Meta
TechCrunch shares that a social media tester found:
a “Write with Meta AI” prompt on Instagram that allows people to get AI-generated suggestions for comments to users’ posts.
(This is known as “pulling a LinkedIn”)
Content creation and engagement on social platforms has shrunk as they’ve turned more into entertainment and social sharing platforms.
But they need content and signal to feed algorithms and extend scroll sessions.
Minimize the effort to dopamine release.
How long until a platform delivers real-time content generation and social-style commentary via AI?
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Display is dying
Returns on programmatic ad auctions are returning so little, Digiday could not find a source to speak on the record. One anonymous revenue lead at a North American publisher says they’ve seen double-digit CPM decreases across the board in 2025. An executive says online display ads bought through auction in the fall are down as much as 30% compared to 2023’s Q4
AI (and other algorithms) + the growth of retail media (thanks 1st party data) + longstanding wariness around programmatic = growth of more attractive (or hyped) alternatives for marketers
Meta changed the default inventory filter setting to allow ads to deliver alongside all content:
Beginning on February 24, 2025, we’re gradually changing the default setting of inventory filters for in-content ads and Audience Network to expanded
Now would be a good time to check your settings if you’re particular about what content your ads appear within / next to.
via Jon Loomer
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Marketers are bystanders.
In the words of Peter Drucker:
The bystander sees things neither actor nor audience notices. Above all, he sees differently from the way actors or audience see. Bystanders reflect, and reflection is a prism rather than a mirror; it refracts.
As a marketer, you operate in this middle space, at a slight remove.
Your job is—to continue the metaphor of actors and audience—to manage the fourth wall. The vital point where performance meets audience and the magic happens (or doesn’t).
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Like IBM, Oracle, and Sun before it, Apple seems at risk of moving from innovator to infrastructure—a big player that no longer steers the market but plays a foundational role in enabling the players that do.
Apple Scraps Work on Mac-Connected Augmented Reality Glasses
Headset group struggles to find path forward after Vision Pro
Canceled device would have rivaled Meta’s future AR glasses
Confusing themselves for the market and losing track of trends until it’s too late to be an early mover.
The company has risen from the ashes before, can it do it again?
via Bloomberg
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