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[STUDY] Only 6% Of Marketing Teams See Major AI Returns

AI adoption is almost universal across marketing departments, yet remarkably few are reporting significant improvements in performance. New research from Bain & Company finds that 95% of marketers say their organisations have adopted AI tools, but just 6% report a significant impact on marketing performance. Bain’s tenth annual marketing leadership study, involving 1,397 senior marketing

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Canva’s New AI Model Targets Everyday Design Work

Canva has launched its own AI image generation model, Craft, designed to produce more accurate layouts, typography and graphics for everyday creative work. Available through Canva’s Dream Lab, Craft is aimed at one of the persistent frustrations with AI image generation: producing attractive visuals is relatively easy, but getting the text, composition and individual design

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[STUDY] How Often Should Brands Post On Instagram?

New Instagram benchmarks covering more than 27 million posts suggest that brands should take a closer look at how frequently they publish, particularly if audience growth and organic reach have stalled. Updated in October, Buffer’s analysis draws on 273,000 active Instagram accounts and more than 13 billion engagements. It provides a substantial picture of current

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Instagram Edits Gets A Major AI Upgrade

Instagram is bringing AI-powered content analysis and planning into Edits, allowing creators to examine their Reels performance, identify audience trends and generate new video ideas directly within the editing app. The upgrade could give Edits, Instagram’s answer to CapCut, a significant advantage by connecting the platform’s performance data with video production. Launched in 2025, Edits

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Microsoft Pushes Copilot Into Marketing Automation

Microsoft is expanding Copilot’s automation capabilities, allowing organisations to trigger AI-powered tasks directly from events occurring across business applications, including CRM systems, Microsoft Teams and other connected platforms. The latest expansion of Copilot Cowork introduces support for additional business systems through Power Platform connectors, alongside new plugins and reusable skills designed to help AI complete

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[STUDY] CMOs Demand More From Agency AI

Marketing leaders are raising their expectations of agencies as artificial intelligence changes how marketing work is produced, delivered and valued. New research from Dentsu Creative finds that 93% of Asia Pacific CMOs expect agencies to demonstrate how AI improves marketing impact and effectiveness, while 92% want greater transparency about how their agency partners use the

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Google Gives Advertisers More AI Max Visibility

Google is introducing new AI Max reporting capabilities, giving advertisers greater visibility into how its automated Search campaigns select search terms, generate advertising creative and direct visitors to landing pages. The update comes as Google moves more of its traditional Search advertising functionality into AI Max, encouraging advertisers to adopt automated targeting as AI Overviews

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Meta Launches AI Agent For Businesses

Meta is extending its AI capabilities beyond Facebook, Instagram and Ads Manager, introducing new integrations that allow its Muse AI agent to work across marketing, customer data, creative production and business applications. The company has launched Muse for Small Business, expanding its recently introduced personal AI agent with connections to platforms including Canva, Shopify, Klaviyo,

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ChatGPT Introduces Visual Advertising

OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT advertising with new visual formats, additional brand safety controls and improved measurement capabilities, as it continues developing its advertising business. The new placements will allow advertisers to showcase products, services and experiences through imagery, initially appearing alongside images generated by ChatGPT users. Testing will begin later in October with a selected

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