By streamlining workflows with integrated genAI, Dia targets professionals and power users, but its success depends on pulling users away from entrenched defaults.
The social app’s porous data security could undermine trust. Its decentralized vision won’t matter if users feel their content is AI fodder without consent.
Artists criticize the rollout over transparency and unpaid labor, suggesting difficulty ahead for AI tools gaining acceptance from users and audiences.
xAI’s plan for a standalone app may expand user access, but controversial outputs and app store policies could undermine its adoption and growth.
OpenAI considers its approach to ads: The $157 billion company explores monetization strategies to diversify revenue streams.
AI usage booms among Gen Z, while customizable tools like Claude and on-device models from Adobe point to interest in tailored, privacy-focused solutions.
As it transitions to a for-profit model, OpenAI’s innovations and investments promise growth, but leadership turmoil and rising competition may challenge its dominance.
"We would not have re-accelerated our revenue in the last two years if it was not for AI," Alex Schultz, CMO and vice president of analytics at Meta, said on our "Behind the Numbers" podcast. "It's that important to us. We wouldn't have recovered from AppTracking transparency [or] been able to do more with less data if it wasn't for AI. So that's the very core of our business."
Microsoft partners with HarperCollins to train AI on books: A $5K-per-title deal offers new data for AI but renews questions about compensation and AI’s effect on creativity.
The new AI model empowers marketers and hobbyists alike with streamlined video creation, pushing the company ahead in the booming genAI video market.
With sweeping device access and app control, it’s looking to give everyone AI agents—if trust issues don’t hold it back.
Consumers turn to genAI to help with holiday shopping: Nearly one-fifth of global Cyber Five sales this year will be influenced by AI agents and other tools, Salesforce says.
Short-form video keeps growing: YouTube’s AI Dream Screen and Tubi’s curated 'Scenes' expand the trend in new directions.
Short-form video keeps growing: YouTube’s AI Dream Screen and Tubi’s curated 'Scenes' expand the trend in new directions.
On today’s podcast episode, we discuss the takeaways from Netflix’s record-breaking boxing event, the chances of TikTok dodging a US ban under a Trump presidency, the future of “roadblock marketing”, Perplexity’s new feature that lets you buy things directly within its search engine, the true story that inspired the 1992 film “A League Of Their Own”, and more. Tune in to the discussion with Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, Director of Reports Editing Rahul Chadha, Senior Analyst Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf, and Senior Director of Forecasting Oscar Orozco.
Expanding into search and web browsers, OpenAI seeks to challenge Google and anchor itself as a tech titan through ambitious AI-driven growth.
On today’s podcast episode, we discuss the big questions Meta is hearing from advertisers, the interplay of analytics and marketing, and the argument for removing the distinction between brand and performance marketing. Tune in to the discussion with Vice President and Principal Analyst Jasmine Enberg and Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Analytics at Meta Alex Schultz.
Consumers are submitting medical scans to Elon Musk’s genAI chatbot, Grok: But Grok isn’t trained well enough on medical data, which could create a host of problems for patients.
With revenues soaring 94% to $35.1 billion, it dominates AI hardware, but Big Tech’s in-house chip ambitions could challenge its position.
Coca-Cola’s full throated embrace of generative AI: The company launched a series of holiday ads made with AI that could inspire others to follow suit.