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The U.S. Army will run ads this Saturday during the NCAA Final Four Tournament using existing footage from older commercials and unused material from the new Be All You Can Be campaign instead of featuring actor Jonathan Majors. A day after the Creed III actor was arrested last weekend for allegedly assaulting a woman in New York, the Army announced that it would be pulling ads from its new campaign aimed at enlisting Gen Z. Majors’ rep has said he is “completely innocent.” Although other ads…

We made it nearly two entire months, but Microsoft is now ready to start serving ads in the new Bing Chat. On Wednesday, Microsoft announced that it is “exploring” new ways for publishers to use the platform to generate more traffic. One obvious solution is to place ads into the answers that Bing Chat generates, so don’t be surprised if you start seeing ads. Microsoft is experimenting with ads in Bing Chat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm3Y_UA2qUo Microsoft says that it recently met with some of its…

There’s a hell of a lot of groups violating Google’s ad policies these days. On Tuesday, Google said it stopped 5.2 billion “bad ads” in 2022, 1.8 billion more than 2021. At the top of the list are potentially malicious ads, and that number has grown tremendously over the years, according to the data. Google’s Antitrust Case Is the Best Thing That Ever Happened to AIThe company lists the top bad ad as those that abuse its ad network, a catchall term for ads that contain malware as well as manipulative or spam ads. Google…

Google is experimenting with displaying blue badge icons and labels on certain search ads for advertisers who have been verified by Google Ads. The blue label features a blue circle with ridges and a checkmark inside it. This is part of Google’s ongoing advertiser verification program, and it appears that the company is now testing the use of small blue checkmarks for verified advertisers. Spotted in the wild. Khushal Bherwani first spotted the badge on Twitter. Why we care.…

Google has just released its Ads Editor version 2.3, advertisers can take advantage of several new features and updates. Let’s see what’s new. New Features: File support for image assets: Advertisers can now conveniently import and export image assets as files in addition to using URLs. Card view for image assets: Image assets can now be viewed as cards in addition to the table view. Asset support: Full support is now available for upgraded assets such as image assets,…

Google announced in January that it will layoff about 12,000 employees, or 6% of the company’s workforce. The departments that have been impacted by the layoff included Google Cloud, Chrome to Android, strategy, recruiting, go-to-market teams and the company's in-house research and development (R&D) division called Area 120, reports said.Google parent Alphabet asked a US federal judge on Monday to dismiss a Justice Department lawsuit alleging that the search giant illegally abused its dominance of online advertising.…

Ads for the US army featuring Jonathan Majors have been pulled after the actor’s arrest.Majors, who authorities said was arrested on Saturday in New York on charges of assault and harassment, was the narrator of two ads at the heart of a broader media campaign that kicked off at the start of the NCAA’s March Madness college basketball tournament. Army leaders were hopeful that the popularity of the star of the recently released Creed III and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania would help them reach the youth audience.In a…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe arrest of Jonathan Majors has upended the US Army’s newly launched advertising campaign that was aimed at reviving the service’s struggling recruiting numbers.Majors, who authorities said was arrested Saturday (25 March) in New York on charges of strangulation, assault and harassment, was the narrator of two ads at the heart of a broader media campaign that kicked off at the start…

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The U.S. Army has pulled a Be All You Can Be ad campaign featuring Jonathan Majors following the actor’s arrest on Saturday. “The U.S. Army is aware of the arrest of Jonathan Majors and we are deeply concerned by the allegations surrounding his arrest,” Laura DeFrancisco, the public affairs chief for the Army Enterprise Marketing Office, said in a statement on Sunday. “While Mr. Majors is innocent until proven guilty, prudence dictates that we pull our ads until the investigation into these allegations…