Why is there so much misinformation circulating online? Because, unfortunately, “it’s a great business,” says L. Gordon Crovitz, co-founder of NewsGuard, which estimates that advertisers are funneling as much as $2.6 billion a year programmatically to misinformation websites.

Ad tech and cloud tech are converging; there’s no doubt about that. But how much of ad tech will get eaten by cloud platforms? That’s harder to answer, says Myles Younger, head of innovation and insights at U of Digital.

Raashee Gupta Erry spent most of her career in the digital marketing industry at agencies and brands, including Essence and Volkswagen US. Then she took a job explaining ad tech to the Federal Trade Commission. “There’s a wind of change happening,” Gupta says.

Brands are keen to invest more into in-game advertising. But advertising in virtual worlds means they’ll have to be careful not to turn off gamers, says Anzu CEO Itamar Benedy.

Retail media is exploding, but there are some obstacles standing in the way of growth. The main issue is a lack of standardized measurement, which is why it’s time for retailers to work together, says Kristi Argyilan, SVP of retail media at Albertsons Companies.

The TV industry is on the path toward better measurement – but buyers are still lacking basic standards. The industry needs to get its act together if it plans to transact on new video currencies at the upfronts this year, says Kelly Metz, managing director of advanced TV activation at Omnicom Media Group.

Do we need to temporarily pause AI development? What are the ethical risks of AI technology? What’s the weirdest AI-generated image or video you’ve seen? In this episode, Peter Prodromou, president of AI agency Boathouse Group, takes on the tough questions.

The ad industry is in a unique position to galvanize global action against climate change, says John Osborn, US director of trade group Ad Net Zero. But it’s not always easy. Not everyone, including people in the ad industry, agree on how to get there.

Emma Vaughn, Spotify's senior director of advertising business development and partnerships, discusses Spotify's video ad strategy, the importance of personalization in podcasts, and the resurgence of vinyl albums in the music industry.

In this episode, we’ll take a walk down memory lane with Zach Edwards, Human’s senior manager for threat insights to see what progress the online ad industry has made when it comes to basic privacy and security measures.