Welcome to Week 86 of Data Happier, the AI + LLM newsletter from Dappier team. Building with Dappier? Submit your AI Tool or project to get showcased!

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AI News 📰

• AdExchanger broke the news on Dappier’s new AI ad format, Sponsored Conversations: users can seamlessly move from their conversation with an AI agent to chatting with advertiser’ brand agent, just by clicking on a Sponsored prompt suggestion. - source

• Popular rumors suggests OpenAI’s “big new device” - presumably being developed by ex-Apple lead Jony Ives - is an AI agent-driven phone. – source

  • It’s an indication of how important owning the hardware may become in the race for AI dominance - and the latent potential for existing players in the space like Apple and Google to win big playing catch-up.

• A study found roughly a third of new websites are now AI-generated. – source

  • AI isn’t killing the Open Web. It’s transforming it. That’s why we’re making advertising possible across AI agents.

• China is blocking Meta’s planned acquisition of AI start-up Manus. Meta said it believes the deal complied with applicable law and is seeking an “appropriate resolution.” – source

• Google expanded the Pentagon’s access to its AI offerings after Anthropic declined to proceed under certain terms, reflecting how “acceptable use” disagreements are now influencing defense procurement. – source
  

• IBM introduced an AI coding partner called “Bob”. – source

  • If that doesn’t tell you everything you need to know…

Dappier Updates 🛠️

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• Dappier’s unveiled its new ad format for AI conversations: Sponsored Conversations - outperforming display ads in tests by up to 5x!

  • Ready to advertise across AI agents? dappier.com/advertisers

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• Read about the news on Dappier in AdExchanger:

  Brands Can Now Deploy Their Own Agents Inside Publisher Chatbots | AdExchanger

  Dappier's new ad format allows advertisers to insert a custom brand agent into AI chat sessions on publisher sites.

  AdExchanger • Joanna Gerber

  

• Read the full release on Sponsored Conversations on Dappier blog:

• Dappier is at Possible 2026! Learn how Dappier is unlocking AI as media channel with monetization for publishers and conversations with consumers for advertisers.

  

  Dappier team presented this week at Possible 2026

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Robots in the Wild 🤖

• Anthropic added new “creative connectors” that let Claude work alongside tools like Adobe apps and Blender, turning the assistant into an automation layer inside professional creative workflows. – source

News That Even AI Couldn’t Hallucinate 🌎

Not everything in the news can be about AI. Here’s some stuff you should know about:

• Meta is tracking its employees keystrokes to power AI training. - source

  • Never bet against Meta’s ability to create a negative headline.

Advancing AI Awards 🏆

This is where we’ll highlight AI in the real world today!

Last week we highlighted the launch of ChatGPT Images 2. This week we’re highlighting the potential for AI to uncover corruption at scale!

• In the UK, Met Police used an AI tool from Palantir to identify “abuse of the IT system… for personal or financial gain”, resulting in the arrest of 3 officers - and over 500 officers receiving official warnings for misconduct. – source

Community Comments 🌎

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Last week we showed off one of our latest Ask AI implementations, for local news site KYMA. This week we’re borrowing a quote from our interview with AdExchanger on Sponsored Conversations.