Last October, PayPal an integration with OpenAI so that ChatGPT users could transact within the app. Apparently, PayPal is now ready to take that idea to other retailer chatbots. Of course, now that ChatGPT is making its foray into advertising , other LLMs and chatbots are bound to follow suit, if they haven't already done so. Walmart, for instance, rolled out ads in its generative AI agent Sparky earlier this month.
In its fourth-quarter earnings call last week, Roku announced its platform revenue - which includes ads sold both on its Roku Channel FAST service, as well as display ads on its home screen - grew 18% year-over-year to reach $1.2 billion, pushing total growth for the entire year to a similar 18% and total revenue of $4.1 billion. It's a sign the connected TV (CTV) ad market is maturing - though experts told The Daily Upside it's still far from mature.
We don't need proof, says one short-seller out for the kill, because we finally have a good story to tell. Cooked books can be explained as simply a misalignment between the velocity of my vision and the velocity of regulation, according to the slippery fintech entrepreneur Whitney Halberstram. The gap in between is where smart people have always made money.
Netflix has announced that its streaming service will stop working on Sony's gaming console from today. Affected users should have been sent a notification on their device, which reads: 'Unfortunately, Netflix will no longer be available on this device after March 2, 2026. Visit netflix.com/compatible devices to see a list of supported devices.'
