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Reddit's Strong Q2 Can't Escape Its Google Dependency

Reddit delivered a solid quarter with revenue and user growth beating expectations, but investors are growing uneasy about the platform's deep reliance on Google search traffic — and what AI-driven search could do to that relationship.

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Google Adds 'Made with AI' Labels Across Its Ads

Google is rolling out a new disclosure label in My Ad Center that flags when ads were created or edited using AI. The label applies automatically to ads made with Google's own generative AI tools, though third-party AI-generated ads require manual tagging.

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AI Won't Save Advertising, Says Digitas' Amy Lanzi

Digitas North America CEO Amy Lanzi sat down with Nilay Patel at Cannes Lions to cut through the AI hype flooding the ad industry. She compares today's AI promises to the programmatic advertising bubble — and warns the real danger isn't automation, it's bad commercial deals dressed up as innovation.

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Meta Uses Your Instagram Photos to Ad Smart Glasses

Instagram has begun pulling users' personal photos into ads for Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses, marking a significant — and controversial — step toward hyper-personalized advertising. The move signals Meta's deepening integration of user-generated content into its AI-driven ad machine.