Hacker News with Generative AI: Advertising

Court Upholds Verdict Adtech TCF for RTB Is Illegal Under GDPR (zylstra.org)
Back in 2022 the Belgian and other data protection boards found that IAB’s ‘Transparency and Consent Framework‘ is illegal, because it is neither transparent nor has any meaningful connection with the word consent.
GDPR, Privacy, Advertising, Law, Data Protection
4 points by speckx 19 hours ago | 0 comments
I used to shoot $500k pharma commercials. I made this for $500 in Veo 3 (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.
Video Production, Advertising, Budget, Technology, Social Media
10 points by enraged_camel 22 hours ago | 1 comments
The consent you never gave: cookie pop-ups ruled unlawful under GDPR (adguard.com)
An EU appeals court has confirmed in a ruling that a mechanism called the Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF) — which enables tracking and, consequently, tracking-based online advertising — is not compatible with the cornerstone of Europe’s data protection law: the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).
Privacy, Law, Advertising, Europe, GDPR
8 points by twapi 3 days ago | 0 comments
Gemini Control your ads by emotions (techcrunch.com)
Imagine you’re watching a highly anticipated video from your favorite YouTube creator — perhaps the moment a famous couple finally gets engaged — when an ad pops up immediately after the clip. This is part of YouTube’s new ad format called “Peak Points.”
Advertising, YouTube, Technology, Emotion
4 points by SquidJack 3 days ago | 0 comments
YouTube's new ads will ruin the best part of a video on purpose (androidauthority.com)
YouTube has introduced a new ad format that places ads right where something exciting happens in a video.
YouTube, Advertising, Video Content, Digital Marketing
55 points by namanyayg 5 days ago | 56 comments
Jamie Lee Curtis publicly shamed Mark Zuckerberg to remove a deepfaked ad (engadget.com)
Jamie Lee Curtis is the latest celebrity to call attention to scam ads on Facebook and Instagram that use AI-manipulated video to hawk sketchy products.
Social Media, Advertising, Artificial Intelligence, Celebrities
20 points by gnabgib 6 days ago | 4 comments
Advertisers hit back at Elon Musk's ad boycott lawsuit (businessinsider.com)
Advertisers have hit back at X's lawsuit, which claimed they illegally boycotted the platform.
Business, Social Media, Lawsuits, Advertising, Elon Musk
11 points by pinewurst 7 days ago | 1 comments
Sea Monkeys and X-Ray Spex (collectorsweekly.com)
Amazing! Incredible! Unbelievable! Eyeglasses that let you see through clothes. The secrets to super-human strength. Scary seven-foot tall ghosts that do your bidding. All of this could be yours for a dollar or two. At least, that’s what vintage comic-book ads would have you believe. Six years ago, artist and historian Kirk Demarais, who runs the brilliant Gen X nostalgia site, Secret Fun Blog, became determined to uncover the truth behind these comic-book ads published between the 1950s and late ’80s.
Vintage Comics, History, Advertising, Nostalgia
4 points by udit99 8 days ago | 0 comments
Netflix will show generative AI ads midway through streams in 2026 (arstechnica.com)
Netflix is joining its streaming rivals in testing the amount and types of advertisements its subscribers are willing to endure for lower prices.
Streaming, Advertising, Generative AI, Netflix
51 points by LorenDB 8 days ago | 83 comments
EU ruling: tracking-based advertising [...] across Europe has no legal basis (iccl.ie)
Landmark court decision against “TCF” consent pop ups on 80% of the internet
Privacy, Advertising, Law, Europe, Technology
228 points by mschuster91 8 days ago | 171 comments
YouTube introduces an interactive product feed for shoppable TV ads (techcrunch.com)
YouTube made its pitch to advertisers on Wednesday, accompanied by a flashy performance from Lady Gaga and special appearances from popular YouTubers like Brittany Broski and MrBeast.
YouTube, Advertising, E-commerce, Video Platforms
6 points by jnord 9 days ago | 1 comments
Netflix will show generative AI ads midway through streams in 2026 (arstechnica.com)
Netflix is joining its streaming rivals in testing the amount and types of advertisements its subscribers are willing to endure for lower prices.
Generative AI, Streaming Services, Advertising, Netflix
11 points by add-sub-mul-div 9 days ago | 4 comments
Craigslist revenue drops to 300M, one-third of 2018 total (jobboardhive.com)
Revenue at Craigslist, once the worldwide powerhouse of classified advertising, dropped 20% last year to $302 million, a new AIM Group report shows.
Business, Advertising, Revenue, Classifieds, Technology
3 points by walterbell 13 days ago | 0 comments
FB told advertisers it can identify teens feeling 'insecure', 'worthless' (2017) (theguardian.com)
Facebook showed advertisers how it has the capacity to identify when teenagers feel “insecure”, “worthless” and “need a confidence boost”, according to a leaked documents based on research quietly conducted by the social network.
Facebook, Social Media, Privacy, Advertising, Teenagers
14 points by gnabgib 18 days ago | 2 comments
DoJ confirms it wants to break up Google ad business (arstechnica.com)
The advertising remedy trial will begin on September 22.
Antitrust, Google, Law, Advertising, Business
10 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 19 days ago | 0 comments
Google is quietly testing ads in AI chatbots (arstechnica.com)
Google is quietly testing ads in AI chatbots
Google, Artificial Intelligence, Advertising, Chatbots
13 points by tomrod 20 days ago | 1 comments
Mark Zuckerberg says ads will soon be handled by AI (theverge.com)
It’s not really a secret that the advertising industry is about to get upended by AI — one reason big platform companies like Google and Meta have been so deeply invested in photo and video generation is because they know the first heavy users of those tools will be advertisers on their platforms.
Artificial Intelligence, Advertising, Meta, Google
4 points by elorant 20 days ago | 1 comments
DOJ confirms it wants to break up Google's ad business (arstechnica.com)
The advertising remedy trial will begin on September 22.
Antitrust, Google, Advertising, Law
6 points by pseudolus 21 days ago | 0 comments
US asks judge to break up Google's ad tech business after requesting Chrome sale (theguardian.com)
Google on Friday faced a demand by the US government to break up its hugely profitable ad technology business. The request came after a judge found the tech giant was commanding an illegal monopoly for the second time in less than a year.
Antitrust, Google, Advertising, Technology, Law
11 points by howard941 21 days ago | 1 comments
Zuck's vision would wipe out the way the whole ad stack works (theverge.com)
It’s not really a secret that the advertising industry is about to get upended by AI — one reason big platform companies like Google and Meta have been so deeply invested in photo and video generation is because they know the first heavy users of those tools will be advertisers on their platforms.
Advertising, AI, Social Media, Meta
8 points by asix66 22 days ago | 2 comments
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Says She Won't 'Enshittify the Network with Ads' (wired.com)
After a year of carefully limiting sign-ups to those with invites, the Twitter-style social app Bluesky this week threw open the doors for anyone to join.
Social Media, Twitter, Advertising, Decentralization
8 points by dotcoma 22 days ago | 4 comments
Show HN: I made a one-click AI ad creator for products (admuseai.com)
Upload your product, add a prompt, and get professional-quality ad creatives instantly. No login required.
Artificial Intelligence, Advertising, Tools, Marketing
5 points by shraey96 26 days ago | 7 comments
We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads [video] (ted.com)
Ideas change everything
Dystopia, Advertising, Social Media, Technology, Video
289 points by ColinWright 26 days ago | 267 comments
Anti-pirating ad music stolen (2012) (abc.net.au)
You wouldn't steal a movie, so why would you put stolen music on an anti-piracy ad? Dr Karl investigates a curious case of copyright theft.
Copyright, Music, Advertising, Irony
7 points by CHB0403085482 27 days ago | 1 comments
Magically remove ads from any recipe website (preppear.com)
Web Development, Advertising, Cooking, Tools
10 points by sameg14 27 days ago | 7 comments
"You Wouldn't Steal a Car" But Would You Pirate a Font? (torrentfreak.com)
Twenty years ago, the statement "You Wouldn't Steal a Car" launched one of the most iconic anti-piracy campaigns. Through a memorable commercial, the movie industry forcefully equated digital piracy with physical theft. While the PSA became instantly recognizable, spawning countless parodies, it also attracted its own controversy. New revelations suggest that the campaign's distinctive font may have itself been copied, or dare we say 'stolen'.
Copyright, Piracy, Media, Fonts, Advertising
8 points by gaws 28 days ago | 3 comments
Perplexity CEO says browser will track everything users do online to sell ads (techcrunch.com)
Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell ‘hyper personalized’ ads
Privacy, Advertising, Browsers, Data Collection
39 points by healsdata 29 days ago | 3 comments
Jedi Blue (wikipedia.org)
Jedi Blue is an agreement between Alphabet and Meta Platforms that allegedly gave Facebook an illegal advantage in Google's ad auctions in exchange for Facebook's word that it would end its own ad service plans.
Antitrust, Competition, Google, Facebook, Advertising
7 points by ColinWright 29 days ago | 0 comments
App Store Curation (lapcatsoftware.com)
I was looking at a nasty free (pirate?) video streaming website for a potential StopTheMadness Pro customer. You know the kind of site that opens a new browser tab with an advertisement every time you click on something? The things I do for a sale! Anyway, my verdict was that while StopTheMadness Pro could help with some annoyances on the site, the situation was hopeless overall. There are some problems that even I can't solve.
Web Development, Piracy, Advertising
10 points by latexr 30 days ago | 1 comments
Mexico bans 'foreign propaganda' after US anti-migrant ad (semafor.com)
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said foreign “propaganda” would be banned after US anti-migrant ads ran on national TV.
Mexico, Politics, Immigration, Advertising, International Relations
19 points by geox 31 days ago | 1 comments