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May 14, 2026

Hello, GrowthHackers! 

Welcome to your daily unfair advantage.

Every morning, we cut through the noise to bring you sharp insights, fast news, and fresh sparks to light up your brain and fuel your hustle. From scrappy hacks to big tech moves, AI shifts to culture flips this is your intel to stay ahead, move fast, and break boring.

Think of it as your growth-fueled espresso shot.
Short. Smart. Addictive.

Let’s dive in.👇

Quick Hits

1. Who decides what AI tells you?
   (Lowkey one of the biggest questions of this decade.)

2. TikTok introduces 2026 FIFA World Cup creator correspondents
   (Every major event is becoming creator-led entertainment now.)

3. Instagram’s new ‘Instants’ feature combines elements from Snapchat and BeReal
   (Please remove this XD)

The Growth joke of the day

Modern growth marketing is basically:
“Let’s make content for humans that first needs approval from 4 different AIs.”

What's New in Growth Hacking/Growth Marketing?

Strategies

• Google Quietly Alters Search Terms Reporting For AI Queries In Google Ads
  Google quietly updated one of its Google Ads help pages with a clarification that could raise concerns for some advertisers.The updated documentation suggests that search terms shown in reporting for AI-powered Search experiences may not always reflect a user’s exact query. Instead, some reported search terms may represent Google’s interpretation of user intent.

• Liquid Web WordPress Plugin Rebrand Triggers Backlash
  Liquid Web inadvertently started a cascading series of controversies after it folded a group of well-known WordPress plugin brands into a new software lineup. The reconfiguration and rebranding caught users by surprise, leading to confusion and significant online backlash against Liquid Web across social media.

• Coca-Cola and partners pushing for new measurement standard
  The advertising leader and its partners aim to help marketers with one of today's most significant challenges. But details are sketchy.

• How signal-based outreach is changing outbound
  Move beyond generic cold outreach and generate more qualified engagement with signal-based outbound strategies.

• LinkedIn will enable consultants to book business direct from their profile
  LinkedIn has added a new way for advisors to book consulting sessions directly in the app, with a tool that will enable Premium subscribers to better use the platform to generate direct leads and business.

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People

• Condé Nast CEO: Plan As If Search Traffic Will Be Zero
  Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch told teams to plan as if search traffic will be zero after three years of forecasts that underestimated actual declines.

3-Minute News Bulletin with Roxie

This week's 🙌 News Bulletin explores:
Tech Giants Unveil Major Advances in AI Security Legal and Digital Services

This week’s News Bulletin explores how AI is reshaping security, search, advertising, and everyday digital experiences.

From Google strengthening Android security and expanding Gemini-powered tools to Anthropic accelerating AI adoption in legal services, intelligent systems are becoming deeply embedded in both professional and consumer ecosystems. At the same time, marketers face a major shift toward intent-driven and conversational search, as platforms increasingly optimize around user behavior rather than static keywords.

The takeaway: AI is no longer just enhancing workflows. It’s redefining trust, discovery, and how brands compete for visibility in a conversational internet.

What's New in Artificial Intelligence (AI) 

• Notion just turned its workspace into a hub for AI agents
  In a livestreamed product announcement on Wednesday, the company, known best for its collaborative note-taking app, introduced a new developer platform that extends the capabilities of its custom AI agents, connects with external agents, and allows teams to build automated multistep workflows that can pull in data from any database.

• Amazon launches an AI shopping assistant for the search bar, powered by Alexa+ 
  Whether you like it or not, Amazon continues to put AI at the center of the shopping journey. The company announced Wednesday “Alexa for Shopping,” its new personalized AI shopping assistant, powered by Alexa+.
  

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