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Reese Witherspoon at last year's Cannes Lion ad festival. Photo by Marc Piasecki/Getty Images
The Briefing

Cannes Ad Festival Puts OpenAI’s Projections in Spotlight

By Martin Peers · Jun 21, 2026 3:01pm PDT
If you’ve wanted to visit the South of France, this might be the week. The annual Cannes Lion ad festival, a time for ad folks from all quarters to gather, gets underway tomorrow. The impact of AI on advertising and media is sure to be front and center. OpenAI’s chief revenue officer, Denise Dresser, is scheduled to appear onstage twice,... If you’ve wanted to visit the South of France, this might be the week. The annual Cannes Lion ad...
Art: Clark Miller
The Weekend

AI Devices, Midjourney’s Spas and Snap’s Flop-sicles

By Jemima McEvoy · Jun 20, 2026 8:01am PDT
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: The brains behind Bernie’s AI sovereign wealth fund? A Silicon Valley law professor  • The Takeaway: How I learned to love Mark Rober• E-commerce: The fast-growing Thiel-backed startup defying a creator economy slowdown• Plus, Recommendations—our weekly pop culture picks: “Foul... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: The brains behind Bernie’s AI sovereign...
Art: Clark Miller (photos: Getty Images)
The Big Read

The Law Professor Behind Bernie’s AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Idea

By Eli Rosenberg · Jun 20, 2026 7:00am PDT · 13 comments
A couple of weekends ago, Sarah Polcz, a University of California, Davis, law professor, and her husband, Adam Brown, a top scientist at Google’s DeepMind, hosted a party at their Portola Valley home that had all the trappings of a geeky good time. One guest piloted a drone that rained down ice cream bars on the kids in attendance. At the... A couple of weekends ago, Sarah Polcz, a University of California, Davis, law professor, and her...
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Exclusive

Meta’s AI Leaders Discuss Using Google, OpenAI Models in Apps

By Kalley Huang and Stephanie Palazzolo · Aug 29, 2025 4:47pm PDT
Meta Platforms’ plans to improve the artificial intelligence features in its apps could lead the company to partner with Google or OpenAI, two of its biggest AI rivals. Leaders in Meta’s new AI organization, Meta Superintelligence Labs, have discussed using Google’s Gemini model to provide conversational, text-based answers to questions that... Meta Platforms’ plans to improve the artificial intelligence features in its apps could lead the...
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Exclusive

Meta Taps Ad Agencies to Help Devise AI Ad Tools

By Catherine Perloff · Jan 31, 2025 1:25pm PST · 2 comments
As Meta Platforms sets about turning its massive investment in artificial intelligence into ways to make money, it’s asking ad agencies for help. Meta has been sending its engineers to work with ad agencies on developing AI tools designed to do everything from tweaking videos and static images in ads to evaluating the effectiveness of such... As Meta Platforms sets about turning its massive investment in artificial intelligence into ways...