Meera Nair
Meera Nair is a contributing writer at Ad Pulse, focusing on marketing, technology, and ethics. She explores how data compliance and ethical considerations shape today’s AI and tech industries.
From Pixels to Possibilities: AI Rendering Is Changing the Game
Let’s be honest: Rendering used to be the conversation nobody wanted to have. Just background noise, causing your laptop to become so hot you’d want to toss it out the window and ringing out all the patience your process had to offer unless you were into architectural design, VFX, or game development—in which case, it…
How Vocal-Only Tracks Are Powering the Future of Remix Culture
What do you get when you take a song and pull it back to just its vocals? Magic. Or, more specifically — potential. A solo vocal track is not just a studio artifact; it has transformed into a point-source that feeds off thousands of potential innovative ideas. In remix culture, vocal-only stems are considered creative…
GitHub Copilot: Your New AI Wingman for Effortless, Next-Gen Coding
We’ve all been there—you’re neck-deep in code, and either stuck on rewriting a never-ending loop or looking blankly at the editor wondering, “How do I even write this function…again?” Now picture that you had a friendly, all-knowing coding assistant that doesn’t sleep, doesn’t judge, and lets you cruise right through that mental roadblock like it…
Step Back, ChatGPT: Claude AI Is The New Genius In Town
If you’ve been following the AI updates for a second or a minute, you’ve likely heard of Claude AI—Anthropic’s response to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. And it’s not just your regular chatbot; it’s the quiet genius sitting at the top of the class, changing the way AI assistants are meant to think, act, and surprise. While ChatGPT…
The Climate Cost Lurking Behind Streaming Service Sustainability
My day started with watching a terrifying story about a small town in South Memphis. Ester Knox, a long-time resident of Boxtown, shared her concerns about the AI Data centers of Elon Musk’s Grok AI. The summary version of the story is that the whole town suffers from asthma and gas smells from the time…
Surviving Google AI Search Mode: A New Game for Brands
Google rolled out its Google AI Search mode globally and made it available for its users. After introducing the AI overview, the AI search mode was another significant step that was thought out by the company’s executives and Sundar Pichai. How many more options can the search bar hold for now? First, search, lens, Voice…
The $109B Mistake: Vanessa Chin on The High Cost of Emotionless Ads
Creativity in Comfort Zone Cannes Lions 2025 report reveals a shocking state of creativity among brands, i.e. emotionless ads. They operate in a comfortable creative, risk-friendly environment. The real danger is staying safe in a world flooded with sameness. In the aftermath of AdPulse’s piece, “Comfort Zone Creativity Poses Challenge for Brands, Risk-Takers Can Win”,…
Meta’s Big AI Leap: Is Facebook Ad Automation the Future of Marketing?
Until recently, running a Facebook ad automation campaign felt like manually flying a plane: flipping dozens of switches, adjusting dials, and hoping you’d get to your destination. Now? Meta wants you to sit back and let the AI fly the plane. With each update, the platform is getting closer and closer to a bold new…
Algorithmic Bias is a Brand Risk Now: Read How?
Ever stopped to wonder what happens when your AI system says the wrong thing? It’s not just a tech glitch anymore—it’s your brand on the line. Remember when the whole artificial intelligence conversation was about the cool stuff? Chatbots, voice assistants, and generative art—wasn’t that fun? Now, in 2025, the conversation is shifting to the…
Midjourney Lawsuit: A Way to Destabilize Art or Democratize?
A Midjourney lawsuit was inevitable. On June 11, 2025, The Walt Disney Company and NBCUniversal filed a federal lawsuit against Midjourney, the startup behind the popular AI image generator, in the Central District of California. Sooner or later, major brands that make millions and billions off their IPs (Intellectual Properties), such as Warner Bros, Pixar,…