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Data & Tech

Cyclical events to boost 2026 ad spend, but recession, tariff concerns remain: IAB

While midterms and sports tentpoles will lead to increased ad investment, 9 in 10 buyers were concerned about tariffs’ effects on ad spend, the trade group’s outlook survey found.


screenshots from Svedka, OpenAI, Google Gemini, and Anthropic AI's Super Bowl ads, depicting dancing AI-generated robots (Svedka), an "Ask Google Gemini" text box (Google), a personal trainer smiling with the text overlay "Ads are coming to AI. But not to Claude." (Anthropic AI), and robot arms using a dustpan on a wooden table (OpenAI)
Brand Strategy

About that AI Bowl: Reception of AI ads ‘sharply negative’ as brand beefs, misinformation brewed

Meanwhile, a viral Alexander Skarsgård video was rumored to be for AI hardware, and while the video is real, OpenAI said it wasn’t made by them.


NFL player Marshawn Lynch in Oakley Meta Super Bowl 2026 ad
Data & Tech

Meta heads to the Super Bowl to tout its smart glasses—again

The Oakley Meta wearables collection is highlighted in a spot with cameos from athletes like retired NFL star Marshawn Lynch.


Three stills from AI-generated ads from Dollar Shave Club, Almond Breeze, and Equinox, including a barista milking a goat, Nick Jonas in an astronaut helmet sipping on Almond Breeze almond milk, and a horse diving into a swimming pool.
Brand Strategy

Brands are using generative AI to make fun of generative AI

The question is, is it working?


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Ad Tech & Programmatic

What the Perplexity-Amazon lawsuit could mean for digital advertising

A fight over the use of an agentic AI tool that bypasses recommendations and promotions could have big implications for ad-supported shopping sites.


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Data & Tech

At CES, marketers are all-in on the promise of AI

The potential for AI to “unlock the value of intellectual property” had one marketer hopeful.


A graphic with 3 parts; an AI hand holding a mouse, a laptop screen with binary code and a woman giving a presentation
Data & Tech

How CMOs are thinking about AI in 2026

Marketers are evaluating how they show up in consumers’ AI tools as they focus on upskilling their teams to better utilize the tech.

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