⚔️ AI Power Struggles, Hashtag Bans, and the New Black Screen of Death

Happy last Friday of June. Let’s Go!!

This week I’m still deep diving on automation with n8n. I’ve made some significant progress with my project and should be able to share it next week.

In other news, I’ve signed up for Google Gemini Pro with the hopes of using the new VEO3 video generation tool…Of course, it is not yet available in Switzerland. <Activating VPN>. I will report back on the Gemini features once I get it up and running.

Here’s this week’s Byte Newsletter.

The Byte’s Bits

🪐 Elon Musk’s X Bans Hashtags in Ads…Because, Why Not?

🧑‍💻 GitHub CEO Says Junior Engineers Are Here to Stay!

🥊 Microsoft is struggling to sell Copilot to corporations because their employees want ChatGPT instead.

🖤 Microsoft Makes It Official: The “Blue Screen of Death” Turns Black!

🤖 8 Automations That Could Replace Your Whole Marketing Team (No, Really)

🪐 Elon Musk’s X Bans Hashtags in Ads…Because, Why Not?

X (formerly Twitter, btw how long will we have to do this?) is stirring things up again, this time by banning #hashtags and trending topics in its paid ads. Elon Musk says it’s to “clean up the platform,” but advertisers are baffled, and critics say it’s just the latest in a string of oddball decisions.

🔗 #NoHashtagsAllowed: Brands can no longer include clickable hashtags or trending topics in any ad on X. Marketers call this “unprecedented” and “limiting.”

🤯 Ad World Confused: Hashtags have been central to social campaigns for over a decade. Removing them? Nobody saw that coming.

🪓 Elon’s Rulebook: Musk is personally overseeing changes on X, and this move is all about “reducing spam,” according to insiders.

📉 Advertisers Getting Restless: With constant rule changes and falling ad revenue, brands are wondering if X is still worth the spend.

I personally like hashtags and still use them. Are they helpful? Probably not, but I still get a kick out of them. Reminds me of the old Jimmy Fallon skit about Hashtags