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Edition No. 102 ยท Fri 2 Oct 2026 ยท 51 stories ยท Source: Daily Newsletter Digest
Edition No. 102
Friday 2 October 2026
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21 ยท Business Insider
Ken Griffin's $3 billion gift brings Carnegie Mellon to MiamiWhy it matters
Two billion of the largest private gift in higher education history will build a Miami campus for 3,500 students opening in 2028.
Story page โ22 ยท Business Insider
Inside Zuckerberg and Huang's push for the White House AI pactWhy it matters
The voluntary frontier-model safety pact originated with Mark Zuckerberg, who consulted Jensen Huang before the industry's meeting with Trump.
Story page โ23 ยท Forbes
OpenAI billionaire won't make pledged $25 million donation to pro-AI super PACWhy it matters
Greg Brockman pulled the donation to Leading the Future after internal backlash, calling it a distraction in leaked Slack messages.
Story page โ24 ยท Forbes
AI could force 11 million Americans into new careers by 2035Why it matters
McKinsey projects AI creates more jobs than it eliminates, with retail, sales and transportation most exposed and healthcare and construction growing.
Story page โ25 ยท Digiday
OpenAI's measurement gaps are keeping ChatGPT ads budgets at test levelWhy it matters
Seven months after launch, marketers still cannot prove what a ChatGPT ad did, which is holding budgets at test level.
Story page โ26 ยท Digiday
Amazon wants to own the long game in ad measurementWhy it matters
Amazon says its ads sell more than they get credit for, and agencies are asking it to prove the claim.
Story page โ27 ยท Business Insider
The retail media boom lacks standards for marketers, causing headachesWhy it matters
Retail media reaches $203 billion this year across more than 200 networks, and one study found five different definitions of an attributed sale.
Story page โ28 ยท AdExchanger
Apple's latest operating system blocks The Trade Desk from serving ads on SafariWhy it matters
iOS 27 stops The Trade Desk bidding on Safari inventory, and neither company has explained why.
Story page โ29 ยท ADWEEK
OpenAI takes on Meta's Muse with Dots, an always-on AI agentWhy it matters
Dots gives each agent its own computer and browser, access to thousands of apps, and the ability to keep working unattended.
Story page โ30 ยท Digiday
As AI slop spreads, Pixability offers a way to root it out on YouTubeWhy it matters
Advertisers can now buy a filter for the AI-generated content flooding YouTube inventory.
Story page โ31 ยท Digiday
The creator economy's stance on AI is shifting - again32 ยท The Rebooting
How The Wall Street Journal implemented audience personasWhy it matters
WSJ audience strategy head Vivyan Tran describes using personas to grow the paper's readership beyond older business executives.
Story page โ33 ยท The Athletic
Manchester City's 'sham' killed the beautiful unpredictability of footballWhy it matters
Daniel Taylor argues the verdict on more than 900 million pounds in inflated sponsorship revenue destroys the sport's claim to unscripted drama.
Story page โ34 ยท The Guardian
'Throw your medals in the bin': Roy Keane tells Manchester City playersWhy it matters
Keane's reaction to the Premier League commission's findings against City.
Story page โ35 ยท Yahoo Sports
NBA closing in on decision on expansion to Las VegasWhy it matters
Three ownership groups remain, with final bids of $12 billion to $13 billion including a new arena and play beginning in 2028-29.
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