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Martin Peers @ The Information · 02/16/2026 18:00 EDT

AI Is Magnifying Google and Meta’s Edge in Ads

We could see a brief shift away from obsessive AI talk this week. On Wednesday, Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg is due to testify in the Los Angeles trial hearing a lawsuit filed by a young California woman against big tech firms, namely Google and Meta. The woman claims her social media addiction led to depression and suicidal thoughts, as we described here. Last week, one of Zuckerberg’s lieutenants, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri, testified in the trial. For all the discomfort Zuckerberg might feel on t

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