NMS Editorial Team

NMS Editorial Team

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Google Ads Finally Lets You See Where PMax Sends Your Money

Google released Ads API v24.2 on June 24, 2026. It adds an ad_network_type segment to Performance Max placement reporting, so advertisers can finally see whether PMax spend landed on Search, Display, or partner networks instead of one blended number. The same release ships new fields that label

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Before You Hand Gemini Your Ad Account, Look at the Hijack Numbers

Google moved "computer use" into Gemini 3.5 Flash on June 24, 2026, giving its AI agent the ability to click, type, and navigate browsers and desktop apps on your behalf. The catch is in the testing data: Anthropic measured browser agents getting hijacked by prompt injection 23.

Claude Won a Cannes Grand Prix for an Ad About Not Running Ads

Anthropic's Claude won the Film Grand Prix at Cannes Lions 2026 for two Super Bowl spots that mocked AI chatbots steering people toward ads. The campaign ran the same week OpenAI started slipping sponsored cards under ChatGPT answers, and it helped push Claude's app from No.

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Google's Spam Update Now Treats AI-Answer Gaming Like Link Spam

Google finished rolling out the June 2026 spam update on June 26, two days after it started on June 24 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific, applied globally and across every language. What makes this one different is scope: it is the first spam update that runs while Google'

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Gmail's Promotions Tab: What Actually Decides Where You Land

Gmail sorts every incoming message into Primary, Promotions, Social, Updates, or Forums using a machine-learning classifier, and the same email can land in Promotions for one recipient and Primary for another. Placement is decided mostly by two inputs: the content signals inside the email and each recipient's personal

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Meta Auto-Enrolled REI Into AI Ads and Shipped a Two-Handlebar Bike

REI ran a Meta ad for about a week in June 2026 showing a Van Rysel bike with two sets of handlebars, a doubled chain, and melted frame lettering. REI says Meta auto-enrolled it into an AI personalization tool that altered a vendor's product photo without approval. Since

AI Search Cites Sub-1,000-View YouTube Videos Over Your Brand Page

Jellyfish analyzed 27 million answers across seven AI assistants, including ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity, and found YouTube creator videos cited in more than 25% of responses. In high-intent categories like consumer electronics and financial services, that climbs to nearly one in two answers. Independent, niche creators get cited more