Digiday Technology Awards finalists signal industry shift toward AI-ready infrastructure and data privacy

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According to Digiday, this year's Technology Awards finalists illustrate how the media industry is adapting to a fast-changing digital environment, prioritizing AI-ready infrastructure, first-party data, privacy and operational efficiency. The publication observes that across publishing, commerce and advertising, technology leaders are rethinking the systems behind digital experiences to make them more responsive to shifting consumer behavior and AI-driven discovery demands. Digiday notes that WordPress VIP, working with Pew Research Center, rebuilt Pew's content management system into infrastructure built for machine readability and attribution, enabling AI systems to more easily discover and interpret its research.