BBC: H&M to use digital clones of models in ads and social media. “Fashion retailer H&M is to use artificial intelligence (AI) to create digital ‘twins’ of 30 models. It says it will use the AI doppelgangers in some social media posts and marketing in the place of humans, if given permission by models.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/28/bbc-hm-to-use-digital-clones-of-models-in-ads-and-social-media/

I bring jazz into a discussion of #AI because things weren’t confusing and esoteric enough. Some thoughts on Creativity and AI:

www.martinbihl.com/business-thinking/creativity-ai-music-miles-davis

You can prevent the Trump Administration's Pete Hegseth
from sending you top secret war plans if you use HegsBlocker,
a product which was endorsed by Stephen Colbert.
This tells you all about how it works:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPlco6gJHKs
#advertising #humor #military #politics

Search Engine Roundtable: Bing Puts Ads Within Features Snippets Named You Might Also Like. “I don’t know if you might also like this, you probably won’t but Bing is dropped ads in their featured answers, featured snippets. They are calling these ads ‘You might also like.'”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/27/search-engine-roundtable-bing-puts-ads-within-features-snippets-named-you-might-also-like/

'Marketing team career promotion yojana', on LinkedIn! Or, ad campaigns for ad campaigns! Companies are spending money on LinkedIn to promote the careers of their marketing teams. Bizarre? But it is happening! https://tinyurl.com/teampromotion

The Algorithm Ate My Budget: Marketers push back on AI-led ad platforms like Performance Max and Advantage Plus that feel more like black boxes than tools.

Read more: https://todayindigital.beehiiv.com/p/budget

https://www.europesays.com/1943721/ [Latest] How Artificial Intelligence is Shaping the Latin #advertising #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #marketing #MediaRelease #NewsRelease #PR #PrMarketing #PrService #PrStrategy #PressesRelease #pressreleases #PublicRelations #publicity

[Latest] How Artificial Intelligence is Shaping the Latin https://www.byteseu.com/864347/ #advertising #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #marketing #MediaRelease #NewsRelease #pr #PrMarketing #PrService #PrStrategy #PressesRelease #pressreleases #PublicRelations #publicity

Kirmse’s Billboard in Skagway, Alaska

This "Alaska-style" billboard is over 100 years old.#advertising #goldrush #section-Atlas
Kirmse’s Billboard

Here’s what ‘agentic’ AI actually means for advertisers, agencies and publishers https://digiday.com/media/mythbuster-heres-what-agentic-ai-actually-means-for-advertisers-agencies-and-publishers/

Personally, I think the entire #advertising industry is an incredibly inefficient. All this data they’ve collected, and they only use it to *persuade* consumers to buy their product. And the way they go about it is a perpetual race to the bottom in finding the most eye-catching ways to get people to buy their stuff. Billions of dollars are spent on a maybe that tends to either over- or underestimate demand, wasting further resources.

In my blog
Another advocate for non-tracking ads

https://jackyan.com/blog/2025/03/another-advocate-for-non-tracking-ads/ #privacy #advertising #surveillance #Vivaldi

The One AI Use Writers Won’t Hate

The soul of being an author is writing books—and no machine, no matter how advanced, will ever truly replicate that. But just because we don’t want AI handling our plot twists doesn’t mean it can’t serve us in other ways. In fact, when it comes to one of the biggest bottlenecks self-published authors…
https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/one-ai-use-writers-wont-hate/

#AdvertisingandMarketing #ForAuthors #advertising #advertisingwithai #ai
@indieauthors

https://www.europesays.com/1936909/ [Latest] The Influence of Artificial Intelligence on the South #advertising #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #marketing #MediaRelease #NewsRelease #PR #PrMarketing #PrService #PrStrategy #PressesRelease #pressreleases #PublicRelations #publicity

Some very early thoughts on #AI, #advertising, humans, where they all intersect & what it means. I’ve likely bitten off more than I can chew:

https://www.martinbihl.com/business-thinking/early-thoughts-on-ai

Super Cleaning the Electrolux Way, c.1960s - Electrolux Postcard

https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/super-cleaning-the-electrolux-way-c-1960s-electrolux-postcard-221533778.htm

Mmmmmm... Beef Tea....
#VintageAdvertising #VintageAd #Advertising

#legal #lawsuits #Facebook #advertising #TargetedAdvertising #privacy

'Facebook has agreed to stop targeting adverts at an individual user using personal data after she filed a lawsuit against its parent company...

Tanya O'Carroll, 37, who lives in London and works in the tech policy and human rights sector, said it would open a "gateway" for other people wanting to stop the social media company from serving them adverts based on their demographics and interests.'

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1en1yjv4dpo