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Reddit Is Training The Robots

Reddit is now one of the main data sources feeding LLMs and AI search. In this episode, recorded live in Cannes, COO Jen Wong talks data licensing deals, how people use Reddit to validate what they’re about to buy and what it takes to stop bad actors from gaming its forums to sway AI results.

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Data-Driven Thinking

Cannes 2026: The Humans Strike Back

I’ve been making the annual June pilgrimage to the Côte d’Azur long enough to recognize the difference between conversations that will still matter in September and those that evaporate faster than rosé in 95-degree heat. Threaded through every serious discussion at the Cannes Lions this year, I detected a growing consensus that humans in the […]

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How This Disaster Relief Nonprofit Tapped First-Party Data To Reach Donors Year-Round

No matter the season or what’s in the news, there are always people in need of medical resources. But nonprofits that provide those resources receive most of their donations during moments of increased public attention, such as natural disasters. Once the public attention wanes, said Tony Morain, VP of communications at humanitarian aid organization Direct […]

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Ad Performance And Politics Steered Brand Dollars Away From LGBTQ+ Communities – But The Pendulum Will Swing Back

While the current administration has discouraged many marketers and organizations from showing support for the LGBTQ+ community, including during Pride month. But media and ad experts say that the community’s growth in size and purchasing power will attract marketers that want to connect with this community the right way.

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The Big Story

2026 Cannes Lions: Authenticity In The Age of AI

Authenticity. Outcomes. Workflow….and containerization? After a week sweating on the Croisette, the AdExchanger team offers you a sweat-free synopsis of the 2026 Cannes Lions.

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CTV Roundup

How AI Can Enhance Content Without Generating It

As much as consumers complain about AI-generated content, advertising experts say AI still has an important place in video creation and production, including for ads. But using AI in content without turning off consumers is a tricky dance.

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Marketers

How Tovala Banks On Subscriptions And Incrementality – But Not Ads – To Profit From Its Oven

Smart TVs, refrigerators and other home appliances may pester you with marketing and perhaps even check your presence in the room using a front-facing camera. But at least the hardware is cheap! That’s the promise. Some companies, like the TV manufacturing startup Telly, take it to the logical extreme by offering free televisions in exchange […]

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AI

Large Language Models Are Overkill For Some Marketing Tasks. Enter The Small Language Model

It’s no secret that large language models (LLMs) have gotten exorbitantly expensive. Companies are starting to limit their employees’ AI usage to save money; OpenAI has even discussed lowering the cost of tokens to retain financially anxious customers. But you know what’s cheaper than a large language model? A small language model. AI company ZeroGPU […]

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Marketers

Shopify Wades Deeper Into Advertising, But Not Ad Tech

Shopify is slowly but surely making its way into the ads business. An earlier step in that journey was the hiring of Samir Pradhan as VP of product for merchant marketing in November 2025. There is no product called “Merchant Marketing,” as Pradhan told AdExchanger. But merchant marketing is the way the company thinks about […]

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AI

The Agentic Media Buying Platform That Says The Less AI, The Better

Everywhere you look, a new agentic measurement tool seems to have sprung up. Agentic execution layers, on the other hand, are harder to come by, according to Nathan Venezia, founder of Concord. (As you may have guessed, Concord, which is based in France, is a platform for agentic media executions.) “I’m not going to say […]

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