Cannes Lions 2026 Day 3 focuses on AI discovery, creator influence, fandom-driven marketing and the future of brand attention in an algorithm-led world.
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says the AI industry still needs engineering talent despite ongoing layoffs across the broader technology sector.
Can AI truly reason or is it advanced pattern matching? Experts debate reasoning models, hallucinations, and what today’s AI can actually understand.
Demis Hassabis has questioned the early introduction of advertising in AI chatbots, signalling Google’s cautious approach to monetising conversational AI experiences.
A key Google AI leadership decision intensified competition in generative AI, prompting OpenAI to issue a company-wide code red as the race accelerated.
Google DeepMind CEO says AI can replace doctors in diagnostics, but not nurses due to human empathy.
Google DeepMind hires Windsurf co-founders in a $2.4B talent deal to strengthen agentic AI and Gemini’s coding capabilities after OpenAI acquisition falls through.
