Meta Trial: Four US states go after Meta in a landmark case over addictive design in Facebook and Instagram, seeking about $200B and app changes, with lawyers sparring over expert testimony and “dark patterns.” AI Advertising: Marketers are being told to rethink everything as ads move into AI assistants and agent-led shopping, with AI now shaping creative and performance tracking across the funnel. Google & Data for AI: Google reportedly won a $10M bankruptcy auction for Spirit Airlines’ internal emails, Teams messages, spreadsheets and ops data for AI training and product development (no personal info after scrubbing). Payments & Commerce AI: Razorpay says its AI payments foundation model (trained on 4B transactions) lifts success rates 8–10% and boosts international fraud detection 8x, while also hinting at future marketing and lending uses. Media & Marketing Leadership: Star appoints Thomas Biedermann as Global Head of Media & Advertising, signaling more brand-facing support for AI-ready marketing operations. Industry Hiring Signals: UK employers keep hiring but get pickier, targeting scarce skills like digital marketing, cybersecurity and finance. Retail Media Play: Nexxen reports a unified video strategy for Anytime Fitness across linear and streaming, using audience insights to retarget engaged viewers.