AI systems are increasingly being used to search for information and make decisions, creating new questions about how commercial incentives may shape the answers users receive. (Unsplash)

Advertising is coming to AI chatbots — and it could influence the answers you get

AI companies are turning to advertising to fund expensive systems. But commercial incentives could influence how answers are generated.
Despite its widespread use and significant impact, influencer marketing is surrounded by uncertainty. (Shutterstock)

Influencer marketing doesn’t need more metrics — it needs more trust and collaboration between brands and influencers

Despite its widespread use and significant impact, influencer marketing is surrounded by uncertainties, ambiguities and controversies, both for practitioners and general public.
Nombreux sont ceux et celles qui se sont résignés à ce que les entreprises technologiques collectent nos données privées. (Shutterstock)

Pour protéger la vie privée en ligne, il faut d’abord s’attaquer à la « résignation numérique »

Nombreux sont ceux et celles résignés à ce que les entreprises technologiques collectent leurs données privées. Mais il faut faire davantage pour limiter les informations personnelles collectées.
Going online often involves surrendering some privacy, and many people are becoming resigned to the fact that their data will be collected and used without their explicit consent. (Shutterstock)

Protecting privacy online begins with tackling ‘digital resignation’

Many people have become resigned to the fact that tech companies collect our private data. But policymakers must do more to limit the amount of personal information corporations can collect.
French coffee culture offers us some insights into the way cultural omnivores appreciate different activities and products. (Shutterstock)

Good coffee, bad coffee: the curious tastes of cultural omnivores

Cultural omnivores are economically and culturally privileged people who can enjoy both “highbrow” and “lowbrow” cultural products, like good and bad coffee, simultaneously.
Gary le chat a près de 440 000 abonnés sur Instagram. Avec son humain, il fait du ski, de la planche à pagaie et de la randonnée dans les Rocheuses. Il fait partie de ce qu'on appelle l'économie du «cute». (CBC/James Eastham)

Comptes Instagram animaliers, partage de vidéos d’animaux… Voici l’économie du « cute »

Si vous aimez visionner ou partager des contenus mettant en vedette des animaux, vous n’êtes pas seul – vous faites partie d’un phénomène culturel plus large appelé l’économie du « cute ».
The cute economy is not only a network of cute content that people participate in making, sharing and circulating but also a multibillion-dollar business. (Shutterstock)

Have an Instagram account for your pet? Love sharing funny animal videos? You’re part of the cute economy

If sharing cute animal content is your love language, you’re not alone — you are part of a bigger cultural phenomenon called the cute economy.

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