Kepler's Josh Hill on OpenAI's Hugging Face Hack, Google's EU Fine, and Paramount-Warner Bros

In this episode of The MadTech Podcast, Josh Hill, senior director, head of optimisation EMEA at Kepler Group, joins ExchangeWire's John Still and Grainne Reid to discuss OpenAI hacking Hugging Face, Google's €890m EU fine, and the Paramount-Warner Bros deal.

The first story this week is an autonomous OpenAI agent hacking into AI startup Hugging Face. The conversation explores the need for more AI standards and guardrails, and how AI might impact the future of media buying. The second covers the EU finally showing its regulatory teeth and imposing an €890m fine on Google over search and app store breaches.

Finally, a judge has temporarily blocked Paramount Skydance's bid to acquire Warner Bros Discovery. Will the deal still go through? And what might a united Paramount-Warner Bros mean for the future of TV ad buying?

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0:00 Introduction
0:57 OpenAI hacks Hugging Face
10:09 EU fines Google €890m over DMA breaches
16:20 Judge halts Paramount-Warner Bros deal