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Nobody Knows How to File Taxes on Prediction Market Wins
How do you file taxes on prediction market profits? It seems like the type of straightforward question any halfway decent bookkeeper should be able to answer. Right now, though, it’s a conundrum for tax experts across the country. “You have a vacuum of guidance,” says Patrick Camuso, an accountant who specializes in digital assets. “It puts the taxpayer in a…
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How Grant & Ash are rewriting the rules of creator brand safety
If you don’t know Grant & Ash, they have a song for you.Since 2022, creators Grant Gibbs and Ashley Gill, also known as A Twink and a Redhead, have amassed more than 900,000 followers across…
With One Million Displaced, Lebanon Turns to Digital Wallets for Aid
Since March, Israeli attacks on Beirut and the occupation of southern Lebanon have displaced over 1 million people. Families are sheltering with relatives, renting if they can, or sleeping in cars and out in the…
Polymarket and Kalshi are turning TV programming into one big casino
When entertainment enthusiasts tune into TV and movie awards shows, there’s no way to tell who might take home the biggest prizes of the night. But during this year’s Golden Globes red-carpet preshow, hosted by…
“Uncanny Valley”: OpenAI and Musk Fight Again; DOJ Mishandles Voter Data; Artemis II Comes Home
This week, our hosts discuss why OpenAI and Elon Musk’s legal feud is heating up once again—and happening alongside SpaceX’s IPO filing. They also dive into how a Department of Justice lawyer misled a judge…
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The 70-Person AI Image Startup Taking on Silicon Valley’s Giants
Standing inside the HumanX conference in San Francisco’s Moscone Center, it’s hard not to feel like you’re at the center…
What’s up with those Museum of Sex bus ads?
If you’ve walked down any street in New York City recently, chances are high that you’ve seen an MTA bus…
The US Army Is Building Its Own Chatbot for Combat
The US Army is developing AI models trained on data from real missions, with the goal of deploying a chatbot…
How New York City FC got its pigeon mascot
On a Sunday in late March, MLS fans packed into Yankee Stadium—the temporary home of New York City FC—to watch…
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This Startup Wants You to Pay Up to Talk With AI Versions of Human Experts
The company isn’t exactly breaking new ground. The idea of a chatbot standing in for a human is fairly common. As is the idea of cashing in on it. For instance, Manhattan psychologist Becky Kennedy has built a parenting advice business that features a chatbot named Gigi trained on her…
Mondelēz taps soccer stars to get people snacking during World Cup
Sports and snacks go hand in hand, and Mondelēz International has a wealth of experience with both. For the World Cup this summer, the food and beverage giant is leveraging its portfolio of products and its athlete partners to get people snacking.Sports fans are no stranger to Mondelēz snacks: It…
Sydney Sweeney is back for another American Eagle campaign
Syd’s back, tell a friend.On Wednesday, American Eagle unveiled its newest Sydney Sweeney campaign, continuing a top-dollar partnership from last summer that led to much conversation, controversy, and, ultimately, big results for the clothing brand.CMO Craig Brommers told us the first round of Sweeney ads was the “most successful campaign…
Robotaxi Outage in China Leaves Passengers Stranded on Highways
An unknown technical problem caused a number of robotaxis owned by the Chinese tech giant Baidu to freeze on Tuesday in the middle of traffic, trapping some passengers in the vehicles for more than an hour.In Wuhan, a city in central China where Baidu has deployed hundreds of its Apollo…
Meet the newest ‘Running Point’ character: Jake from State Farm
Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there—“there” being the Netflix show Running Point.Today, the insurance company announced a collaboration with the streamer, which includes a co-branded ad featuring characters from Running Point, the basketball-centric comedy starring Kate Hudson. As part of the deal, Jake from State Farm is set…
Duolingo’s Luis von Ahn Wants to Delete the Blockchain
Luis von Ahn could have retired to a beach somewhere years ago. Best known as the CEO of the learning app Duolingo, von Ahn in the 2000s invented the captcha, those infuriating little online tests that force people to prove they’re not robots. But after selling his creation to Google…
Merrell’s pitch to non-outdoorsy consumers: Go outside instead
Touching grass is good for you, and it’s actually not that hard. At least, not according to Merrell.The 45-year-old hiking footwear brand, which is owned by Wolverine Worldwide, recently debuted a spot titled “It Starts Outside” as part of a new brand platform encouraging exploration of the world outside. The…
California Suspends Enforcement of Law Requiring VCs to Report Diversity Data
Under a new state regulation, venture capital firms operating in California were supposed to submit demographic data about their portfolio companies, including the gender and race of startup founders they backed. But amid public criticism from some tech leaders, the California agency administering the new requirement suspended it just before…
All things creator marketing with Tiffany Rivers
Tiffany Rivers is VP of emerging media and influencer marketing at Media Cause. She’s set to speak at Marketing Brew’s upcoming event, The Next Phase of Social and Creator Marketing, on May 12.Ahead of the event, we caught up with her to hear how she is advising her nonprofit clients,…
Iran Threatens to Start Attacking Major US Tech Firms on April 1
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned Tuesday that it plans to begin attacking more than a dozen American companies across the Middle East on Wednesday in retaliation for the killing of Iranian citizens in the ongoing war with the US and Israel. The list of companies includes Apple, Google, IBM,…
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How soccer orgs and sponsors are putting local spins on World Cup campaigns
With 16 host cities across three countries, it’s safe to say there’s no one-size-fits-all marketing…
OpenAI Acquires Tech Talk Show ‘TBPN’—and Buys Itself Some Positive News
OpenAI announced Thursday that it had acquired the online business talk show TBPN for an…
How The Trade Desk is aiming to remain ‘king of the open web’
It’s been more than 10 years since The Trade Desk was named to Forbes’s list…
AI Research Is Getting Harder to Separate From Geopolitics
The world’s top AI research conference, the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems—better known as…
How IBM’s Masters campaign marks a shift in its sports strategy
With the Masters Tournament starting today, many golf fans will have Georgia on their minds.…