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Quick Hits

LinkedIn shares tips on Thought Leader ads
(LinkedIn monetizing thought leadership... even opinions have media budgets now. 💀)
Google updates Data Manager platform
(Google updated Data Manager... because apparently we hadn’t looked at enough dashboards today. 😭)
Νew Siri takes on AI productivity apps
(Siri entering the AI productivity race... comeback season is officially on)

Marketing Joke

Marketing in 2026:
Your thought leadership has a media budget.
Your data has AI.
Your Siri has a productivity strategy.

And the campaign still needs “one tiny revision.” 😭💀

What's New in Growth Hacking/Growth Marketing?

Strategies

Google Tests Paying Publishers For AI Answers Via Search Console
Google is testing a program that pays publishers when their content contributes to answers in Gemini, AI Overviews, and AI Mode, according to a Digiday report. The program runs through Search Console, and Google confirmed to the outlet that it’s an early-stage pilot.
Pinterest announces new deal with Nvidia
Pinterest announced a new partnership with Nvidia that is designed to improve the app’s artificial intelligence-powered discovery processes. Using Nvidia’s advanced hardware, the updated system will enable Pinterest to build in more AI elements with less infrastructure investment, ensuring better performance across the platform
Google Admits Search Console Reporting For AI Search Is Inadequate
Google’s John Mueller answered a question about search console reporting’s inadequacies, defending the shortcomings as based on the inherent complexity of AI search itself.
Spotify finally lets parents exclude kids’ music from Wrapped and recommendations
At last, parents, your prayers have been answered! On Tuesday, Spotify announced that it’s finally doing something to fix how your kids’ listening habits ruin your end-of-year Spotify Wrapped experience, and then some.
Fashion app Daydream uses Apple Intelligence to help you shop the outfits in your camera roll
Daydream, an AI-powered fashion discovery app, launched two new features on Monday to let iPhone users turn saved outfit photos into shoppable results and search for clothing and accessories through Siri, without opening the app.
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People

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang tells Trump ‘we’re not going to let [an AI slowdown] happen’
While Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was onstage at the All-In Summit on Monday morning in Los Angeles, he got a phone call that he couldn’t send to voicemail it was from President Donald Trump.

What's New in Artificial Intelligence (AI)

The AI performance shake-up: What’s really driving results across channels now
Performance marketers are being asked to hand algorithms the keys to campaign execution while simultaneously proving that every dollar delivers measurable business value.That tension is real. But the solution isn’t to fight automation or surrender full control.
AI Isn’t Delivering Marketing Efficiency, It’s Repeating Programmatic’s Broken Promise
Eight years ago, I taught a course called Programmatic Buying Foundations. The pitch, right there in the course title, was that data and technology could deliver highly relevant, effective, and measurable ads at scale. Read Kevin Indig’s new Growth Memo column on the hidden hours buried inside AI marketing workflows, and you’ll recognize the dark side of my old pitch.

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