YouTube adds text-to-speech and captions to Shorts: The platform upgrades its creator tools to compete with TikTok and attract younger audiences.
Charlotte Observer reduces print editions to three days weekly: The move reflects the shift towards digital content and changing consumer demands.
Generative AI to drive brands’ social media output: Businesses report efficiency gains but face challenges maintaining authenticity and preventing misinformation.
On today's podcast episode, we discuss the reasons that the AI train might already be slowing down, how to get rid of AI 'hallucinations', and where the AI boom is taking us. Tune in to the discussion with host Marcus Johnson and our analysts Jacob Bourne and Yory Wurmser.
Macy’s uses personalized email marketing to drive second purchases, which the company has identified as vital to customer lifetime value. “Getting that next interaction right is an extremely high-value use case [for personalization],” said Bennett Fox-Glassman, senior vice president of customer journey at Macy’s during The Lead Summit last week.
Google’s latest bid to boost AI and cloud security: Alphabet’s potential $23 billion Wiz acquisition aims to boost Google Cloud’s security amid rising AI dependencies and breaches.
The genAI tool helps non-developers build web apps from natural language descriptions and could help AWS compete with Microsoft’s Azure AI Studio offerings.
LinkedIn AI campaign tool is ready for market: The social platform will roll out Accelerate to all advertisers in the fall, capitalizing on AI ad demand.
Data centers at Microsoft and Google are consuming more energy than many entire countries, spotlighting tension between AI growth goals and sustainability.
On today's podcast episode, we discuss what Amazon has planned for its thirties, the all-AI ad that sparked a debate about the future of marketing, why customer experience is historically low, the most impactful AR feature in retail, what animal can fly backwards, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian and analysts Sara Marzano and Carina Perkins.
Alibaba bets on AI to power international growth: Tools like translation services and content generation are attracting sellers and driving sales.
Metaverse set to grow to $54.5 billion by 2028: Meta's one of many believers in the category.
On today's tiny "Shark Tank"-style podcast episode, our contestants pitch their most interesting predictions for the rest of 2024 including faceless influencers, what will happen to TikTok, and more. Tune in to the discussion with vice president and analyst Jasmine Enberg and director of Briefings Jeremy Goldman.
Updated policies tackle misleading listings to retain buyer confidence as Etsy seeks to protect its handmade brand from an influx of low-quality AI items.
On today's podcast episode, we discuss examples of generative AI (GenAI) in retail, how to convince consumers to engage with it, and what GenAI is not good for. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analyst Yory Wurmser and Beth Ann Kaminkow, CEO of the New York office and global chief commerce officer at VML.
Though ChatGPT has been publicly available for less than two years, we expect it will have 67.7 million monthly US users by the end of this year. That puts ChatGPT ahead of Reddit (60.8 million) and X (53.8 million) in monthly users. But because the tech is open-ended, the chatbot is only as useful as the people prompting it are. Here are seven creative uses for ChatGPT that have caught our eye.
AI claims more jobs: The price of AI goes beyond compute costs as Intuit lays off about 10% of its workforce. Layoffs will continue until companies can supplement the cost of AI elsewhere.
The company says it trusts OpenAI’s direction, but regulatory concerns persist over Microsoft’s investment ties.
On today's tiny "Shark Tank"-style podcast episode, our contestants pitch their most interesting predictions for the rest of 2024 including how AI messaging will change, when Venu Sports will actually launch, and more. Tune in to the discussion with analyst Ross Benes and director of Briefings Jeremy Goldman.
On today's tiny "Shark Tank"-style podcast episode, our contestants pitch their most interesting predictions for the rest of 2024 including some new flavors of bundling we can expect to see, how Apple's AI offering will impact the app ecosystem, and more. Tune in to the discussion with vice president of content Paul Verna and analyst Yory Wurmser.