<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title>Marketing Remote Jobs | Find Remote Marketing Positions</title> <link>https://www.marketingremotejobs.app</link> <description>Discover top remote marketing jobs worldwide. Find remote positions in digital marketing, content, SEO, social media, and more. Apply to work-from-home marketing roles today.</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 17:03:37 GMT</lastBuildDate> <docs>https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html</docs> <generator>https://github.com/jpmonette/feed</generator> <language>en</language> <image> <title>Marketing Remote Jobs | Find Remote Marketing Positions</title> <url>https://www.marketingremotejobs.app/images/logo-512.png</url> <link>https://www.marketingremotejobs.app</link> </image> <copyright>All rights reserved 2024, MarketingRemoteJobs.app</copyright> <category>Bitcoin News</category> <item> <title><![CDATA[AI Cybersecurity Nightmare: Is Anthropic's Mythos Model a Real Threat or Just Marketing Hype?]]></title> <link>https://www.marketingremotejobs.app/article/ai-cybersecurity-nightmare-is-anthropics-mythos-model-a-real-threat-or-just-marketing-hype</link> <guid>ai-cybersecurity-nightmare-is-anthropics-mythos-model-a-real-threat-or-just-marketing-hype</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:00:25 GMT</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[## The AI Cybersecurity Alarm Anthropic's decision to **postpone the release** of its new AI model, Claude Mythos, has ignited a fierce debate in the tech and cybersecurity communities. The model, rumored to be so advanced at coding that it could become a **powerful weapon for hackers**, has sparked both alarm and skepticism. ![The Anthropic AI logo appears on a smartphone screen and as the background on a laptop computer screen in this photo illustration in Athens, Greece, on February 24, 2026. (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto)](https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--F_VlzZoI--/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_1050/v1772227569/4JSI9SH_AFP__20260224__kokovlis_notitle260224_npU3B__v1__HighRes__AnthropicAiIllustration_jpg?_a=BACCd2AD) *The company is among several contenders in a fierce artificial intelligence race.* ## Marketing Tactics or Genuine Warning? Critics point to Anthropic's history of using **scare tactics** to promote its technology. At the recent HumanX AI conference in San Francisco, Alex Stamos of startup Corridor quipped about what he called Anthropic's **"marketing schtick,"** comparing it to announcing a nuclear bomb with a cute cartoon. David Sacks, an entrepreneur and investor who heads President Donald Trump's council of advisors on technology, stated: **"The world has no choice but to take the cyber threat associated with Mythos seriously. But it's hard to ignore that Anthropic has a history of scare tactics."** ## The Real Threat: Agent-to-Agent Warfare Mythos has raised fears of hackers commanding **armies of AI agents** capable of breaking through computer defenses with ease. According to Anthropic and its partners, the model can autonomously scan vast amounts of code to find and chain together previously unknown security vulnerabilities in all kinds of software—from operating systems to web browsers. Shlomo Kramer, co-founder and CEO of Cato Networks, warned in a blog post: **"Mythos model points to something far more consequential than another leap in artificial intelligence. It signals a shift that could redefine the balance between attackers and defenders in cyberspace."** ### Key Capabilities and Concerns - **Speed and Scale**: Mythos can operate at a speed and scale no human could match, potentially bringing down banks, hospitals, or national infrastructure within hours. - **Vulnerability Discovery**: The model is expected to cause a **"tsunami"** of vulnerability discoveries, exploiting both known and unknown weaknesses. - **Autonomous Malware**: Experts like Adam Meyers of CrowdStrike foresee malware with embedded AI models that have no pre-programming, capable of adapting to any task. ## Industry Reactions and Predictions At the HumanX conference, the consensus was that AI agents adept at coding will naturally excel at finding software weaknesses. Stamos predicted a coming **"agent-to-agent war,"** with humans supervising AI agents to defend against hackers using the same technology. Wendy Whitmore of Palo Alto Networks expects **"some sort of catastrophic attack"** this year linked to AI agent capabilities. Meanwhile, the heads of America's biggest banks met with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to weigh the security implications of Mythos. ## Restricted Access and Partnerships A tightly restricted preview of Mythos was shared this week with partner organizations under **Project Glasswing**, including Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Cisco, CrowdStrike, and JPMorgan Chase. This move aims to control the model's release while gathering feedback from key industry players. As the AI race intensifies, the debate over Mythos highlights the fine line between **genuine cybersecurity warnings** and **strategic marketing hype**. The tech world watches closely, balancing innovation with the need for safety in an increasingly AI-driven landscape.]]></description> <author>contact@marketingremotejobs.app (MarketingRemoteJobs.app)</author> <category>ai</category> <category>cybersecurity</category> <category>anthropic</category> <category>mythos</category> <category>marketing</category> <enclosure url="https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--TdNrdxuG--/t_tohu-badge-facebook/v1772227569/4JSI9SH_AFP__20260224__kokovlis_notitle260224_npU3B__v1__HighRes__AnthropicAiIllustration_jpg?_a=BACCd2AD" length="0" type="image//rnz/image/upload/s--TdNrdxuG--/t_tohu-badge-facebook/v1772227569/4JSI9SH_AFP__20260224__kokovlis_notitle260224_npU3B__v1__HighRes__AnthropicAiIllustration_jpg"/> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Menopause Marketing Madness: Why Doctors Urge Women to Beware of the Hype]]></title> <link>https://www.marketingremotejobs.app/article/menopause-marketing-madness-why-doctors-urge-women-to-beware-of-the-hype</link> <guid>menopause-marketing-madness-why-doctors-urge-women-to-beware-of-the-hype</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:00:30 GMT</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[Women experiencing hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings, and sleep issues during menopause—while also noticing signs of aging—are being bombarded with products. ## The Marketing Surge Open conversations about menopause and perimenopause are happening alongside a marketing boom fueled by social media. Women are confronted with lotions, serums, light masks, dietary supplements, and gadgets promising to rejuvenate skin, boost moods, and ease symptoms. Dr. Nanette Santoro, an OB-GYN professor at the University of Colorado Anschutz, warns: **“The marketing has gotten very, very aggressive. It’s pervasive.”** ## Skepticism is Key Doctors emphasize that before spending money on products with big promises, women should consult their doctors about what’s proven to help—and what could be harmful. **“It really pays to be very, very, very skeptical,”** Santoro advises. ## Symptoms and Solutions As menstruation winds down, estrogen and progesterone levels drop, leading to symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats, mood changes, vaginal dryness, and sleep problems. Dr. Angela Angel, an OB-GYN with Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, notes that patients are now initiating conversations about menopause, often after trying products that didn’t work or caused side effects. ## Navigating the Onslaught Products range from bracelets and rings claiming to ease hot flashes to cooling blankets and dietary supplements. Santoro suggests balancing cost against potential benefit: **“If it’s a bracelet that’s going to cost you $20, it’s not a big expenditure. It might provide some improvement.”** However, she stresses the importance of evidence-based treatment from healthcare providers. ## Dietary Supplements and Risks Dietary supplements haven’t been proven in multiple well-done studies to alleviate hot flashes, though many are low-cost with low harm potential. Doctors warn that over-the-counter products marketed for menopausal women often aren’t different ingredient-wise from regular products, and some could have side effects. ## Medical Help and Lifestyle Changes Dr. Monica Christmas, director of the menopause program at the University of Chicago Medicine, highlights that symptoms vary widely. **Seeking medical help is crucial.** Doctors say hormone therapy or nonhormonal medication prescribed by a doctor can help, but not everyone is a candidate. Regular exercise, a healthy diet, and avoiding alcohol can also alleviate symptoms. **“Many of the symptoms actually get better over time, so sometimes it really is just a matter of lifestyle modifications and self-care,”** Christmas explains. ## Personal Experience Brandi McGruder, a 49-year-old school librarian, realized she was in perimenopause after experiencing temperature swings. She consulted her doctor, who prescribed an estrogen patch that helped. McGruder advises: **“Laugh. It’s OK. Reach out to others experiencing what you are going through, don’t take it so serious.”** ## Skin Care Realities Dr. Melissa Mauskar, a dermatologist, notes that skin changes during menopause include thinning due to collagen loss. Prescribed retinoids or over-the-counter retinol can help, along with moisturizers containing ceramides. She warns against ingestible collagen and light masks, which may not deliver promised results. **Consistent use of sunscreen is essential to prevent wrinkles from sun damage.** **“Sometimes the tried and true things that we at least have the science for I think still are my kind of gold standard for my patients,”** Mauskar concludes.]]></description> <author>contact@marketingremotejobs.app (MarketingRemoteJobs.app)</author> <category>menopause</category> <category>marketing</category> <category>health</category> <category>womenshealth</category> <category>doctors</category> <enclosure url="https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/ap26093706698031.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill" length="0" type="image/jpg"/> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Staysure Shakes Up Media Strategy: Goodstuff Wins Account from Incumbent All Response Media]]></title> <link>https://www.marketingremotejobs.app/article/staysure-shakes-up-media-strategy-goodstuff-wins-account-from-incumbent-all-response-media</link> <guid>staysure-shakes-up-media-strategy-goodstuff-wins-account-from-incumbent-all-response-media</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:00:30 GMT</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[## Staysure Appoints Goodstuff to Media Account In a significant move for the insurance sector, **Staysure** has appointed **Goodstuff** to handle its media account, replacing the incumbent **All Response Media**. This strategic shift highlights the evolving landscape of media planning and buying in competitive industries. ![Staysure branding on a golf course.](https://cached.imagescaler.hbpl.co.uk/resize/scaleWidth/952/cached.offlinehbpl.hbpl.co.uk/news/OMC/StaysureEDITED.jpg) ### Key Details of the Appointment The transition from All Response Media to Goodstuff marks a pivotal moment for Staysure's marketing efforts. While specific reasons for the change were not disclosed in the available content, such moves often signal a desire for **fresh perspectives**, **innovative strategies**, or **enhanced performance** in media campaigns. ### Implications for the Industry This appointment underscores the importance of **media account management** in driving brand growth and customer engagement. For companies like Staysure, which operate in the **insurance and financial services** sector, effective media planning is crucial for reaching target audiences and maintaining competitive advantage. ### What This Means for Marketing Professionals For those in **digital marketing** and **media strategy**, this news serves as a reminder of the dynamic nature of client-agency relationships. It highlights how brands continuously evaluate their partnerships to optimize **ROI** and adapt to market trends. If you're interested in deeper insights or full access to such industry updates, consider exploring subscription options for comprehensive coverage.]]></description> <author>contact@marketingremotejobs.app (MarketingRemoteJobs.app)</author> <category>media</category> <category>appointment</category> <category>insurance</category> <category>strategy</category> <category>agency</category> <enclosure url="https://cached.imagescaler.hbpl.co.uk/resize/scaleHeight/815/cached.offlinehbpl.hbpl.co.uk/news/OMC/StaysureEDITED.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Tourism Fiji's CMO Srishti Narayan Steps Down After Transformative Three-Year Tenure: What's Next for the Island Nation's Marketing?]]></title> <link>https://www.marketingremotejobs.app/article/tourism-fijis-cmo-srishti-narayan-steps-down-after-transformative-three-year-tenure-whats-next-for-the-island-nations-marketing</link> <guid>tourism-fijis-cmo-srishti-narayan-steps-down-after-transformative-three-year-tenure-whats-next-for-the-island-nations-marketing</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:00:28 GMT</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[Tourism Fiji's chief marketing officer, **Srishti Narayan**, is set to leave the organization next month after three years leading its global marketing efforts. Narayan has been with Tourism Fiji since September 2022, initially joining as head of global marketing before being promoted to CMO eight months later following the departure of Emma Campbell. She will now return to her previous home of New Zealand to rejoin Stuff as its group head of marketing. ### A Rewarding Journey “The last almost four years at Tourism Fiji have been amongst the most rewarding of my career,” she said in a written statement. “I’ve watched my homeland reopen from the dark depths of Covid to achieve record visitation three years in a row, completely reshape how the Fiji brand is perceived internationally; as a destination offering a unique and authentic cultural experience alongside the stunning beaches it’s traditionally known for, deliver record engagement across digital platforms, host major events that have brought enormous global visibility and win endless awards and nominations on ‘top travel’ lists. “More importantly, I’ve had the privilege of working with some of the most committed and talented people I have ever known, and a strong, passionate and resilient industry. It has been an honour to serve Fiji through this role, to play a small part in sharing its story on the global stage, and to meet so many incredible people along the way.” ### Leadership Transition and Succession Plans Tourism Fiji’s leadership, under its recently appointed CEO Paresh Pant, is in the early stages of sourcing a replacement for Narayan’s role. Her exit comes after the departure of former Tourism Fiji CEO Brent Hill in June, who has since taken on the role of chief marketing officer for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games organizing committee. Both Narayan and Tourism Fiji have been contacted for comment on succession plans and the transition period. ### Key Achievements and Marketing Strategy Fiji-born Narayan, a former marketer at Stuff, Bank of New Zealand and ANZ, was appointed Tourism Fiji CMO in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. She was tasked with leading the Pacific nation’s tourism recovery after the global travel shutdown. Narayan went on to speak about Tourism Fiji’s recovery at the Mumbrella Travel Marketing Summit in August 2023, as well as its post-pandemic brand platform “Where happiness comes naturally”, which was the first work from Havas, which won the organization’s creative, CX and media accounts in 2022. Three years later, the organization went on to award Havas PR and influencer duties for Australia, bringing the full marketing remit into the holding company’s village model. ### Recent Campaigns and Initiatives In November 2024, the organization released its “Happy Passports” campaign and, most recently, “Be Fiji” in January. <iframe title="Be Fiji - Family, Couple & Solo - 45"" width="568" height="320" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/akYsfowOf34?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> To see Narayan’s presentation at the Mumbrella Travel Marketing Summit, sign up to Mumbrella Pro.]]></description> <author>contact@marketingremotejobs.app (MarketingRemoteJobs.app)</author> <category>tourismmarketing</category> <category>cmo</category> <category>leadershipchange</category> <category>fiji</category> <category>brandstrategy</category> <enclosure url="https://mumbrella.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Srishti-Narayan-e1681971243276.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[The Trade Desk Shakeup: CMO and Execs Exit Amid Leadership Overhaul and Industry Turmoil]]></title> <link>https://www.marketingremotejobs.app/article/the-trade-desk-shakeup-cmo-and-execs-exit-amid-leadership-overhaul-and-industry-turmoil</link> <guid>the-trade-desk-shakeup-cmo-and-execs-exit-amid-leadership-overhaul-and-industry-turmoil</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:00:28 GMT</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[**Three senior leaders, including CMO Ian Colley, have departed The Trade Desk.** Communications executive Melinda Zurich and SVP of consumer products Matthew Henick are also leaving the demand-side platform. Their departures follow the recent resignation of board member Lise Buyer, and **The Trade Desk (TTD) recently appearing in headlines due to a combination of a major audit dispute and shifts in its ad-buying platform.** Reports indicated that an audit commissioned by Publicis Groupe claimed The Trade Desk violated agreement clauses, specifically alleging the company charged fees exceeding agreed limits and enrolled clients in features without consent. TTD **strongly pushed back**, with CEO Jeff Green stating that the company has “not ‘failed’ any audit ever” and noting they are working on alternatives to address Publicis’ concerns. Recently, WPP and Dentsu left much of the adtech world in a conundrum after the two holding companies **pulled back from The Trade Desk’s (TTD) direct-to-publisher OpenPath initiative.** This morning, in a statement to *B&T*, the DSP confirmed there has been “a changing of the guard at The Trade Desk in two key roles”. “Anna Sayre has been named the interim CMO of The Trade Desk. Sayre has been with the company for seven years, having previously spent years inside of global agencies,” a spokesperson from TTD said. “Rob Caruso will lead our Ventura TV OS. Caruso has a strong pedigree in consumer TV products including at Netflix and Google, where he led product for Google TV. He will continue forward the vision to create a better supply chain for CTV and premium content.” “As a result of these changes, Matthew Henick, Ian Colley and Melinda Zurich are leaving The Trade Desk.”]]></description> <author>contact@marketingremotejobs.app (MarketingRemoteJobs.app)</author> <category>thetradedesk</category> <category>cmo</category> <category>adtech</category> <category>leadership</category> <category>audit</category> <enclosure url="https://www.bandt.com.au/information/uploads/2026/04/the-trade-desk-headshots-scaled.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[The Deceptive Marketing of AI: How Chatbot Ads Are Manipulating Our Perception of Reality]]></title> <link>https://www.marketingremotejobs.app/article/the-deceptive-marketing-of-ai-how-chatbot-ads-are-manipulating-our-perception-of-reality</link> <guid>the-deceptive-marketing-of-ai-how-chatbot-ads-are-manipulating-our-perception-of-reality</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:00:39 GMT</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[# The Deceptive Marketing of AI: How Chatbot Ads Are Manipulating Our Perception of Reality A few months ago, I was in my living room, TV on in the background, when I heard the first few notes of a familiar song. It was “Fool” by Perfume Genius, a track about the tenuous, often exploitative relationship between gay men and straight culture. I’d listened to it hundreds of times before, always moved by how it evokes a complex world of human emotion—of feeling both venerated and cast aside, exalted and objectified. I looked up at the screen and my stomach dropped. It was an ad for **ChatGPT**. The sheer cognitive dissonance—hearing a song so deeply human, so personal and reflective, used to advertise a chatbot—was unsettling. What was it doing in a commercial for a technology that I fear is only good for alienating us from ourselves? The ad was part of a campaign by **OpenAI** that launched last year, each of its seven installments showing how ChatGPT might be integrated into daily life. In the spot titled “Dish,” a young, curly-haired white guy in an apartment makes dinner for a pretty brunette white gal, giving her a taste of pasta. The woman takes a bite, thinks for a second, brow furrowed, and says it’s “really good.” Then the music swells, and a single line is superimposed on the screen: *I need a recipe that says, “I like you, but I want to play it cool.”* Our protagonist’s prompt to ChatGPT is followed by a long answer extruded by the chatbot, directions we are meant to believe are now helping him impress his date. The other stars of OpenAI’s campaign take on similarly mundane challenges. One guy strains to do a pullup; a student tries to focus on her work; two teenagers attempt to fix their dad’s truck. Framed in close and shot on 35-millimeter film, wearing outfits cleverly lacking the trend markers of our moment, these people seem less like envoys from some AI utopia and more like old-fashioned main characters—it just so happens that their hero’s journey would not be possible without ChatGPT. ![A photo still of a video in which a man and woman are together in a kitchen. Overlaying the image are the words "I need a recipe that says, 'I like you, but want to play it cool.'"](https://www.motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/513_MIXED-MEDIA_D.jpg) ![A photo still of of a video of a little girl running overlayed by an AI prompt that has a "Gemini" logo with type underneath that reads "Help my daughter write a letter."](https://www.motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/513_MIXED-MEDIA_C.jpg) *Chatbot companies have encouraged people to entrust them with some of our most human tasks.* The campaign marks a shift in how AI companies are presenting their products. Older ads for chatbots didn’t shy away from showing the technology: In one, a man asked Google’s Gemini to write a letter from his young daughter to an Olympian the girl admires; in another, a woman asked Meta’s AI for help organizing a book club meeting to discuss *Moby-Dick*, which we come to understand she likely hasn’t read. But in OpenAI’s latest spots, the interaction with the technology itself is conspicuously missing. We don’t see the protagonists using a phone or a computer. We don’t see anyone struggle, stop, consult the bot, then return to their activity. The chatbot’s presence is unseen and entirely frictionless; it is an organic part of the process of trying to do anything at all. Over the last few years, as the race to dominate **generative AI** has consumed an enormous amount of capital, companies have been trying to figure out how to market their products to a potentially vast consumer base. It hasn’t been a straightforward process. Google eventually pulled the Gemini letter-writing ad from the air because the reaction to it was so poor—why would anyone choose to outsource that kind of thing to AI, thereby robbing themselves of the opportunity to spend quality time with their daughter, and the child of the chance to express herself? That ad was mentioned in a *New York Times* article that asked, “Why Does Every Commercial for A.I. Think You’re a Moron?” We, it seems, don’t like being treated as if a computer program is smarter than we are, or the implication that every task is equally rote and mundane. Some things, like fostering your child’s burgeoning passions, hold deeper meaning, and the point isn’t merely to get them done—it’s to *do* them. > This technology, these campaigns say, is not at all like the technologies you fear. In fact, you have nothing to fear. But audiences’ discomfort with AI marketing goes beyond feeling insulted. One recent survey by the Pew Research Center found that only 17 percent of Americans believe AI will positively affect their lives, while another found that 53 percent believe it will worsen creative thinking, and 50 percent think it will harm people’s ability to form meaningful relationships. Such qualms rest, in part, on the experience of the last dozen years, as the harms of social media have cast a pall on the unbridled techno-optimism of the early 2000s. A meta-analysis of 71 psychology studies, for example, showed that consumption of short-form video damages cognition, attention spans, impulse control, and overall mental health. This won’t be surprising to anyone who’s ever gotten sucked into a phone trance and emerged from it dumb and disgusted. Knowledge, both scientific and lived, of social media’s deleterious effects is finally prompting people to fight back—trading their smartphones for flip phones, bricking or gray-screening them, or developing ways to pay more attention. This upswell of anti-tech sentiment feels like a backlash after the pandemic’s physical isolation led many of us to spend more time tethered to digital tools. And it’s being exacerbated by anxieties that generative AI will decimate the labor force far sooner than we can adapt. Even tech workers, as the *New Yorker*’s Kyle Chayka reported, worry that AI will trap them in a “permanent underclass.” Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, in a recent essay, speculated on ways that we might “buy time” before the possibility that AI enslaves or destroys humanity. ![The latest ads for Claude (top) have echoes of IBM’s Powers of Ten film from the 1970s (bottom).](https://www.motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/513_MIXED-MEDIA_A.jpg) But meanwhile, AI companies have products to sell, and marketing campaigns that use a faux indie film aesthetic can make generative AI seem cozy and helpful, not predatory and dystopic. As Vauhini Vara, author of the 2025 book *Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age*, told me, “It can’t be coincidental that these ads that normalize AI use come at a time when people are talking a lot about how abnormal they find it all.” It’s not just OpenAI: Anthropic recently produced a campaign for Claude that is both techno-optimistic and pseudo-humanist. It begins with a quick sequence of video clips—a falling piano, a city blacking out, an ambulance speeding through streets blaring its siren—as a voice repeatedly intones, “There’s never been a worse time.” But then this barrage of images gives way to a slower montage; now, people are running, playing music, fixing bikes, climbing in the desert, taking a dance class, launching a rocket into the air. Sometimes they look at screens—but overwhelmingly, they are engaged in the physical world. Claude is represented not by computers or phones, but by white line graphics tracing people’s routes up the boulders, the paths of their limbs as they dance, and the airflow coming in and out of their lungs. Now, the voice says, “There’s never been a better time…to have a problem, to be stuck, to be overwhelmed, to be impatient, to be out of ideas, to be out of your depth, out of breath.” Alex Hanna, co-author with Emily M. Bender of the 2025 book *The AI Con*, told me these ads might signal a resurgence of the push for “ubiquitous computing.” This movement—spearheaded in the late 1980s by Mark Weiser, then the chief technology officer of Xerox’s famed Palo Alto Research Center—sprang from the idea that technology would evolve only if its developers sought to make it an indistinguishable part of the environment. Anthropic has taken this concept to extremes; at a recent “zero-slop” pop-up in New York City’s West Village, the company disallowed phones, an attempt to further distance its product from things (slop, phones, screens) that carry negative connotations and to imply that, somehow, AI products are just in the air. Meta’s Super Bowl ad campaign gestured toward a similar concept, showing people engaged in various activities while wearing Meta-powered glasses, interacting with the chatbot without having to stop whatever they’re doing. (“Hey Meta, is it okay to eat mud?” asks a cyclist after she crashes on a dirt trail.) This technology, these campaigns say, is not at all like the technologies you fear. In fact, you have nothing to fear. We’ve been here before. In 1958, IBM asked designers Charles and Ray Eames to produce a short film about the computer. At the time, the company’s room-size computing machines were commonly associated with nuclear weapons systems. IBM needed a way to make its product more palatable, and the Eameses, with their modernist optimism in the power and possibilities of technology, were the ideal candidates to create such propaganda. They made a film titled *The Information Machine*, kicking off a partnership with IBM that lasted almost 20 years. Their films were odes to the computer; in the best-known one, *Powers of Ten*, the Eameses exponentially zoom out and then back in on a single point on Earth, illustrating and demystifying computers’ processing power. They were also paeans to the creative capacity of humans. They used decidedly approachable aesthetics—*The Information Machine* features animated characters with round, friendly faces—to explain, and explain away, something that scared people. I see the clear influence of these films’ techno-positivist aesthetics in the line graphics in that ad for Claude. But the Eameses could be forgiven for not imagining the kind of existential damage digital computing would eventually cause. Today’s tech CEOs, who fret about what an all-powerful generative AI might do even as they do their best to hurtle us all toward it—not so much. Seeing ChatGPT ads that feature beautiful, vaguely nostalgic music (“Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show” by Neil Diamond, “Someone Somewhere” by Simple Minds) playing over warm film shots of people outsourcing their thinking to a chatbot has the same disorienting effect I experience when I look at an AI-generated video: the sense that I’m looking at a hallucination rather than at something substantial. The feeling that I’m being sold not just a best-case scenario, but a total impossibility—and that the mere act of looking at it is corroding my relationship to reality. Of course, ads are rarely realistic depictions of their products. No sales pitch is going to tout how, for example, AI may contribute to cognitive atrophy. Because AI companies are “not able to recoup the revenue that they need to keep up with capital expenditures now,” Hanna tells me, they’re using ads to drum up a market in hopes of arriving at an “iPhone moment” of widespread adoption. These ads are an attempt to make generative AI products seem indispensable; in order to do so, they have to destabilize our relationship with what we know—“Is it okay to eat mud?”—and thereby who we are. What are generative AI companies really setting out to do? A clue might lie in the way they advertise their products to each other. In October 2024, Artisan, a company that builds AI programs for business automation, launched a billboard campaign in the San Francisco Bay Area with the slogan “Stop Hiring Humans.” Other business-to-business AI advertising campaigns are famously inscrutable, but here was an AI company admitting fully what many fear is the technology’s ultimate aim. It’s not hard to infer a similar worldview from ads aimed at a general audience—even those cloaked in a humanistic veneer. If we follow the internal logic of those ChatGPT ads to their likely conclusion, no one will ever again consult a cookbook, work with a personal trainer, ask a teacher for advice, read a guidebook, or learn a trick or two from a friendly mechanic. The process of creating a market for AI might be as dehumanizing as the technology itself.]]></description> <author>contact@marketingremotejobs.app (MarketingRemoteJobs.app)</author> <category>ai</category> <category>marketing</category> <category>chatbots</category> <category>ethics</category> <category>technology</category> <enclosure url="https://www.motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/513_MIXED-MEDIA_2000.jpg?w=1200&h=630&crop=1" length="0" type="image/jpg"/> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Wendy's Shifts Media Strategy to WPP: Inside the Bold Move to Revive Sales and Boost Marketing Performance]]></title> <link>https://www.marketingremotejobs.app/article/wendys-shifts-media-strategy-to-wpp-inside-the-bold-move-to-revive-sales-and-boost-marketing-performance</link> <guid>wendys-shifts-media-strategy-to-wpp-inside-the-bold-move-to-revive-sales-and-boost-marketing-performance</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:00:29 GMT</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[Wendy's has made a strategic decision to award its U.S. media business to **WPP Media**, aiming to accelerate its ongoing turnaround and strengthen its marketing performance. This move builds on the fast-food chain's long-standing creative partnership with **WPP's VML**, signaling a significant shift in how Wendy's approaches its advertising and sales strategies. ### The Strategic Shift In response to declining sales, Wendy's is overhauling its marketing approach to better connect with performance metrics. By consolidating its media efforts under WPP, the company seeks to leverage the agency's expertise to reverse sales trends and enhance its competitive edge in the fast-food industry. ### Building on Creative Synergy The decision to partner with WPP Media is rooted in Wendy's existing relationship with VML, which has handled creative duties for the brand. This alignment is expected to foster greater collaboration and consistency across marketing campaigns, potentially leading to more effective and integrated advertising efforts. ### Implications for Marketing Performance Wendy's move highlights a growing trend among brands to prioritize **performance-driven marketing** and streamline agency partnerships. As the company navigates market challenges, this shift could serve as a case study for other businesses looking to optimize their media strategies and drive sales growth.]]></description> <author>contact@marketingremotejobs.app (MarketingRemoteJobs.app)</author> <category>wendys</category> <category>wpp</category> <category>mediastrategy</category> <category>marketingperformance</category> <category>brandturnaround</category> <enclosure url="https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/crain/EL3MEHF3FJFMUSXXP4YKIJJBYY.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/> </item> </channel> </rss>