The use of a person’s likeness in promotional materials without their consent is not a gray area. It is a matter of creativity that crosses ethical and legal boundaries.
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When AI "borrows" public figures' faces: Creative experiment or manipulation?
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'People share more with AI sex therapists than humans': Bryony Cole on AI generated intimacy
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Matthew Keegan
From AI partners to sex therapy bots, sextech expert Bryony Cole reveals why people bare their souls to machines more than humans, and what it means for brands eyeing our data.
DM9's Cannes controversy deepens, US senator sues Omnicom, DDB and DM9 over AI-manipulated entry
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After the Grand Prix was stripped, DM9’s case study on appliance energy costs is now at the centre of a legal complaint.
Will the Cannes 'integrity standards' stop false or misleading entries?
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Charlotte Rawlings
Cannes Lions introduced a set of ethics on July 10 for awards entries starting from 2026.
The case for scrapping the Cannes case study
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Ramakrishnan Raja
The DM9 scandal wasn’t just about AI; it exposed an outdated award culture built on performance art.
Cannes Lions to ban agencies that submit ‘wilfully false’ campaigns
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Eszter Gurbicz
Changes follow DM9 DDB and Cannes Lions' withdrawal of three entries and scrutiny over various others, including work from Havas Costa Rica, LePub São Paulo and Africa DDB.