# The Marketer's Playbook

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## Posts
- [🗞 Meta's AI Bet Pulls In $59 Billion, X Ends Its Advertiser War & LinkedIn Adds an AI Slop Button](https://www.marketersplaybook.co/p/meta-s-ai-bet-pulls-in-59-billion-x-ends-its-advertiser-war-linkedin-adds-an-ai-slop-button): Meta's AI push drives ad revenue to $59.4 billion in a single quarter. X ends its highest-profile legal fight with the ad industry. And LinkedIn finally gives users a way to hide AI slop.
- [🗞 TikTok Chases Amazon Prime, Meta Launches a Seller App & ChatGPT Makes Their Ad Platform Easier to Use](https://www.marketersplaybook.co/p/tiktok-chases-amazon-prime-meta-launches-a-seller-app-chatgpt-makes-their-ad-platform-easier-to-use): TikTok tests a Prime-style membership with free shipping. Meta hands Marketplace sellers a dedicated app with AI listings and insights. ChatGPT Ads pick up conversion bidding and bulk tools.
- [🗞 OpenAI's Ad Business Misses by 90%, Meta's AI Tools Frustrate Brands & YouTube Cracks Down on AI Slop](https://www.marketersplaybook.co/p/openai-s-ad-business-misses-by-90-meta-s-ai-tools-frustrate-brands-youtube-cracks-down-on-ai-slop): OpenAI projects $100 billion in ad revenue by 2030. Analysts cap the whole chatbot ad market at under $6 billion. Meta's tools misfire, and YouTube goes after low-value uploads.
- [🗞 OpenAI Wants ChatGPT to Sell You Ads, Meta Backs Down & Google Starts Labeling AI-Generated Ads](https://www.marketersplaybook.co/p/openai-wants-chatgpt-to-sell-you-ads-meta-backs-down-google-starts-labeling-ai-generated-ads): OpenAI wants ChatGPT to generate ads in real time based on what users type. Meta has pulled its AI image tool following backlash over consent, while Google will begin labeling ads created or significantly edited using AI.
- [🗞 TikTok Bets on Mini TV Shows, LinkedIn's AI Writes Your Ads & OpenAI Builds Every Kind of Ad](https://www.marketersplaybook.co/p/tiktok-bets-on-mini-tv-shows-linkedin-s-ai-writes-your-ads-openai-builds-every-kind-of-ad): TikTok wants your next binge-watch to be only a few minutes and inside its app. LinkedIn's AI writes and tests ads for marketers. OpenAI builds an entire ad ecosystem inside ChatGPT.
- [🗞 Walmart Drops a Billion on Streaming, TikTok's AI to Run Your Ads & Instagram Wants to Be TV](https://www.marketersplaybook.co/p/walmart-drops-a-billion-on-streaming-tiktok-s-ai-to-run-your-ads-instagram-wants-to-be-tv): Walmart decides the future of advertising runs through streaming, and drops a billion dollars to prove it. TikTok's AI agent wants to do a marketer's entire job. Instagram bets your next binge-watch happens in their app.
- [🗞 Shopify Is Replacing Agencies, Pinterest Lets Users Shop by Their Mood & Instagram Turned Carousels Into Mini Blogs](https://www.marketersplaybook.co/p/shopify-is-replacing-agencies-pinterest-lets-users-shop-by-their-mood-instagram-turned-carousels-int): Shopify decided merchants don't need agencies anymore. They need AI. Pinterest is betting that the future of shopping will be driven by conversation, not search bars. And Instagram just gave creators 20 slides and 20 captions to tell a story.
- [🗞 Google Lost in Court, TikTok Crashed Amazon's Party & Meta Wants to Track You Everywhere Now](https://www.marketersplaybook.co/p/google-lost-in-court-tiktok-crashed-amazon-s-party-meta-wants-to-track-you-everywhere-now): Google's AI answers come with legal consequences. TikTok wants to be a genuine retail threat. And Meta decided they need more data.
- [🗞 YouTube Crushed Netflix, Meta's AI Got Fooled & Your Next Employee Might Not Be Human](https://www.marketersplaybook.co/p/youtube-crushed-netflix-meta-s-ai-got-fooled-your-next-employee-might-not-be-human): YouTube is beating Netflix as a streaming service. Meta's AI help desk got outsmarted. Meta is now telling every business that AI isn't just a tool that your ex-hire changed to, and Meta finally caught on to using AI as an employee.
- [🗞 ChatGPT Ads Are Different, Meta Puts Up a Paywall & Google Comes Clean](https://www.marketersplaybook.co/p/chatgpt-ads-are-different-meta-puts-up-a-paywall-google-comes-clean): OpenAI just flipped the advertising model on its head. Meta decided free social media had a good run. And Google lacks trust in their AI answers.
- [🗞 Google Continues its Farewell to 10 Blue Links, Meta Copied Reddit & Zuckerberg Is Getting Paranoid Again](https://www.marketersplaybook.co/p/google-continues-its-farewell-to-10-blue-links-meta-copied-reddit-zuckerberg-is-getting-paranoid-aga): Google just decided blue links are over. Meta looked at Reddit, shrugged, and built the same thing. And Zuckerberg is once again telling his team that comfort is the enemy.
- [🗞 YouTube Declared War on TV, LinkedIn Is Laying Off & TikTok Wants You to Pay for Silence](https://www.marketersplaybook.co/p/youtube-declared-war-on-tv-linkedin-is-laying-off-tiktok-wants-you-to-pay-for-silence): YouTube brought Lady Gaga to Brandcast just to remind everyone it's the new TV. LinkedIn is cutting 5% of its staff as the tech layoff wave keeps rolling. And TikTok just launched a paid tier so you can buy your way out of ads.
- [🗞 ChatGPT Opens to Advertisers, Instagram Gets an AI Shopping Agent & AI Is About to Change How You Shop Forever](https://www.marketersplaybook.co/p/chatgpt-opens-to-advertisers-instagram-gets-an-ai-shopping-agent-ai-is-about-to-change-how-you-shop): ChatGPT is open for ad business. Meta is building Instagram's answer to TikTok Shop. And the way you shop online is about to change.