Friend, a wearable AI startup, has poured more than $1 million into a massive subway advertising campaign across New York City. The effort features over 11,000 cards on train cars, 1,000 platform posters and 130 urban panels, creating a dominant visual presence in stations such as West 4th Street. CEO Avi Schiffman told Adweek the campaign is a high‑risk gamble aimed at sparking conversation about the device, which retails for $129. The ads have drawn mixed reactions, including vandalism and criticism from Wired, highlighting the tension between innovative AI products and public concerns about surveillance. Leia mais →

Japanese media giants Nikkei and Asahi Shimbun have filed a joint lawsuit against AI search company Perplexity, alleging that the firm copied and stored articles from their servers and presented inaccurate information as if it were factual. The suit seeks damages and the removal of stored content. The case arrives as Perplexity recently launched a publisher revenue‑sharing subscription, while earlier reports have accused the company of web‑scraping practices that bypass robots.txt and firewall protections. The lawsuit highlights ongoing tensions between AI developers and traditional news outlets over content use. Leia mais →