Artificial Intelligence

Global leaders voice concern and excitement over AI revolution: The world is divided over AI. Its potential to accelerate business practices contrasts with workforce impacts, economic inequality, and beyond.

Amazon unveils AI tools for Fire TV, shopping: The generative AI frenzy is pushing companies to make everything about AI. Some use cases have more market potential than others.

Amazon follows in Walmart’s footsteps with genAI shopping assistant: The tool combs through user reviews and product descriptions to answer shoppers’ questions.

On today's podcast episode, our contestants compete in The Great Behind the Numbers Take Off, 2024 video trends edition, where they will try and cook up the most interesting predictions for the coming year. They'll discuss why Amazon will begin its ascension to become the second-most important company in streaming advertising, how more creators and brands will embrace AI to create videos, and what to expect from streaming platform consolidation. Tune in to the discussion with our director of Briefings Jeremy Goldman and analysts Ross Benes and Daniel Konstantinovic.

Microsoft prices Copilot Pro at $20 for individual users: It requires a 365 subscription, which could be a steep expense for ChatGPT users who aren’t already signed up for 365.

GenAI is on the agenda for most retailers in 2024: Walmart, Target, Canadian Tire, and others are turning to the tech to boost customer and employee satisfaction.

The partnership focuses on AI, digital payments, and IoT. It will use Microsoft’s cloud and OpenAI expertise to transform Vodafone’s business model.

Microsoft nips at Apple’s heels: The Windows giant’s generative AI investments are taking it to new marketplace heights. Meanwhile, Apple struggles with iPhone sales and will need a strong Vision Pro launch.

Google steps up in the retail tech space with AI tools: Its generative AI solutions for personalized shopping and product search could eat into Amazon’s retail market share.

On today's podcast episode, our contestants compete in The Great Behind the Numbers Take Off, 2024 advertising trends edition, where they will try and cook up the most interesting predictions for the coming year. They'll discuss how the media will go to war with generative AI (genAI), why the programmatic ad pendulum will swing toward quality, and a perfect digital media storm thats brewing for brands. Tune in to the discussion with our vice president of content Paul Verna and analysts Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf and Max Willens.

The company is restructuring several teams, laying off 1,000, and refocusing on AI development. A more streamlined org structure could foster long-term innovation.

Initial supplies could be constrained due to enterprise’s need for secure AI as the industry moves from cloud services to AI-capable hardware.

OpenAI pursues media partnerships for ChatGPT training: The AI giant strives to address copyright concerns, but could impact publishers ad revenues in the long term.

Regulators fear antitrust risks in AI technology and question their mutual independence. Persistent scrutiny could scare off investors.

Walmart looks to deliver a better shopping experience: The retail giant digs deeper into a host of technologies, including generative AI and AR, to position it as a “customer’s concierge.”

GenAI could generate between $200 billion and $340 billion (9% to 15% of banks’ operating profits) in value annually through greater productivity, per a 2023 McKinsey & Company report. But its potentially disruptive force won’t take hold in 2024.

NBCUniversal introduces AI-powered ad platform at CES: Targeting more efficient, data-driven media buying across linear and streaming platforms

Mayo Clinic forges more deals to improve AI models: It signed deals with Cerebras Systems and TruLite Health to build foundational AI models. The results could build more trust in the tech among healthcare organizations.

Automakers and tech companies are leaning on AI, gaming, and augmented reality for key feature upgrades in future vehicles.