Meta is ‘pausing’ employee tracking program after it let the whole company see sensitive data This won’t make the already-controversial AI training endeavor any more popular. By Anna Washenko June 22, 2026 PJ McDonnell/Shutterstock Meta has paused use of an AI training program that tracks its own employees’ keystrokes and mouse movements. The company has … Continue reading Meta is ‘pausing’ employee tracking program after it let the whole company see sensitive data
AI agents that execute on the next best action are all the rage in CDP circles these days. By Mike Pastore Published on June 17, 2026 Customer data platform BlueConic announced today it was acquiring Blueshift, an AI-powered cross-channel marketing platform. The next wave of CDPs is looking more agentic than previous generations, … Continue reading BlueConic acquires Blueshift as CDPs move from data to action
MCP solves the infrastructure problem that kept AI agents stuck at the analysis stage. But raw access to a live ad account is a liability without the guardrails a platform like Optmyzr provides. By Optmyzr Published on June 4, 2026 Ask any paid search manager who has tried to get an AI agent to do … Continue reading AI agents can’t help if they can’t see your marketing data by Optmyzr
Salesforce reported a strong quarter, but marketing is taking a back seat to data and AI. By Mike Pastore Published on June 2, 2026 Salesforce made its name in the CRM space. Despite its moves into data and AI and rumors that it would change its name to Agentforce, Salesforce still trades under … Continue reading What happens to Marketing Cloud as the data layer takes charge at Salesforce?
May 31, 2026 Kevin O’Leary believes his 10,000-acre data center can be ‘beautiful’ BY Nate Berg If it ever gets built, the 7.5-gigawatt Stratos data center project in Utah would dwarf the artificial intelligence infrastructure that’s been built to date. Covering 10,000 acres of cattle-grazing land north of the Great Salt Lake, it would arguably be … Continue reading Kevin O’Leary believes his 10,000-acre data center can be ‘beautiful’
California sues 23andMe over 2023 data breach that affected 7 million users Rob Bonta accused the company, now called Chrome Holding Co., of failing to protect users’ sensitive information. By Mariella Moon May 29, 2026 Sbluestork/Shutterstock Chrome Holding Co., the company formerly known as 23andMe, is facing a lawsuit filed by California Attorney General Rob Bonta over … Continue reading California sues 23andMe over 2023 data breach that affected 7 million users
Erin Brockovich launches a crowdsourced AI data center map Most of the reports so far came from Texas. By Mariella Moon May 27, 2026 Brockovich AI Data Center Reporting website Erin Brockovich, the American environmental activist portrayed by Julia Roberts in the film named after her, has launched a new project that aims to give … Continue reading Erin Brockovich launches a crowdsourced AI data center map
Google Rediscovers Its Groove, Data Shows by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, May 21, 2026 Google Gemini as a stand-alone app and referral source to sites and publishers across the open web sits at No. 2 behind OpenAI ChatGPT in terms of how consumers use artificial intelligence (AI), but it’s gaining momentum each day. During … Continue reading Google Rediscovers Its Groove, Data Shows
May 19, 2026 AI slop farms are churning out anti-AI data center memes on Facebook BY Kristin Toussaint Like much of Facebook nowadays, the “California Life” Facebook page is full of AI slop. There are generated images of highway patrol officers holding up a groundhog and lengthy road signs detailing California quirks. And in between those … Continue reading AI slop farms are churning out anti-AI data center memes on Facebook
Similarweb Reveals LLM Data Contract, CEO Succession Plan by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, May 18, 2026 Similarweb reported $73.9 million in revenue for the first quarter of 2026 last week — up 10% compared with $67.1 million in the year-ago period, as the company prepares to search for a new CEO. On May 13, during … Continue reading Similarweb Reveals LLM Data Contract, CEO Succession Plan
