# cannes lions (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 12 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover cannes lions. Page: Feed: --- ## [Two new AI assistants have Silicon Valley buzzing](https://sources.news/p/two-new-ai-assistants-have-silicon) _2026-08-21 · Alex Heath · Sources_ Instinct and Grok Bot offer glimpses at where AI is going. Also: Stripe calls the singularity, Nvidia’s strange deal, and dead companies are being mined for training data. ## [Will Anthropic slow down?](https://sources.news/p/will-anthropic-slow-down) _2026-08-21 · Alex Heath · Sources_ OpenAI’s pause puts a new question to Anthropic ahead of its massive IPO: What would make it tap the brakes? ## [LinkedIn Says Its “Sounds Like AI Slop” Feature Has Been Used by 1 Million Users, While AI Slop Content Gets 40% Fewer Views](https://www.lindseygamble.com/blog/linkedin-says-its-sounds-like-ai-slop-feature-has-been-used-by-1-million-users-while-ai-slop-content-gets-40-fewer-views) _2026-08-21 · Lindsey Gamble · Blog | Lindsey Gamble: Creator Economy & Influencer Marketing Expert, Consultant & Speaker - Lindsey Gamble_ Hari Srinivasan, Chief Product Officer, shared a few updates in a LinkedIn post about how the feature is going. He revealed that more than 1 million people have used it in its first two weeks, and that content LinkedIn classifies as AI Slop is receiving 40% fewer views. ## [A dollar saved is a dollar wasted](https://careercolin.substack.com/p/a-dollar-saved-is-a-dollar-wasted) _2026-08-19 · for the firsts_ And other money rules I never learned at the dinner table ## [AI Influencers Are The Latest Attempt for Men to Enslave Women's Bodies](https://eugenehealey.substack.com/p/ai-influencers-ownership-over-women-bodies) _2026-08-19 · Eugene Healey · Considered Chaos_ A stealth discussion about Capital's capacity for ownership of the body ## [OpenAI’s big slowdown](https://sources.news/p/openais-big-slowdown) _2026-08-18 · Alex Heath · Sources_ CEO Sam Altman tells me OpenAI has paused frontier training efforts and shifted resources towards alignment: “Getting AI safety right is more important than any company’s momentum.” ## [TikTok & Disney Announce First-of-Its-Kind Partnership to Bring Creator Videos to Disney+](https://www.lindseygamble.com/blog/tiktok-disney-announce-first-of-its-kind-partnership-to-bring-creator-videos-to-disney) _2026-08-17 · Lindsey Gamble · Blog | Lindsey Gamble: Creator Economy & Influencer Marketing Expert, Consultant & Speaker - Lindsey Gamble_ Disney and TikTok recently announced a first-of-its-kind partnership that will bring creator videos directly into the Disney+ experience. ## [saying yes to everything](https://asseenonbyochuko.substack.com/p/saying-yes-to-everything) _2026-08-17 · Ochuko Akpovbovbo · as seen on_ the summer I turned host ## [Three Chords](https://shingy.substack.com/p/three-chords) _2026-08-17 · Shingy · SHINGY_ Punk wasn’t particularly interested in being good. ## [The AI Scarlet Letter](https://marketoonist.com/2026/08/the-ai-scarlet-letter.html) _2026-08-17 · tomfishburne · Marketoonist | Tom Fishburne_ This cartoon was partly inspired by the whiplash approach to AI writing at LinkedIn. A few years ago, they indiscriminately pushed AI tools, offering to draft a full post after typing just 30 words. Surprise, surprise, this resulted in a lot of AI slop on the platform. A recent study from Pangram Labs claims that 41% of long-form posts on… The post The AI Scarlet Letter first appeared on… ## [Home of the Agentic Pull Request (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/R5qAwwEKiffR) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ CLI-first, TUI-ready toolkits and a moshscript installer — join the waitlist ## [Influencer mailers are becoming content kits.](https://peoplebrandsandthings.substack.com/p/influencer-mailers-are-becoming-content) _2026-08-16 · PEOPLE BRANDS AND THINGS_ They're also being sold at big-box retailers. ## [This Week's Marketing Campaigns, News and Highlights](https://becauseofmarketing.substack.com/p/this-weeks-marketing-campaigns-news-26a) _2026-08-16 · Because of Marketing_ All the stories and moments to keep you ahead of the industry ## [Building an Empire at 25: The Honest Truth](https://www.frugalchic.co.uk/p/building-an-empire-at-25-the-honest) _2026-08-16 · Mia McGrath | Frugal Chic® · Frugal Chic®_ Frugal Chic® 73: The money, investing and business lessons behind Frugal Chic ## [Your Wardrobe Probably Isn’t an 'Investment'](https://www.frugalchic.co.uk/p/your-wardrobe-probably-isnt-an-investment) _2026-08-16 · Mia McGrath | Frugal Chic® · Frugal Chic®_ Frugal Chic® 74: Can good taste actually save you money? ## [YouTube Expands Copyright Notifications to Channel Managers](https://www.lindseygamble.com/blog/youtube-expands-copyright-notifications-to-channel-managers) _2026-08-15 · Lindsey Gamble · Blog | Lindsey Gamble: Creator Economy & Influencer Marketing Expert, Consultant & Speaker - Lindsey Gamble_ YouTube shared that it will soon start sending copyright email notifications to channel managers. Similar to channel owners, channel managers will receive copyright claims and removal requests. ## [Twitch Will Train on Creator Content for Amazon’s Generative AI Models Unless Creators Opt Out](https://www.lindseygamble.com/blog/twitch-will-train-on-creator-content-for-amazons-generative-ai-models-unless-creators-opt-out) _2026-08-15 · Lindsey Gamble · Blog | Lindsey Gamble: Creator Economy & Influencer Marketing Expert, Consultant & Speaker - Lindsey Gamble_ Twitch confirmed that it will use streamers’ channel content to train generative AI models across its parent company, Amazon. Creators who don’t want their content used can opt out through a new setting Twitch added after backlash. ## [LinkedIn Is Now Ranking Comments Based on Relevance and Personalization](https://www.lindseygamble.com/blog/linkedin-is-now-ranking-comments-based-on-relevance-and-personalization) _2026-08-15 · Lindsey Gamble · Blog | Lindsey Gamble: Creator Economy & Influencer Marketing Expert, Consultant & Speaker - Lindsey Gamble_ LinkedIn is now ranking comments based on relevance and personalizing them using signals like professional interests, connections, and engagement activity. It's also testing new ways to surface comments in the feed. ## [YouTube Doubles YouTube Partner Program Eligibility Requirements For New Creators](https://www.lindseygamble.com/blog/youtube-doubles-youtube-partner-program-eligibility-requirements-for-new-creators) _2026-08-15 · Lindsey Gamble · Blog | Lindsey Gamble: Creator Economy & Influencer Marketing Expert, Consultant & Speaker - Lindsey Gamble_ YouTube announced upcoming changes to the entry thresholds to the YouTube Partner Program (YPP) for new channels. ## [X Will Replace Creator Revenue Sharing With A New Original Content Rewards Program](https://www.lindseygamble.com/blog/x-replaces-creator-revenue-sharing-with-new-original-content-rewards-program) _2026-08-15 · Lindsey Gamble · Blog | Lindsey Gamble: Creator Economy & Influencer Marketing Expert, Consultant & Speaker - Lindsey Gamble_ X is sunsetting its Creator Revenue Sharing program in September and replacing it with the Original Content Rewards Program. Eligible creators, including those with a Premium subscription and at least 5 million organic impressions over three months, can earn rewards for “high-quality content,” from original memes to commentary, based on factors like impressions and audience. ## [Facebook Launches Creator Studio, an AI-Powered App to Help Creators Grow Their Presence](https://www.lindseygamble.com/blog/facebook-launches-creator-studio-an-ai-powered-app-to-help-creators-grow-their-presence) _2026-08-15 · Lindsey Gamble · Blog | Lindsey Gamble: Creator Economy & Influencer Marketing Expert, Consultant & Speaker - Lindsey Gamble_ Facebook officially launched Facebook Creator Studio, an AI-powered companion app announced earlier this summer. The app provides personalized guidance, comment management tools, including AI-powered comment replies, and content insights. ## [Ultra-Quiet Business Mini (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/0YQEQq3OPDop) _2026-08-15 · **Sponsored**_ Compact business mini, ultra-quiet for focused work. ## [is amazon prime the new cw?](https://asseenonbyochuko.substack.com/p/is-amazon-prime-the-new-cw) _2026-08-14 · Ochuko Akpovbovbo · as seen on_ you are what you scroll ## [Consumers Go Loonen For Water](https://becauseofmarketing.substack.com/p/consumers-go-loonen-for-water) _2026-08-14 · Because of Marketing · Because of Marketing_ How Loonen Has Become 2026’s Latest Wellness Accessory ## [How to raise $5 billion](https://sources.news/p/how-to-raise-5-billion) _2026-08-14 · Alex Heath · Sources_ My chat with Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi. Also: Google's morale problem, AI computer use is going to be big, and more. ## [teen girls are helping themselves to leftover GLP-1s](https://asseenonbyochuko.substack.com/p/teen-girls-are-helping-themselves) _2026-08-12 · Ochuko Akpovbovbo · as seen on_ many such cases ## [Zuckerberg's pro-AI manifesto](https://sources.news/p/zuckerberg-pro-ai-manifesto) _2026-08-10 · Alex Heath · Sources_ My chat with Mark Zuckerberg about Meta’s AI strategy: "We are very close to having substantially stronger models." ## [is the future of online dating... partiful?](https://asseenonbyochuko.substack.com/p/is-the-future-of-online-dating-partiful) _2026-08-10 · Ochuko Akpovbovbo · as seen on_ AI made more sense. let's discuss. ## [Product Design and Conway’s Law](https://marketoonist.com/2026/08/product-design-and-conways-law.html) _2026-08-10 · tomfishburne · Marketoonist | Tom Fishburne_ I heard somewhere years ago that the reason the classic TV remote control is so ridiculously complicated is that each button has its own product manager, lobbying hard for the features of that button. I think of that every time I stay in an Airbnb and can t figure out how to turn on the TV. It inspired this cartoon. In The post Product Design and Conway’s Law first appeared on Marketoonist | Tom… ## [Different Clocks](https://shingy.substack.com/p/different-clocks) _2026-08-09 · Shingy · SHINGY_ I spent most of this week jetlagged. ## [Co-branded festival activations are in our future.](https://peoplebrandsandthings.substack.com/p/co-branded-festival-activations-are) _2026-08-09 · PEOPLE BRANDS AND THINGS_ "Beauty is so closely connected to how people prepare for, participate in and remember festival moments." ## [What's next for me?](https://www.frugalchic.co.uk/p/whats-next-for-me) _2026-08-09 · Mia McGrath | Frugal Chic® · Frugal Chic®_ Frugal Chic® 71: upcoming projects, my EXACT net worth at 25, road to £1m goal update ## [Pirate.io on Google Play (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/FuvX83ToQXIf) _2026-08-09 · **Sponsored**_ Open the Pirate.io listing on Google Play to view the app’s details. ## [My 5 chic low-consumption rules](https://www.frugalchic.co.uk/p/my-5-chic-low-consumption-rules) _2026-08-09 · Mia McGrath | Frugal Chic® · Frugal Chic®_ Frugal Chic® 70: The 5 rules I keep coming back to for a slower, richer wardrobe ## [OpenAI's Astra pause](https://sources.news/p/openai-astra-pause) _2026-08-08 · Alex Heath · Sources_ This is a big deal for any frontier lab. Also: exposing the AI data leak to China, reactions to Google's AI leader moves, and more. ## [the secret i've been keeping from you...](https://www.frugalchic.co.uk/p/the-secret-ive-been-keeping-from) _2026-08-07 · Mia McGrath | Frugal Chic® · Frugal Chic®_ hey, this is big news. ## [The Demis firewall](https://sources.news/p/the-demis-firewall) _2026-08-06 · Alex Heath · Sources_ Why the Google DeepMind shakeup matters less than it looks, except for one change. Also: My chat with Figma's CEO, OpenAI's Hugging Face postmortem, and more. ## [Entertainment is changing faster than its language](https://povcreatoreconomy.substack.com/p/entertainment-is-changing-faster) _2026-08-05 · Bia Granja · POV: Creator Economy_ 24 concepts shaping the convergence between Hollywood and the Creator Economy ## [Interview: Adobe’s Meg Donovan, Senior Director of Product Marketing for Generative AI & Creators, on AI as an Accelerant for Creativity](https://www.lindseygamble.com/blog/interview-adobes-meg-donovan-senior-director-of-product-marketing-for-generative-ai-creators-on-ai-as-an-accelerant-for-creativity) _2026-08-05 · Lindsey Gamble · Blog | Lindsey Gamble: Creator Economy & Influencer Marketing Expert, Consultant & Speaker - Lindsey Gamble_ “We talk a lot about AI as an accelerant, not something that detracts from creativity,” Meg Donovan, Senior Director of Product Marketing for Generative AI and Creators at Adobe, told me during our conversation at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. ## [Microsoft's tokenmaxxing crackdown](https://sources.news/p/microsoft-cracks-down-on-tokenmaxxing) _2026-08-05 · Alex Heath · Sources_ A sign of the times: "Tokenmaxxing is not what we are optimizing for." Also: The White House has a concept of an AI plan, Apple vs. OpenAI gets nastier, Airtable's AI escape hatch, and more. ## [An Interview with Lucas Yiu, TikTok Strategist and Creative Consultant](https://becauseofmarketing.substack.com/p/an-interview-with-lucas-yiu-tiktok) _2026-08-03 · Because of Marketing · Because of Marketing_ How brands stay relevant on TikTok, balance luxury with interview culture and build value for audiences ## [Inside Mika Abdalla's first beauty campaign.](https://peoplebrandsandthings.substack.com/p/inside-mika-abdallas-first-beauty) _2026-08-03 · PEOPLE BRANDS AND THINGS_ The Off Campus star landed a MAJOR brand partnership. ## [AI Overviews Changing the Game](https://marketoonist.com/2026/08/ai-overviews-changing-the-game.html) _2026-08-03 · tomfishburne · Marketoonist | Tom Fishburne_ There’s an old joke that the best place to hide a dead body is page two of Google search results. For years, the name of the game was to rank as highly as possible in the top 10 blue links. Some of the game resulted in mindless keyword stuffing and other SEO hacks. But it also created a value exchange: The post AI Overviews Changing the Game first appeared on Marketoonist | Tom Fishburne . ## [Point of View](https://shingy.substack.com/p/point-of-view) _2026-08-02 · Shingy · SHINGY_ I’ve been thinking about point of view lately. ## [The weirdest brand deal Keke Palmer has been pitched.](https://peoplebrandsandthings.substack.com/p/the-weirdest-brand-deal-keke-palmer) _2026-08-02 · PEOPLE BRANDS AND THINGS_ Everything you need to know from this week's consumer news. ## [The Frugal Chic guide to Ethical Investing](https://www.frugalchic.co.uk/p/the-frugal-chic-guide-to-ethical) _2026-08-02 · Mia McGrath | Frugal Chic® · Frugal Chic®_ Frugal Chic® 69: Because building wealth shouldn't cost you your values ## [The Splurge vs Save List](https://www.frugalchic.co.uk/p/the-splurge-vs-save-list) _2026-08-02 · Mia McGrath | Frugal Chic® · Frugal Chic®_ Frugal Chic® 68: A simple exercise to stop swinging between overspending and deprivation. ## [Where AI media is headed next](https://sources.news/p/every-dan-shipper-podcast-tokens-go-brr) _2026-07-31 · Alex Heath · Sources_ Every CEO Dan Shipper: "If you’re not willing to waste tokens, you’re not willing to discover new things.” ## [“weird me in” culture takes over Gen Z feeds](https://asseenonbyochuko.substack.com/p/weird-me-in-culture-takes-over-gen) _2026-07-31 · Ochuko Akpovbovbo · as seen on_ you are what you scroll ## [The Rise of The CFO Marketer](https://becauseofmarketing.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-the-cfo-marketer) _2026-07-31 · Because of Marketing · Because of Marketing_ How the role is evolving from creating campaigns to creating commercial value ## [Arizona State University Launches Content Creation Major as Higher Education Embraces the Creator Economy](https://www.lindseygamble.com/blog/arizona-state-university-launches-content-creation-major-as-higher-education-embraces-the-creator-economy) _2026-07-31 · Lindsey Gamble · Blog | Lindsey Gamble: Creator Economy & Influencer Marketing Expert, Consultant & Speaker - Lindsey Gamble_ The new school year is right around the corner, and Arizona State University is making a splash by launching a Content Creation major. Housed within the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, the new Bachelor of Arts program is designed to prepare students for careers in the creator economy. ## [everyone needs a personal syllabus](https://asseenonbyochuko.substack.com/p/everyone-needs-a-personal-syllabus) _2026-07-30 · Ochuko Akpovbovbo · as seen on_ the summer I turned host ## [Inside Black Forest Labs](https://sources.news/p/the-lab-betting-ais-next-frontier) _2026-07-30 · Alex Heath · Sources_ CEO Robin Rombach on the open vs closed AI debate, Flux 3, and a consumer agent. Also: Microsoft and Meta's next moves, OpenAI's hockey-sticking, and more.