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Colorado has become ground zero in the debate over how to regulate AI without slowing innovation. In this episode of Signal & Noise, Brett House and Rio Longacre sit down with Srinivas "Chinnu" Parinandi of the University of Colorado Boulder to explore AI regulation, privacy laws, technology policy, and data centers. The conversation examines how today's policy decisions could shape America's competitiveness, innovation, and the future of AI.

What happens when AI stops assisting consumers and starts acting on their behalf? In this episode of Signal & Noise, Rio Longacre and Brett House speak with industry analyst Karsten Weide about the future of AI-powered advertising, agentic commerce, and autonomous media buying. The conversation explores how OpenAI, Google, Amazon, Meta, and emerging AI platforms could fundamentally reshape the digital economy and the future of the open web.

In this episode of Signal & Noise, Vanessa Otero, Founder and CEO of Ad Fontes Media and creator of the Media Bias Chart, joins Rio Longacre and Brett House to explore trust, misinformation, media fragmentation, and the future of journalism. The conversation examines social media algorithms, AI-generated content, local news decline, brand safety, CTV advertising, and whether objective journalism can survive in today’s polarized information ecosystem.

The future of marketing isn't about managing more software—it's about connecting data, intelligence, and decision-making. Scott Brinker explains how AI is dissolving the boundaries between MarTech, AdTech, and enterprise operations, creating a new operating model built around context, automation, and orchestration.

The future of marketing isn't about managing more software—it's about connecting data, intelligence, and decision-making. Scott Brinker explains how AI is dissolving the boundaries between MarTech, AdTech, and enterprise operations, creating a new operating model built around context, automation, and orchestration.

In this episode of Signal & Noise, Scott McKinley joins hosts Brett House and Rio Longacre to unpack the hidden data quality crisis inside Connected TV. From identity graphs and audience targeting to authenticated users and trust in advertising, the conversation explores why bad data may be wasting billions in media spend.

The independent infrastructure era may be ending. In this "Signal Break," we unpack one of the most consequential AdTech deals in years: Publicis Groupe acquiring LiveRamp. Joined by Bob Walczak and Krish Raja, we break down what this deal really means for identity, clean rooms, publishers, UID2, systems integrators, and the future of the open internet.