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The bot con boom: How AI, ads are altering the identity, purpose of the internet

At top right, the first ad on the internet, an AT&T banner from 1994. Elsewhere, the pop-ups and spam that came soon after. Today’s infiltration is much more subtle, customised, based on data often gathered without the user’s overt knowledge.

Updated 863 days ago

H&M slammed for 'sexualising schoolgirls', takes down ad

FILE PHOTO: The H&M clothing store in Times Square in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

Updated 922 days ago

Soundarya Sharma on featuring in Vimal ad with Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar

Soundarya Sharma in a still from the Vimal ad.

Published 1003 days ago

Jimmy Shregill loving the shades of grey he is playing

Actor Jimmy Shergill on his visit to Hindustan Times office in Lucknow recently. (Deep Saxena/HT)

Updated 1089 days ago

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