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Something Squirrely — Episode 7: They’ll Give You the AI Girl for Free — They Just Want a Cut of Everything She Makes
There is one particular advertisement that has apparently decided it and I are now in a committed relationship because it keeps appearing in my Facebook feed. The message changes slightly, but the story remains pretty much the same: artificial-intelligence creators are making people serious money, you can get your first AI creator for free, you…
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Something Squirrely — Episode 5: They Monetized the Loading Screen — and They’ll Give You Half
Every once in a while an advertisement appears that does not immediately make us think, “That’s bullshit.” Instead, it makes us wonder, “Why did nobody think of that sooner?” That was my reaction when an advertisement for Kickbacks.ai appeared in my Facebook feed with an unusual proposition: advertisers bid for the idle line displayed while…
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Something Squirrely — Episode 4: Unlimited AI Images for $99? Sure — If Your Computer Can Handle It
There are advertisements that immediately smell bad, and then there are advertisements that simply make you tilt your head, squint a little and wonder where the squirrel buried the nuts. This one falls into the second category. An advertisement from Distinct AI recently crossed my screen promoting Render FX, a desktop artificial-intelligence image generator. The…
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Something Stinks: Apparently Adding AI Makes “We Sell Ads” Sound Revolutionary
There is something almost magical about the letters A and I. Take an ordinary business function that has existed for decades, sprinkle those two letters over it, add a cute fox wearing glasses and a utility vest, and suddenly you are no longer buying advertising. You are apparently venturing into unexplored territory with an “AI-powered…
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Digging Deeper Episode 04: Tripo 3D — Free to Create, Paid to Use?
One of the reasons I moved this series from “Something Stinks” to “Digging Deeper” is because not every ad deserves to be dismissed on sight. Some deserve to be tested. Tripo 3D turned out to be one of those cases. Rather than simply looking at the marketing and making assumptions, I decided to create an…
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Something Stinks – Episode 10: Foxy.ai Selling the Dream Behind the Bikini
There are certain advertisements that make you stop scrolling because the product looks interesting. Then there are advertisements that make you stop because somebody apparently decided subtlety was for cowards. Foxy.ai landed firmly in the second category. Over the last several days, Facebook has repeatedly served us advertisements from Foxy showing attractive female creators, bikinis,…
