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Artificial Intelligence

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.

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.

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.

While many adults are still leery about AI, for young people it’s simply part of their everyday lives. The tech is instinctive to the younger generations, but they need education and guidance. Plus, kids might be more tuned in to AI’s risks than their older counterparts, and nicer when using it. Here’s what you need to know about the generation growing up powered by AI.

Some 53% of marketers believe AI will significantly enhance the way shoppers are targeted and served relevant ads, per a survey from Cooler Screens. Both AI and retail media are still developing. As both of these areas mature, AI will make retail media data even more powerful. Here are some ways AI is improving retail media.

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.

Over half (52%) of CEOs worldwide expect generative AI to achieve efficiency and cost savings next year, according to an April 2024 survey from IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) conducted by Oxford Economics.

Email is the top area where marketers are increasing their budgets. Some 62% of US B2B and B2C marketers had increased their email marketing campaign in the past 12 months, according to April 2023 data from SeQuel Response and ISG. But recent email updates from Apple and Gmail add new challenges to email marketing, especially for B2B marketer.

72% of adults worldwide think generative AI will have a very or somewhat large impact on social media companies, and 71% think the same of search engine companies, according to data from YouGov and Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss what its like to grow up with artificial intelligence, where Gen Z are spending most of their media time, and how best to target these young folks with ads. "In Other News," we talk about the LGBTQ+ consumer and how represented US Hispanic consumers are in ad budgets. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Paola Flores-Marquez.

In today's episode, we discuss how Nvidia became the largest company in the world, what might slow them down, and which company is most likely to come for its AI crown. In Other News, we talk about whether Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI can compete with OpenAI. Tune into the discussion with analysts Jacob Bourne and Gadjo Sevilla.

The tool can enhance ChatGPT’s accuracy in coding output, but OpenAI’s path to increase brand trust also needs progress in data privacy and consumer-facing hallucinations

On today's podcast episode, we discuss the potential of an anti-AI movement, what the future of social media warning labels looks like, where folks will be searching for things in a few years, the feelings people want ads to conjure up, the US cities with the highest rents, and more. Tune into the discussion with analysts Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf and Max Willens, and vice president of Briefings Stephanie Taglianetti.

“The speed of the technology is moving so fast that waiting on the sidelines is not an option,” Upwork CEO Hayden Brown said at Tech Brew’s “Onboarding Your Favorite New Coworker: AI” event this week.

WPP hopes to counteract in-housing trend with an AI studio: The agency’s partnership with Nvidia has created a text-to-video product for marketers tied to its data insights.

Almost a quarter of retailers (22%) have already deployed genAI to automate customer service, with a further 25% currently trialing it.

The number of AR users will surpass 100 million next year and reach 116.0 million in 2028, per our forecast.

Toys R Us offers a high-profile use case of AI video: The toy brand made an ad with OpenAI’s Sora tool, riling creatives.

56% of adults 18 to 24 in select countries have used ChatGPT, but that number decreases as people get older, according to April 2024 data from YouGov and Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford.