TNB Tech Minute: Meta to Use AI Chatbot Conversations to Target Ads
WSJ Tech News Briefing
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 1 October 2025
⏱️ 3 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Why are businesses like HelloVet choosing Apple products and services? |
| 0:04.8 | So we started the business two years ago. |
| 0:07.2 | We had a few people who were used to PCs and this was their first foray into Macs. |
| 0:12.5 | But it's been super smooth getting everyone onto those devices and everyone seems really, really happy. |
| 0:18.0 | Find out how Mac can help you run and grow your business at Apple.com forward slash |
| 0:23.6 | HelloVet. |
| 0:27.3 | Here's your morning TNB Tech Minute for Wednesday, October 1st. |
| 0:31.7 | I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:34.7 | Meta will start using users' conversations with its artificial intelligence chatbot to help |
| 0:40.1 | personalize ads and content. So for example, if users ask the chatbot for nearby hiking |
| 0:45.9 | recommendations, they may start seeing ads on Instagram and Facebook for hiking boots or other gear, |
| 0:51.6 | as well as hiking related content from creators in their feed. |
| 0:55.2 | The policy will go into effect mid-December and people won't be able to opt out, but |
| 1:00.5 | meta says conversations involving religious or political views, sexual orientation, health |
| 1:05.6 | and racial or ethnic origin will be automatically excluded. Stalantis and Mestral are expanding their partnership |
| 1:13.0 | to speed up AI adoption across the automakers operations. The two companies have spent the past |
| 1:19.2 | 18 months working to develop advanced AI solutions and integrate Mastrol's models into a range of |
| 1:25.2 | use cases, including in-car assistance features. |
| 1:29.0 | Stalantis said today they will now work on embedding generative AI directly into Stalantis' core |
| 1:34.5 | operations, and two new teams will be created to scale AI adoption across the carmaker, |
| 1:40.5 | from sales to production. And automakers, more broadly, are bracing for a plunge in |
| 1:46.6 | electric vehicle sales after a $7,500 U.S. tax credit expired yesterday. Ford's CEO says the |
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