Sydney Sweeney: the Hollywood up-and-comer who started a culture war

The Euphoria and Anyone But You star has one of the most promising careers within young Hollywood but controversy has stuck to her

Digested week: Smirking Gwyneth Paltrow turns Coldplay kiss-cam scandal into a marketing win

Actor’s Astronomer ad pokes fun at canoodling CEO, while Kim Kardashian’s face sling raises eyebrows and jowls

Clip turned out to be a stunt, but strength of reaction speaks to genuine affront at Ireland’s portrayal on big screen

Paid ads hosted on Facebook, Instagram and Threads seem to violate Meta’s stated policies yet remain active

Only a robot would attempt to turn it into ‘tasty cookies’. A human would just scoop the sugar out again, writes Emma Beddington

User-generated material to surpass advertising income from professional media amid change in viewing habits

WPP and others roll out AI-generated campaigns as Facebook owner Meta plans to let firms create their own ads

CEO to leave global advertising group after three decades, with shares at lowest level in about five years

Study utilises handwriting-generated electrical signal to measure tremor in tandem with AI machine learning

Move sends shock waves through traditional media industry by posing threat to advertising agencies

Australia’s consumer watchdog says it is investigating complaints of social media ads purporting to be from local boutiques

Exclusive: Spending came after the Albanese government paused ads for a week amid reports ads were appearing next to inappropriate content

The Liberals have pressed hard on the negatives, while Labor has a button of its own. Plus: Nick McKim’s surprisingly authentic gaming persona

Investigation uncovered eight adverts that portrayed women in a harmful or degrading way, says ASA

The technology, just released in Europe and the UK, clearly has the potential to transform the film, TV and advertising industries