New Yorkers defaced subway ads for Friend's AI wearable. Then Heineken joined the fray with a cheeky billboard.

Heineken USA's marketing VP told Business Insider that "a refreshing social life matters more than we realize." ...
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Catholic experts say new AI ‘Friend’ device undermines real relationships

AI “Friend” pendant ads in the New York City subway have sparked a backlash about false companionship and threats to human ...
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CEO Who Plastered AI Ads All Over Subway System Afraid to Talk to Real New Yorkers Face-to-Face

Scaredy-cat! The post CEO Who Plastered AI Ads All Over Subway System Afraid to Talk to Real New Yorkers Face-to-Face ...

The Friend AI pendant’s creator promoted a ‘Friend protest’ in NYC

If you live in NYC, there’s almost no way you’ve missed the Friend AI pendant subway ad fallout — whether you’ve taken ...

This Company Spent a Million Dollars on Ads and Locals Instantly Graffitied Them

Friend, a new AI startup, plastered the New York City subway with more than 13,000 posters introducing its wearable “AI ...

Friend CEO says it's been 'quite entertaining' after his AI companion startup spent $1 million on subway ads that were immediately defaced

New Yorkers are defacing ads for Friend, an AI companion startup. The campaign cost the company over $1 million.

The Most Reviled Tech CEO in New York Confronts His Haters

Late this past summer, Friend paid $1 million to plaster more than 10,000 white posters throughout the New York City subway ...

For $900, This Subway Seat Could Be Yours

The annual pop-up sale of retired signs and other transit artifacts from the New York City subway system attracted a line of ...

Grand Central Station has been totally taken over by ‘Humans of New York’

For the first time in Grand Central Station’s history, there are no ads, just art.