Artists are making ‘anti-slop’ to rebel against AI: ‘It’s been rammed down our throats’ In response to AI’s hyperrealism, artists and creatives are gravitating toward the homespun and imperfect
Anthony Head obituary Stage and screen actor best known for playing Rupert Giles in the US television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Ted Turner obituary One of the great innovators of television who founded CNN, the first 24-hour cable news channel, and built a vast media empire
‘Misogyny with a marketing budget’: UK AI firm accused of sexist advert Narwhal Labs ad for ‘AI employee’ contains strapline: ‘She outworks everyone. And she’ll never ask for a raise’
Elon Musk’s X cuts payments to users who post clickbait Platform says it will reward original creators as it penalises ‘aggregators’ for flooding timelines with ‘stolen posts’
Albanese announces crackdown on gambling ads, but falls well short of Labor’s own calls for total ban Albanese calls gambling reform ‘most significant’ Australia has seen but steps back from implementing all 31 recommendations of landmark 2023 report
WPP to sell assets and cut jobs in radical shake-up to counter AI threat Group aims to be ‘simpler, lower-cost, AI-enabled business’ and achieve £500m of annual savings by 2028
Mumsnet calls for under-16s social media ban with cigarette-style health warnings Resembling cigarette packet warnings, the ads highlight dangers and urge people to email MPs
UK ad agencies undergo their biggest exodus of staff as AI threatens industry Number of employees declined by more than 14% to 24,963 last year, with fall greatest among younger workers
Battle of the chatbots: Anthropic and OpenAI go head-to-head over ads in their AI products New Anthropic campaign suggests other AI platforms will incorporate targeted ads in their chatbot conversations
Sydney Sweeney threw bras around the Hollywood sign. I totally get it The actor was promoting her new lingerie line – and in 2026, marketing requires more than a glossy ad
Coinbase adverts banned in UK for suggesting crypto could ease cost of living crisis Advertising Standards Authority says firm advised by George Osborne ‘trivialised risks of cryptocurrency’
Marcus Gilbert obituary Actor who starred as Rupert Campbell-Black in the TV series Riders in the 1990s and in the Rambo and Evil Dead film franchises
ChatGPT to start showing ads in the US Ads to be placed alongside answers as OpenAI looks to beef up revenue for flagship AI product
X UK revenues drop nearly 60% in a year as content concerns spook advertisers Elon Musk-owned site reports plunging profits amid outcry over use of AI tool Grok to create sexually explicit imagery