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The CCO and co-president of São Paulo agency DM9 has stepped down after admitting to manipulating case study footage for their Creative Data Grand Prix-winning campaign for Whirlpool.

DM9’s use of generative AI within its case film “breach [ed] the Cannes Lions entry rules on factual representation, and undermines the trust placed in the work by our juries and the wider community,” ...