Meta is expanding its AI advertising strategy beyond its own ecosystem, launching new AI connectors that allow advertisers to manage and analyse Meta campaigns through external AI assistants and agent platforms including ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity. On the surface, the announcement looks like a workflow update. In reality, it signals something much bigger about where […]
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Google unveiled a sweeping set of AI Search updates at its Google I/O developer conference last week, centred around a redesigned Search box, conversational AI experiences and a new generation of Search agents powered by Gemini 3.5 Flash. For businesses and marketers, the bigger story is not necessarily the technology itself, but what it signals
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Artificial intelligence adoption is accelerating across businesses worldwide, with marketing emerging as one of the earliest and most active areas of deployment. New findings from the US Census Bureau’s 2026 AI supplement provide one of the clearest large-scale snapshots yet of how organisations are integrating AI across business functions, workflows, and employee tasks. While the
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Early ChatGPT ad data suggests conversational AI rewards relevance over persuasion. Analysis from Adthena, based on more than 50,000 daily ChatGPT ad placements across 600 advertisers, found that the most common high-visibility ads are short, highly specific and tightly aligned to the user’s original prompt. Top-performing headlines observed in the study averaged around 30 characters,
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Microsoft has announced a major expansion of Copilot Studio, introducing new governance controls, workflow automation features, and app integrations designed to help organisations scale AI agents more effectively. The updates reflect how enterprise AI platforms are evolving beyond standalone assistants into broader operational systems. Microsoft’s broader AI strategy is built around Microsoft 365, the company’s
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Google is testing a new AI-powered search experience within YouTube, introducing more conversational discovery tools for users. The feature, called Ask YouTube, expands Google’s wider AI search strategy and brings more interactive search functionality directly into YouTube. The update is significant given YouTube’s role as one of the world’s largest search platforms. Often described as
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OpenAI is taking a major step toward turning ChatGPT ads into a scalable advertising platform, introducing self-serve campaign buying, CPC bidding, and improved measurement capabilities. Until now, ChatGPT advertising has operated as a tightly controlled pilot programme, largely limited to major brands and agency partners. The latest updates signal a shift toward broader adoption, opening
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Meta is evolving its ad ecosystem around three areas: culture, creators, and AI. Recent updates across Reels, partnership ads, and generative tools show how these elements are becoming more tightly integrated, with implications for how brands plan, produce, and optimise social campaigns. Culture Is Now A Planning Input One of the more notable developments, highlighted
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For many in-house marketing and communications teams, Microsoft Copilot has become a default AI layer, largely due to its integration within Microsoft 365 and alignment with existing IT policies. It has already influenced how content is created. Drafting, ideation, and research have become faster. Execution, however, has remained more fragmented. Campaign messaging is developed in
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LinkedIn is becoming a far more strategic platform in an AI-driven discovery landscape. Recent updates highlight two converging shifts. Long-form articles are driving stronger engagement, while also playing a growing role in how AI chatbots source and cite information. Taken together, these trends signal a change in how marketers should approach content creation, distribution, and
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