Despite economic headwinds and challenges faced by major players, AR and VR adoption is on the rise.
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| Jun 13, 2024
On today's podcast episode, we discuss why TikTok might not actually be a social media platform, how much young people use it to search for things, and whether TikTok Shop is ruining TikTok. "In Other News," we talk about the battle between Threads and X (formerly Twitter), as well as whether Snap distancing itself from social media will work and start a trend. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Jasmine Enberg and director of Briefings Jeremy Goldman.
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| Mar 11, 2024
Microsoft rolled out voice AI assistant for clinicians: Microsoft Dragon Copilot combines voice dictation and ambient listening capabilities from Microsoft-owned Nuance’s AI-powered clinical documentation tools. The new offering will let doctors dictate notes and post-visit patient summaries, as well as automate other tasks, in one centralized workspace.
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| Mar 4, 2025
Bill's voice in the background, "Good job, son. Good effort.". Very nice. Let's move to Blake. Blake Droesch:. So also semi-related to today's discussion about returning to work, some interesting data from YouGov about suit ownership and how often Americans are wearing suits these days.
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| Sep 20, 2024
And then the Fire TV Omni, which is a voice activated TV that Amazon's promoting is sort of this point of integration for all of these things. So what I've said is that Amazon's new flywheel of media ads and commerce spins on the fulcrum of Prime membership. And then Prime Day is like an extra spin of the wheel every year to help that flywheel pick up steam.
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| Jun 26, 2023
The news: In a bid to push deeper into creative ad tools, Meta is in talks to acquire Play AI, a voice cloning startup, per Bloomberg. According to sources, Meta is interested in the startup’s tech and key staff and is looking to integrate its voice features into customer service and content creation applications.
Key takeaway: Creators and brands should treat AI voice tools as a way to enhance, not replace, creative work. They should use voice tools judiciously for fast testing or global reach. The goal isn’t to mimic people—it’s to scale content responsibly.
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| Jun 27, 2025
New AI-powered Apple devices hit markets, but Indonesia’s ban and the EU’s App Store demands reveal global friction in Apple’s shift toward an AI-first strategy.
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| Oct 29, 2024
Younger audiences are drawn to the authentic and relatable voices of influencers, making them effective at promoting products through affiliates. Unlike traditional advertising, affiliate links shared by creators often feel more organic, fostering a higher level of trust.
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| Oct 29, 2024
A brand can use specialized AI tools that can skim influencer-written content and visual content to search for influencers that match or complement their brand voice and graphic identity. This process can not only identify potential influencer partners, but also help brands avoid controversial influencers for brand safety reasons. How easy is it to implement?
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| Oct 30, 2024
iPhone 16 sales falter as AI enhancements fail to excite consumers: Apple reduces production by 10 million units, signaling weak demand despite rolling out new AI tools in iOS 18.2 beta.
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| Oct 24, 2024
Dozens of ads with AI voices found marketing illegal drugs on Spotify: The incident highlights the struggle to keep up with AI’s rapid development.
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| May 20, 2025
Its reporters are adopting AI tools to improve efficiency. Despite clear editorial guidelines, the move could fuel media mistrust and alienate readers.
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| Feb 19, 2025
The tool can generate engaging 5- to 10-minute podcasts from documents—creating easily shareable content without the need for podcast voice talents, scriptwriters, or a production team. Google cautions that the feature is experimental and the “hosts may also pause awkwardly before responding or [may] occasionally introduce inaccuracies.”.
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| Dec 16, 2024
ChatGPT is the talk of 2023. In the banking industry, generative AI technology has promising use cases in marketing and customer service, and it has the potential to make machine learning applications more accurate and efficient.
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| Mar 1, 2023
Dramatic shifts are in the works for 2024, as BaaS, social media players, genAI, and new digital wallets reshape the banking landscape. Our top trends explore what’s in store.
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| Dec 12, 2023
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| Nov 13, 2024
. $180 million went to ElevenLabs, an AI voice-cloning startup that provides dubbing and voiceover tools to YouTube creators. Music startups raised $240 million in Q1. ĢAV $200 million of that went to Duetti, a company that purchases music rights from artists and partners with TikTok and YouTube for distribution.
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| Apr 18, 2025
Two factors are converging to drive improvements in PFM tool functions and make them a bigger factor in customer satisfaction and retention.
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| Aug 26, 2024
In the case of OpenAI, we've covered recently that they're now opening up all these features: web search, voice, image search. So it seems that they want to have a slice of that pie, whereas these other companies like Amazon, like Microsoft, they're integrating that into their products. Same thing with Google. So they already have the customer base for which to push AI.
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| Oct 3, 2023
Think a search engine. It can remember past queries as well and notes to self. Voice-based messaging and calling. You can say, "Catch me up," and there's a feature there that summarizes your email inbox for you. You can get nutritional information by holding up the camera to a piece of food, and there's also real-time translation, playing music, all kinds of stuff.
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| Nov 21, 2023
Voice commerce. One of the barriers to wider adoption of voice commerce has been the relatively restricted responses that voice assistants such as Alexa can currently deliver. Generative AI could help change that by making automated responses more personable and human-like, potentially elevating the customer experience.
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| Feb 24, 2023
Multiview, voice replies, and AI music tools mark YouTube’s pivot from mobile-first to TV-native and raise the bar for creators and advertisers alike.
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| Apr 24, 2025
Generative AI could revolutionize various verticals within banking. Here's our take on the top four areas where the technology could have the greatest impact.
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| Mar 2, 2023
Streaming music, podcasts, and radio apps have changed the complexion of audio listenership in Canada. Over the past decade, digital audio has grown to a level that now rivals the traditionally strong radio listener base.
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| Sep 19, 2023