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  Meta adds custom Instagram Stories features for glasses

  The company’s artificial intelligence-powered glasses will be able to capture and post multi-camera and motion capture formats.

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  YouTube celebrates America 250

  Features include interactive games such as a coloring book of U.S. parks and a collection of specialized content to celebrate the nation’s anniversary.

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  Consumers trust AI for discovery but not for finding deals

  Similarweb found that artificial intelligence-enabled chatbots are being used in the early stages of shopping journeys, but traditional search tools are preferred later on.

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  TikTok launches Agentic Hub

  The new feature offers a central location for third-party artificial intelligence ad tools, and is directly integrated with the platform’s Model Context Protocol server.

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  YouTube partners with science content creator Mark Rober

  The platform is launching a series of educational videos designed around the former NASA engineer’s hands-on experiments via its Class Crunchlabs program.

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  Pinterest expands international campaign insights

  The platform launched a markets view element to help businesses get better insights into multi-regional promotions.

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  TikTok launches branded microdramas

  The platform wants to tap into the popularity of episodic shorts by offering companies the opportunity to promote their own microseries content.

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  WhatsApp prompts users to choose a username ahead of update

  In a promotional campaign fronted by athlete Anthony Joshua, the platform demonstrates how to choose a new name that will function as a primary ID.

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  TikTok partners with Madonna for ‘Confessions II’

  The app will launch activations and events including an in-app live preview with iHeartRadio during the pop star’s July 2 album release party in London.

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  Reddit launches ‘People are the Best’ campaign

  The platform’s new promotional message highlights the real conversations happening in-app each day and takes subtle aim at artificial intelligence.

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  Google adds features to Video Reach and Video View campaigns

  YouTube and Google Ads will get expanded metrics to help advertisers gain more insight into how their spending drives results.

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  Instagram tests more algorithm controls

  The app’s Your Algorithm is getting new access points and features, but the experiments fail to address some of users’ biggest requests.

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  Trump threatens tariffs over EU digital taxes

  In a recent post on Truth Social, the U.S. president vowed to impose 100% tariffs on any country that implemented a digital services tax on an American company.

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  Meta tries to limit liabilities in child harm cases

  The company is lobbying lawmakers in California to protect itself from a proposed bill that could fine companies up to $1 million per child, per Politico.

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  YouTube adds AI-powered comment filtering

  The new tools allow channel managers to group similar comments together for review, reply or deletion, streamlining control of user responses.

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  ChatGPT is the most popular AI tool for people in the US

  Most users are turning to artificial intelligence for help with searches, with less than a quarter using them for image generation, according to research from Pew.

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  Meta plans to replace 90% of content review staff with AI

  Despite the recent Instagram breach, the company said 50% of its content review is done by artificial intelligence, and that number will grow by year’s end, per Axios.

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  YouTube Studio display gets a round of updates

  Creators will now be able to find a consolidated listing of video alerts, look at revenue estimates and review an Account Status page.

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  Meta poaches top talent from Virtue AI

  Three founders from the artificial intelligence security startup will help to stress-test and improve Meta’s AI safety protocols.

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  LinkedIn tests suggested feeds

  The move is designed to broaden user exposure and engagement in the app, and echoes a similar alternative feed test from last year.

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  Meta launches integrated booking for lead ads

  The Facebook-only update integrates third-party platforms including Calendly and is designed to streamline the signup process.

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  LinkedIn automates job application process for premium users

  The platform’s Premium Apply Assistant will use artificial intelligence to pre-fill applications and even add cover letters for suitable roles.

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  Meta outlines best practices for AI-generated multimedia ads

  The company’s updated creation tools are designed to help advertisers maximize their performance by generating multiple ad variations to find the best fit.

  Facebook

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  Meta launches new AI glasses models

  The trio of new models includes a collaboration with Kylie Jenner and offers a lower price point than the company’s previous releases.

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  Meta considers entering prediction markets

  The company is reportedly developing a new app similar to Polymarket and Kalshi, according to The New York Times.

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