#Microsoft Advertising September product roundup

#Microsoft Advertising September product roundup

Display Ads, Video Ads, CTV, PMax and bid strategy updates, bring new ways of advertisers optimising campaigns and having better reach of their audience. Microsoft Advertising rolled out several updates this September, building on recent advancements in AI and retail media. Following August’s highlights on Joint Business Plans and AI-driven insights, these new features are…

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      Avowed delayed to February 18, 2025

# Avowed delayed to February 18, 2025

Publisher Xbox Game Studios and developer Obsidian Entertainment have delayed first-person action RPG Avowed from its previously planned fall 2024 release window to February 18, 2025. It will be available for Xbox Series and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store, as well as via Xbox Game Pass. In a tweet, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer…

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#Microsoft confirms Reddit blocked Bing Search

#Microsoft confirms Reddit blocked Bing Search

Reddit updated its robots.txt file prohibiting Bing and some other search engines from crawling its site. Reddit has updated its robots.txt file, preventing Bing and many other search engines from crawling the site. “Bing stopped crawling Reddit after they implemented their updated robots.txt file on July 1, which prohibits all crawling of their site,” a…

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#Bing testing new generative search experience

#Bing testing new generative search experience

Microsoft said this “combines the power of LLMs and SLMs with Bing’s search results to generate a more delightful and efficient UX layout.” Bing is now testing its new generative search experience that combines the Bing search results and its language models to use AI to generate a different breed of search results, including an…

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#Microsoft Ads releases AI-powered asset recommendation for video and display ads

#Microsoft Ads releases AI-powered asset recommendation for video and display ads

Microsoft’s AI-powered video ad recommendations streamline creative processes for marketers across display and streaming platforms. Microsoft Advertising announced new AI-powered asset recommendations for video ads, with Connected TV ad recommendations coming soon. Why we care. AI-powered ad creation tools are becoming increasingly sophisticated, allowing advertisers to scale their creative efforts more efficiently. More specifically, the…

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#Microsoft AI CEO: Web content is ‘freeware’

#Microsoft AI CEO: Web content is ‘freeware’

Mustafa Suleyman believes almost all web content can be used for AI training unless explicitly restricted by the creator. Microsoft’s AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman believes most web content is “freeware’ that can be used for training AI models. The only exception: websites that explicitly opt out. Freeware is any form of copyrighted software that can…

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