advertising ethics

OpenAI’s decision to pause in-chat promotional suggestions inside ChatGPT is a blunt reaffirmation that monetizing conversational AI is harder than building it — and that user trust can evaporate faster than a rollout plan can be written. Background In early December, users noticed a puzzling...

In a revelation that reframes the origin story of one of modern India’s most recognisable election lines, Union Minister Piyush Goyal says the now‑iconic slogan “Abki Baar Modi Sarkar” nearly never existed after advertising legend Piyush Pandey initially declined to work on the campaign — a...

Apple’s new eight‑minute “The Underdogs: BSOD” spot lands like a theatrical mic drop: a trade‑show full of laptops goes blue while a single Mac booth keeps working, and the ad uses a real‑world security fiasco from 2024 as its setup to sell macOS as the safer, calmer choice. The commercial is...

ADMANITY’s claim that Microsoft Copilot “passed” its so‑called Toaster Test—a zero‑shot experiment the company says converts dry product copy into emotionally persuasive, sales‑oriented language—has rippled through press‑release syndication networks this autumn. The story is simple on its face...

Google just turned a routine search-session into an advertisement for platform migration: users visiting Google.com on Windows 10 have reported a prominent pop-up urging them to “Time for a new laptop? Get Chromebook Plus,” explicitly referencing that security fixes for Windows 10 end in October...

Microsoft has quietly begun serving a new, highly visual Bing ad that places a full “scoreboard” comparison between Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome above Chrome’s official download links on Windows 11 — a move that reframes a user’s intent at the precise moment they look to switch browsers and...

Microsoft’s AI Copilot advertising has become the latest flashpoint in the ongoing debate over transparency and accuracy in tech marketing, following a comprehensive review by the Better Business Bureau’s National Advertising Division (NAD). Over the past year, Microsoft’s prolific use of the...

Microsoft’s digital ambitions are sweeping ever deeper into the daily experiences of Windows and web users. At the center of this expansion is Copilot, Microsoft’s AI-powered assistant, which is now being uniquely leveraged as a next-generation platform for conversational advertising. With the...

Google has issued a public apology to major advertisers after their spots were featured alongside content from hate preachers and other extremists. "I would like to apologize to our partners and advertisers who might have been affected by their ads appearing on controversial content," Google...

:razz: Don't try these at home :shocked:

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