LinkedIn Pulled Legitimate AI Coworkers from Israeli AI Firm MarkeTeam
One year ago, an AI startup called MarkeTeam built LinkedIn profiles for five AI agents to showcase the technology. This week, LinkedIn yanked them down, the same month Facebook pulled its own AI character profiles. AI agents are the marketing world’s “shiny new toy,” writes Trishla Ostwal. But there’s definitely a growing tension seeing them mimic humans in spaces that were originally built for human interaction.The stage is set! Advertisers, don’t miss this cultural moment. ADWEEK House The Big Game is headed to New Orleans on February 7.
AI startup MarkeTeam, which has raised $5 million in funding, specializes in using AI agents to replicate marketing tasks for small and medium-sized business. A year ago, the company created LinkedIn profiles of its five agents to showcase their capabilities and attract attention from prospective business interested in hiring its AI-driven talent.
This week, LinkedIn removed all five of its AI-generated ‘coworkers’ profiles, citing policy violations. MarkeTeam sees the move as a broader disconnect between the policies of platforms and the rapidly evolving role of AI in the workplace.
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Apple has filed an emergency motion with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia late Thursday regarding Google’s search antitrust case.
The motion requests a stay of possible remedies the Department of Justice may seek after emerging victorious in its antitrust suit accusing Google of sustaining a search monopoly, potentially including spinoffs of its Chrome browser or Android operating system.
Apple asked the court to rule on the motion by Feb. 4, writing, “If Apple’s appeal is not resolved until during or after the remedies trial, Apple may well be forced to stand mute at trial, as a mere spectator, while the government pursues an extreme remedy that targets Apple by name and would prohibit any commercial arrangement between Apple and Google for a decade.
Comcast otkriva budućnost NBCU-a nakon izdvajanja kablovskih mreža.
According to the company, 98% of viewing on Peacock did not include the spun-off networks
The numbers:
100 million – Households reached by NBC and Bravo each month, according to Comcast.
$372 million – Peacock’s narrowed loss numbers following a loss of $825 million in the same period last year.
36 million – Peacock subscribers, growing 16% year over year.
$4.9 billion – Peacock’s full-year revenue, a 46% increase year over year.
98% – Amount of viewing on Peacock that did not include spun-off networks.
$717 million – Wicked’s box office take, helping Universal become the No.
In its latest earnings call, Comcast revealed more about its plans to spinoff its cable assets like USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC into a new company called SpinCo.
While Comcast didn’t reveal how many seconds it took to come up with that inspiring name, it did reveal that 98% of viewing on Peacock didn’t include the networks being spun off.
“So they need their own direct-to-consumer digital initiatives and focus and investment,” said Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts.
