and “vibe coders” who build sophisticated projects by prompting instead of programmingWhy the open web matters more than ever in the age of AI, and what's at stake in the battle between open and closed platformsMatt's reflections on leadership, delegation, and what still drives him after more than a decade of building tools that empower other buildersResources:Subscribe to the AI & The Future of Work NewsletterConnect with Matt on LinkedInRead the new blog from Matt: Biilmann BlogAI fun fact articleOn the future of automation in B2B sales

Taboola CEO Adam Singolda joins Ari Paparo to explore the company's role in the open web, from evolving publisher monetization models to the impact of AI on content personalization. They discuss the balance between relevance and quality, the rise of commerce content, and how platforms like Taboola are navigating scale and trust in a changing digital landscape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next in Media spoke with Tim Vanderhook and Chris Vanderhook, co-Founders of Viant Technologies. The CEO and COO of the ad tech firm talked about their Trade Desk rivalry, whether a Google breakup will be good for their business and the open web, and why CTV offers a chance for fewer monopolies.

Eric and Ari catch up with Teads CEO David Kostman to discuss the company's merger with Outbrain, navigating between brand and performance goals, and how the open internet fits into today's media landscape. They also break down what stood out at Possible, the latest in Google's antitrust case, Apple's courtroom loss to Epic, and growing questions around PMAX and CTV strategy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of AI + a16z, Anthropic's David Soria Parra — who created MCP (Model Context Protocol) along with Justin Spahr-Summers — sits down with a16z's Yoko Li to discuss the project's inception, exciting use cases for connecting LLMs to external sources, and what's coming next for the project. If you're unfamiliar with the wildly popular MCP project, this edited passage from their discussion is a great starting point to learn:David: "MCP tries to enable building AI applications in such a way that they can be extended by everyone else that is not part of the original development team through these MCP servers, and really bring the workflows you care about, the things you want to do, to these AI applications. It's a protocol that just defines how whatever you are building as a developer for that integration piece, and that AI application, talk to each other. "It's a very boring specification, but what it enables is hopefully ... something that looks like the current API ecosystem, but for LLM interactions."Yoko: "I really love the analogy with the API ecosystem, because they give people a mental model of how the ecosystem evolves ... Before, you may have needed a different spec to query Salesforce versus query HubSpot. Now you can use similarly defined API schema to do that."And then when I saw MCP earlier in the year, it was very interesting in that it almost felt like a standard interface for the agent to interface with LLMs. It's like, 'What are the set of things that the agent wants to execute on that it has never seen before? What kind of context does it need to make these things happen?' When I tried it out, it was just super powerful and I no longer have to build one tool per client. I now can build just one MCP server, for example, for sending emails, and I use it for everything on Cursor, on Claude Desktop, on Goose."Learn more:A Deep Dive Into MCP and the Future of AI ToolingWhat Is an AI Agent?Benchmarking AI Agents on Full-Stack CodingAgent Experience: Building an Open Web for the AI EraFollow everyone on X:David Soria ParraYoko Li Check out everything a16z is doing with artificial intelligence here, including articles, projects, and more podcasts.

"I think it will be blunt and arbitrary" - Goodway Group CEO Jay Friedman on what happens if marketers have to slash budget during TariffmageodonNext in Media talked to Goodway Group CEO Jay Friedman about the state of brands' decision making amidst an uncertain economy and a rise in AI automation.  And of course, we talked about cookies and the various court decisions facing Google.

In this episode of AI + a16z, a16z Infra partners Guido Appenzeller, Matt Bornstein, and Yoko Li discuss and debate one of the tech industry's buzziest words right now: AI agents. The trio digs into the topic from a number of angles, including:Whether a uniform definition of agent actually existsHow to distinguish between agents, LLMs, and functionsHow to think about pricing agentsWhether agents can actually replace humans, andThe effects of data siloes on agents that can access the web.They don't claim to have all the answers, but they raise many questions and insights that should interest anybody building, buying, and even marketing AI agents.Learn more:Benchmarking AI Agents on Full-Stack CodingAutomating Developer Email with MCP and Al AgentsA Deep Dive Into MCP and the Future of AI ToolingAgent Experience: Building an Open Web for the AI EraDeepSeek, Reasoning Models, and the Future of LLMsAgents, Lawyers, and LLMsReasoning Models Are Remaking Professional ServicesFrom NLP to LLMs: The Quest for a Reliable ChatbotCan AI Agents Finally Fix Customer Support?Follow everybody on X:Guido AppenzellerMatt BornsteinYoko Li Check out everything a16z is doing with artificial intelligence here, including articles, projects, and more podcasts.

Eric and Brian chat with Estelle Weyl and Will Bamberg of Open Web Docs.

Next in Media spoke to Marc McCollum. Chief Innovation Officer at Raptive, about how smaller publishers are enduring in the face of AI search, Google search changes, and the supposed death of cookies.

Tariff panic, Adalytics fallout, the fate of the open web, and TikTok weirdness.Takeaways:Tariffs & Ad World Uncertainty

Eric dons his professorial glasses and trots out his most sumptuous-sounding microphone to hold office hours as he and Joe discuss the performance TV thesis' equivalent for the open web, how Joe can work with early-stage startup founders, and how you know you have product-market fit (hint: it's like porn).

Justin joins us to break down the big news: Teads and Outbrain have officially merged, creating what's being called a true omnichannel powerhouse. We dive into what this game-changing move means for the digital ad ecosystem—and how it's poised to reshape the future of performance marketing across video, CTV, and beyond. From unlocking full-funnel capabilities … Continue reading "Omnichannel Unlocked: How Teads and Outbrain Are Reshaping the Open Web, Featuring Justin Taylor"

This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. OpenWebUI notes ... Open WebUI installer: https://github.com/freeload101/SCRIPTS/blob/master/Bash/OpenWebUI_Fast.bash Older Professor synapse prompt you can use: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/freeload101/SCRIPTS/refs/heads/master/Prof%20Synapse%20Old.txt Fabric prompts you can import into openwebui !!! ( https://github.com/danielmiessler/fabric/tree/main/patterns ) https://github.com/freeload101/SCRIPTS/blob/master/MISC/Fabric_Prompts_Open_WebUI_OpenWebUI_20241112.json Example AT windows task startup script to make it start and not die on boot https://github.com/freeload101/SCRIPTS/blob/master/MISC/StartKokoro.xml Open WebUI RAG fail sause ... https://youtu.be/CfnLrTcnPtY Open registration Model list / order NAME ID SIZE MODIFIED hf.co/mradermacher/L3-8B-Stheno-v3.2-i1-GGUF:Q4_K_S 017d7a278e7e 4.7 GB 2 days ago qwen2.5:32b 9f13ba1299af 19 GB 3 days ago deepsex:latest c83a52741a8a 20 GB 3 days ago HammerAI/openhermes-2.5-mistral:latest d98003b83e17 4.4 GB 2 weeks ago Sweaterdog/Andy-3.5:latest d3d9dc04b65a 4.7 GB 2 weeks ago nomic-embed-text:latest 0a109f422b47 274 MB 2 weeks ago deepseek-r1:32b 38056bbcbb2d 19 GB 4 weeks ago psyfighter2:latest c1b3d5e5be73 7.9 GB 2 months ago CognitiveComputations/dolphin-llama3.1:latest ed9503dedda9 4.7 GB 2 months ago Disable Arena models Documents WIP RAG is not good . Discord notes; https://discord.com/channels/1170866489302188073/1340112218808909875 Abhi Chaturvedi: @(Operat0r) try this To reduce latency and improve accuracy, modify the .env file: Enable RAG ENABLE_RAG=true Use Hybrid Mode (Retrieval + Reranking for better context) RAG_MODE=hybrid Reduce the number of retrieved documents (default: 5) RETRIEVAL_TOP_K=3 Use a Fast Embedding Model (instead of OpenAI's Ada-002) EMBEDDING_MODEL=all-MiniLM-L6-v2 # Faster and lightweight . Optimize the Vector Database VECTOR_DB_TYPE=chroma CHROMA_DB_IMPL=hnsw # Faster search CHROMA_DB_PATH=/root/open-webui/backend/data/vector_db. Optimize Backend Performance # Increase Uvicorn worker count (improves concurrency) UVICORN_WORKERS=4 Increase FastAPI request timeout (prevents RAG failures) FASTAPI_TIMEOUT=60 Optimize database connection pool (for better query performance) SQLALCHEMY_POOL_SIZE=10 So probably the first thing to do is increase the top K value in admin -> settings -> documents, or you could try the new "full context mode" for rag documents. You may also need to increase the context size on the model, but it will make it slower, so you probably don't want to do that unless you start seeing the "truncating input" warnings. @JamesK So probably the first thing to do is increase the top K value in admin -> settings -> documents, or you could try the new "full context mode" for rag documents. You may also need to increase the context size on the model, but it will make it slower, so you probably don't want to do that unless you start seeing the "truncating input" warnings. M] JamesK: Ah, I see. The rag didn't work great for you in this prompt. There are three hits and the first two are duplicates, so there isn't much data for the model to work with [9:12 PM] JamesK: context section I see a message warning that you are using the default 2048 context length, but not the message saying you've hit that limit (from my logs the warning looks like level=WARN source=runner.go:126 msg="truncating input prompt" limit=32768 prompt=33434 numKeep=5 [6:06 AM] JamesK: If you set the env var OLLAMA_DEBUG=1 before running ollama serve it will dump the full prompt being sent to the model, that should let you confirm what the rag has put in the prompt JamesK: Watch the console output from ollama and check for warnings about overflowing the context. If you have the default 2k context you may need to increase it until the warnings go away [8:58 PM] JamesK: But also, if you're using the default rag, it chunks the input into small fragments, then matches the fragments against your prompt and only inserts a few fragments into the context, not the entire document. So it's easily possible for the information you want to not be present. Auto updates echo '0,12 */4 * * * docker run --rm --volume /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock containrrr/watchtower --run-once open-webui' >> /etc/crontab Search red note for API keys Go to Google Developers, use Programmable Search Engine , and log on or create account. Go to control panel and click Add button Enter a search engine name, set the other properties to suit your needs, verify you're not a robot and click Create button. Generate API key and get the Search engine ID . (Available after the engine is created) With API key and Search engine ID , open Open WebUI Admin panel and click Settings tab, and then click Web Search Enable Web search and Set Web Search Engine to google_pse Fill Google PSE API Key with the API key and Google PSE Engine Id (# 4) Click Save Note ​ You have to enable Web search in the prompt field, using plus ( + ) button. Search the web ;-) Kokoro / Open Webui https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/container-toolkit/latest/install-guide.html https://github.com/remsky/Kokoro-FastAPI?tab=readme-ov-file apt update apt upgrade curl -fsSL https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/gpgkey | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/nvidia-container-toolkit-keyring.gpg && curl -s -L https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/stable/deb/nvidia-container-toolkit.list | sed 's#deb https://#deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nvidia-container-toolkit-keyring.gpg] https://#g' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia-container-toolkit.list sed -i -e '/experimental/ s/^#//g' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia-container-toolkit.list sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y nvidia-container-toolkit apt install docker.io -y docker run --gpus all -p 8880:8880 ghcr.io/remsky/kokoro-fastapi-gpu:v0.2.2 http://localhost:8880/v1 af_bella Import fabric prompts https://raw.githubusercontent.com/freeload101/Python/46317dee34ebb83b01c800ce70b0506352ae2f3c/Fabric_Prompts_Open_WebUI_OpenWebUI.py Provide feedback on this episode.

Is the internet becoming more centralized and restricted?

In this episode of AI + a16z, Netlify CEO and Cofounder Matt Biilmann joins a16z General Partner Martin Casado to explore how AI is reshaping web development — not just through faster code generation, but by fundamentally shifting how we think about building for the web. At the center of this shift is Agent Experience (AX), a new paradigm where AI agents aren't just tools, but active participants in development, shaping both the creative process and the underlying infrastructure.Matt shares how Netlify is evolving to meet this future, why the next 100 million web developers will collaborate with AI, and what's at stake if the web doesn't adapt — will we see a thriving, open, AI-powered internet, or a future dominated by walled gardens?Learn more:Introducing AX: Why Agent Experience MattersFollow everyone on X:Matt BiilmannMartin Casado Check out everything a16z is doing with artificial intelligence here, including articles, projects, and more podcasts.

HTC has launched Viverse platform that is aiming to become the YouTube of 3D Content. It's a platform that hosts 3D content and worlds built on PlayCanvas as well as many other open source technologies like WebXR, WebGPU, and VRM. It is sort of like a mix between VRChat with social worlds, 3D web crypto-based metaverse worlds, but also with some more enterprise embedding features as well. It's exciting to see this shift towards building out the open and interoperable metaverse, but in the context of this hybrid walled garden context that is built using open web technology stacks. It is also a hybrid in another way in that it is mostly consumer-facing but also has enterprise use cases like privately embedding of 3D content. I interviewed HTC's Andranik Aslanyan about the new VIVERSE platform, how they recruited over a hundred XR and WebXR developers to seed the content, and how VIVERSE fits into their overall strategy. I get some clarifications on the Android XR non-exclusive IP acquisition, and how VIVERSE fits into where HTC will be heading now that we're coming up on 10 years the HTC Vive was announced on March 1, 2014. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

This week, as his chums continue their holiday breaks, as it's predictions season Ian shares 5 predictions that have caught his eye from Forrester, Marketing Profs, and Smart Insights.    The predictions or hot trends that he picks we should be thinking about in 2025 are:  Generative engine optimization Breaking our MQL addition Organization realignment More budget for brand Zero click marketing Enjoy! — The Links The people: Ian Truscott on LinkedIn and Bluesky The source of the predictions: The Future of B2B Marketing: 11 Predictions for 2025, From New Playbooks to Strategic Brands and AI Agents Forrester Predictions 2025: B2B Marketing and Sales 10 Actionable Digital Marketing Trends for 2025 | Smart Insights 2024 Zero-Click Search Study: For every 1,000 EU Google Searches, only 374 clicks go to the Open Web. In the US, it's 360. - SparkToro Rockstar CMO: The Beat Newsletter that we send every Monday Rockstar CMO on the web, Twitter, and LinkedIn Previous episodes and all the show notes: Rockstar CMO FM. Track List: Piano Music is by Johnny Easton, shared under a Creative Commons license We'll be right back by Stienski & Mass Media on YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're taking a victory lap down memory lane. From spooky-accurate predictions to "did we really say that?" moments, this one's for the history books.

How will OpenAI's latest video technology affect the creator ecosystem? Could this new tech pave the way for a new type of entertainment? Also in this episode ↓ - Does Google have a lead in the AI race? - Should digital trade play a larger role in policy discussions? - The End of the Eras Tour and Sam's Pink Pilates Princess Strut Pop Season We're also on ↓ X: https://twitter.com/moreorlesspod Instagram: https://instagram.com/moreorless Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/moreorlesspod Connect with us here: 1) Brit Morin: https://x.com/brit 2) Dave Morin: https://x.com/davemorin 3) Jessica Lessin: https://x.com/Jessicalessin 4) Sam Lessin: https://x.com/lessin 00:00 Trailer 01:24 Introduction 02:04 The Eras Tour 06:56 AI, TikTok, and Arrests 07:31 AI Video Debate 10:28 Creator Economy and AI Tools 16:10 Trust and Attention in Creator Businesses 19:24 Digital Drugs and AI Content 22:13 Spotify Wrapped and Music Trends 27:54 AI Agents 35:04 The Death of the Open Web? 39:42 Policy, Big Tech, and Digital Trade 48:29 Reflecting on Leadership in Media and Policy 52:18 Amazon Autos and Miata Chronicles 55:01 Outro

Few people deserve their place in the Internet Hall of Fame than Mozilla Chairwoman Mitchell Baker. Since co-founding the Mozilla Project in the late Nineties, Baker has been one of the most consistent and articulate champions of an open internet. So looking back over the last quarter century, what does Baker make of the history of online freedom? And is she hopeful that new technologies like AI can regenerate the promise of an open internet?Mitchell Baker co-founded the Mozilla Project to support the open, innovative web and ensure it continues offering opportunities for everyone. As Chairwoman of Mozilla, Mitchell Baker is responsible for organizing and motivating a massive, worldwide, collective of employees and volunteers around the world who are building the internet as a global public resource, open and accessible to all. Mitchell is deeply engaged in developing product offerings that promote the mission of empowering individuals. She also guides the overall scope and direction of Mozilla's mission. Mitchell has written the key documents that set out Mozilla's enduring mission and commitments — the Mozilla Public license in 1998, the Mozilla Manifesto in 2007 and the Mozilla Manifesto Addendum — also known as the Pledge for a Healthy Internet — in 2018. Mitchell is a strong advocate for the open internet, open source, and the importance of connecting technology to its impact on individuals and society. She is highly regarded as one of the pioneers of the web and bringing the open internet to consumers. Mitchell is an MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate with the Open Agriculture Initiative. She co-chaired the U.S. Department of Commerce Digital Economy Board of Advisors from its inception in March 2016 until August 2017, served on the United Nations High Level Panel on Women's Economic Empowerment, and the ICANN High Level Panel on Global Internet Cooperation and Governance Mechanisms.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.Keen On is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

Tune in as James Rosewell joins ExchangeWire's John Still and Rachel Smith to discuss the CMA's latest report on Google's Chrome Privacy Sandbox and Apple vs the DMA.

My guest on this week's episode of the podcast is Paul Bannister, the Chief Strategy Officer at Raptive. Paul is returning to the podcast for the third time; see the first two episodes here and here. Our topic of discussion is Google's AI Overviews product, which I profiled in Google's Gambit. Among other things, we cover: How web publishers perceive AI Overviews; Whether AI Overviews have yet appreciably impacted publisher traffic; How AI Overviews might fit into Google's broader strategy with respect to the Open Web and Cookie deprecation; Google's claim that AI Overviews result in increased clicks to publisher websites; Whether AI Overviews can fortify Google against competition from other LLM-based search or chatbots, like Perplexity; Whether AI Overviews incentivize publishers to license their data to Google in exchange for exposure; Google's Quick View feature; What it means that Google's share of the search advertising market is expected to drop below 50% in 2025. Thanks to the sponsors of this week's episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast: Vibe. Vibe is the leading Streaming TV ad platform for small and medium-sized businesses looking for actionable advertising campaign performance. ⁠⁠⁠Clarisights⁠⁠⁠. Marketing analytics that makes it easy to get answers, iterate fast, and show the impact of your work. Go to⁠⁠⁠ clarisights.com/demo⁠⁠⁠ to try it out for free. INCRMNTAL⁠⁠. True attribution measures incrementality, always on.

Next in Media talked to the founder and CEO of Taboola about the state of the open web, what he thinks about the Google trial, and why publishers may have to start working together to compete for consumers' time and advertisers' wallets.Takeaways:•  Google's Market Power and Tensions: Adam highlights concerns in the industry regarding Google's practices, such as keeping users within its ecosystem rather than directing them to other publishers. •  Optimism for the Open Web: Despite challenges, Adam expresses strong optimism for the open web, emphasizing the opportunities for AI in personalizing content, improving user engagement, and increasing revenue per user.•  Importance of Quality News: He stresses the role of quality news and journalism, arguing against reliance on user-generated content platforms for important information, which could pose risks due to lack of editorial oversight.•  AI in Advertising: Taboola is exploring AI, particularly through their tool, "Abby," which uses a conversational layer to help advertisers design campaigns. •  Expansion of Retail Media: Adam predicts significant growth in retail media as it begins to look beyond its own platforms for audience reach. •  Apple Partnership: Taboola's partnership with Apple allows it to serve ads on Apple News in several markets. •  Opportunities with Generative AI: He describes a future where AI-driven media buying can lower churn rates and increase ad spend efficiency, giving brands control while enabling faster decision-making.•  Rise of New Distribution Channels: Adam foresees the open web expanding into non-traditional environments, such as cars and kitchens, providing news and other digital content in more everyday settings.•  Yahoo's Revival: Adam credits Yahoo's recent success to its management team and a culture focused on execution and transparency, which he believes has transformed Yahoo into a strong partner in the open web ecosystem.Guest: Adam SingoldaHost: Mike ShieldsSponsor: EpsilonProducer: FEL Creative

Blockgraph CEO Jason Manningham talked about the TV joint venture is courting local and small advertisers by promising them an easy way to do targeted ads on streaming.Sponsored By Moloco & EpsilonTakeaways:• Blockgraph's Mission: The company provides a privacy-focused collaboration platform and household identity framework, enabling advanced video strategies for around 50 clients in the U.S.• Addressing Industry Fragmentation: As the video industry has grown more fragmented, especially with the rise of streaming, Blockgraph aims to offer a consistent approach to integrating first-party data across various video platforms.• Data-Driven TV: Blockgraph's goal is to centralize the way brands use data for Connected TV (CTV) advertising, making it more seamless for advertisers across different platforms.• Capabilities: Blockgraph's collaborative framework allows the use of first-party data for targeting and measurement across the entire video ecosystem, benefiting both large and small advertisers.• Challenges with Streaming and Privacy: One of the issues Blockgraph addresses is signal loss in the open web, which makes it harder to measure advertising performance effectively compared to TV.• Future Vision: Blockgraph aims to grow its customer base from 50 to 500 clients, with the goal of making CTV more effective and driving ROI for advertisers.Guest: Jason ManninghamHost: Mike ShieldsSponsor: Moloco & EpsilonProducer: FEL Creative  

Here's what you need to know for this week in the business of podcasting: Coca-Cola takes a stance on the open web, international advertising in Australia, and CEOs' favorite podcasts.Find links to every article mentioned and the full write-up here on Sounds Profitable.

Today's guest is Jesse Friedman, Head of WP Cloud and VP of Innovation and Partnerships at Automattic. We discuss how to build an open and creative culture when leading technology teams and the foundational practices that make Automattic so successful at remote work.Contact Dino at: dino@al4ep.comWebsites:al4ep.comjesse.blogAdditional Guest Links:Corporate: automattic.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jesserfriedman/Instagram: @jessefriedmanTwitter: @professorAuthentic Leadership For Everyday People / Dino CattaneoDino on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dinocattaneoPodcast Instagram – @al4edp Podcast Twitter – @al4edp Podcast Facebook: facebook.com/al4edpMusicSusan Cattaneo: susancattaneo.bandcamp.comThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

'We're Living in a Nightmare:' Inside the Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town Google Is No Longer Claiming to Be Carbon Neutral ITER fusion reactor to see further delays, with operations pushed to 2034 AI-Driven Behavior Change Could Transform Health Care Google brings new Gemini features and Wear OS 5 to Samsung devices Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra hands-on: ultra déjà vu Galaxy Z Fold 6 launches for $1,899 with wider displays Esports World Cup: Riyadh Offers Bigger Prize Than PGA Twilio says hackers identified cell phone numbers of two-factor app Authy users 2024 Zero-Click Search Study: For every 1,000 EU Google Searches, only 374 clicks go to the Open Web. In the US, it's 360. FTC bans anonymous messaging app NGL from hosting children Temu Breaks With Direct-From-China Strategy In Threat to Amazon A new Illinois law will force influencer parents to compensate their children for appearing in social media content THERE BUT FOR THE GEESE OF GOD Llama.ttf: A font which is also an LLM Cutting Board Designer Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paris Martineau Guest: Molly White Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: fastmail.com/twit e-e.com/twit

'We're Living in a Nightmare:' Inside the Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town Google Is No Longer Claiming to Be Carbon Neutral ITER fusion reactor to see further delays, with operations pushed to 2034 AI-Driven Behavior Change Could Transform Health Care Google brings new Gemini features and Wear OS 5 to Samsung devices Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra hands-on: ultra déjà vu Galaxy Z Fold 6 launches for $1,899 with wider displays Esports World Cup: Riyadh Offers Bigger Prize Than PGA Twilio says hackers identified cell phone numbers of two-factor app Authy users 2024 Zero-Click Search Study: For every 1,000 EU Google Searches, only 374 clicks go to the Open Web. In the US, it's 360. FTC bans anonymous messaging app NGL from hosting children Temu Breaks With Direct-From-China Strategy In Threat to Amazon A new Illinois law will force influencer parents to compensate their children for appearing in social media content THERE BUT FOR THE GEESE OF GOD Llama.ttf: A font which is also an LLM Cutting Board Designer Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paris Martineau Guest: Molly White Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: fastmail.com/twit e-e.com/twit

'We're Living in a Nightmare:' Inside the Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town Google Is No Longer Claiming to Be Carbon Neutral ITER fusion reactor to see further delays, with operations pushed to 2034 AI-Driven Behavior Change Could Transform Health Care Google brings new Gemini features and Wear OS 5 to Samsung devices Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra hands-on: ultra déjà vu Galaxy Z Fold 6 launches for $1,899 with wider displays Esports World Cup: Riyadh Offers Bigger Prize Than PGA Twilio says hackers identified cell phone numbers of two-factor app Authy users 2024 Zero-Click Search Study: For every 1,000 EU Google Searches, only 374 clicks go to the Open Web. In the US, it's 360. FTC bans anonymous messaging app NGL from hosting children Temu Breaks With Direct-From-China Strategy In Threat to Amazon A new Illinois law will force influencer parents to compensate their children for appearing in social media content THERE BUT FOR THE GEESE OF GOD Llama.ttf: A font which is also an LLM Cutting Board Designer Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paris Martineau Guest: Molly White Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: fastmail.com/twit e-e.com/twit