Artificial Intelligence

The European Commission is probing Google’s AI data practices to stop its search dominance from hardening into AI ad power.

The Post’s layoffs show how generative search is accelerating divergence among publishers—and suggests that AI-driven discovery is breaking legacy news.

Anthropic says it prioritizes trust over monetization; the company says ads inside AI chat would undermine credibility in work, health, and reasoning contexts.

Consumers accept AI, not wasted effort. Seamless AI-to-human handoffs in customer service drive spend and brand affinity.

Deal talks suggest a Microsoft-style alliance to bypass Anthropic limits and deliver more customizable, differentiated AI services.

60% of younger travelers use genAI for trip planning, but high dissatisfaction with generic and wrong answers remains a hurdle.

SpaceX absorbs xAI in an all-stock deal, combining rockets, Starlink, X, and Grok into one pre-IPO giant.

ChatGPT drafts, Claude validates, Gemini creates, DeepSeek checks. The edge isn’t new models. It’s moving work faster by wiring the right tools together.

This FAQ examines how email marketing is evolving in 2026, what challenges marketers face, and why the channel remains essential for brands that want direct access to their audiences.

PubMatic addresses publisher concerns with AI Insights, a tool that reveals buyer, DSP, and inventory trends to clarify where demand and value move.

Testing ChatGPT ads will cost you; OpenAI's $200,000 minimum upfront ad buys are expensive, but these ads may become commonplace in due time.

Gen Z adopts AI fast but worries it trades convenience for weaker thinking—raising stakes for how brands position AI tools.

OpenAI still anchors enterprise AI spend, but Anthropic’s rapid adoption signals a clear shift toward shared model dominance.

60.9% of US marketers prioritize generative insight summaries as their top AI enhancement for next-gen marketing mix modeling (MMM), nearly double the share focused on dynamic learning features, according to an October 2025 survey from EMARKETER and Rakuten.

WPP Production is centralizing execution to serve today's always-on world of content creation.

Studies link higher AFib detection to watch wearers, strengthening wearables’ medical case.

On today’s podcast episode, we discuss the impact of President Trump’s second year on media, advertising, and technology, including how AI chips are influencing innovation, marketing contingency plans, and the changing role of the CEO. Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, along with Senior Director of Content Jeremy Goldman and Senior Analyst Gadjo Sevilla. Listen everywhere, and watch on YouTube and Spotify.

Brands can create fast, but slow approvals mean 67% miss viral moments—and competitors win the attention race.

71% of US marketers say establishing ethical and privacy standards is the top step for preparing for AI agent-led commerce, according to an October 2025 survey from ANA and The Harris Poll.