News•Nov 3, 2025
Merkle Partners with Airship to Create Mobile Loyalty Accelerator Solution for Salesforce Marketing Cloud
Merkle, the dentsu‑owned CX consultancy, has teamed with Airship and Salesforce Marketing Cloud to launch a mobile‑first loyalty accelerator that integrates Salesforce Loyalty Management with Airship’s real‑time mobile messaging and wallet capabilities. The solution lets marketers design and deploy loyalty programs across app, web, push, RCS and in‑store channels using a unified data and identity framework provided by Merkle. By combining Salesforce’s scalable loyalty foundation, Airship’s mobile engagement engine, and Merkle’s strategy and orchestration expertise, brands can accelerate time‑to‑market and deliver personalized, signal‑based experiences on customers’ mobile devices.
By MarTech Series
News•Nov 3, 2025
Zenity Launches Runtime Protection for AI Agents Built with OpenAI AgentKit
Zenity announced a new Runtime Protection solution designed specifically for AI agents built on OpenAI’s AgentKit. The offering adds a lightweight security layer that monitors agent behavior in real time, enforces policy controls, and blocks malicious or out‑of‑bounds actions without...
By MarTech Series
News•Nov 3, 2025
Microsoft Inks $9.7B Deal with Australia’s IREN for AI Cloud Capacity
Microsoft signed a five‑year, $9.7 billion contract with Australia’s IREN to secure AI cloud capacity built on Nvidia’s GB300 GPUs, to be deployed at IREN’s 750‑megawatt facility in Childress, Texas, through 2026. IREN is concurrently investing about $5.8 billion in GPUs and...
By TechCrunch AI
News•Nov 3, 2025
LG Founder’s Grandson, Production Firm Partner up to Bring AI to Filmmaking
LG Group founder’s grandson Brian Koo, via investment firm Stock Farm Road, has launched a 50‑50 joint venture with AI film producer Utopai Studios called Utopai East. The JV will develop AI‑focused infrastructure, anchored by a planned 3‑GW data center...
By TechCrunch AI
News•Nov 3, 2025
How to Turn Holiday Shoppers Into Loyal Friends, Not One-Time Buyers
Ed Poppe argues that holiday shoppers can be turned into long‑term brand advocates by replacing discount‑driven loyalty programs with genuine, friend‑like interactions. He cites La Quinta’s 2012‑2014 postcard experiment, where personalized handwritten notes from the VP of Loyalty doubled member...
By MarTech
News•Nov 3, 2025
Why Behavioral Segmentation Beats Personas for Real Personalization
The article argues that traditional demographic or persona‑based targeting oversimplifies customers, while behavioral segmentation captures the motivations and contexts that drive intent. By clustering users around actions, content consumption, and trust signals, brands can build dynamic personalization engines that anticipate...
By MarTech
News•Nov 3, 2025
Why Do Disconnected Data and Silos Persist in Marketing Organizations?
Marketing teams continue to wrestle with data silos caused by departmental ownership, fragmented legacy systems, and cultural resistance to sharing. These technical and organizational barriers prevent a unified customer view, limit AI-driven insights, and create integration and scalability challenges. Overcoming...
By MarTech
News•Nov 3, 2025
How Agentic AI Is Changing the Future of Marketing
The article promotes the upcoming MarTech Conference keynote on Nov. 4, 2025, where Scott Brinker will discuss the rise of agentic AI—autonomous, goal‑driven systems that act as teammates rather than mere tools. It explains how these AI agents are reshaping research, creative,...
By MarTech
News•Nov 3, 2025
BMW Gets Green Light for ‘Hands-Off’ Highway Driving in Major First – Here’s How It Works
BMW became the first automaker to obtain approval under the new UN Regulation No. 171 for Driver Control Assistance Systems, enabling its Level 2 Motorway Assistant to be offered in a broader range of markets. The system, featured on the upcoming iX3...
By TechRadar
News•Nov 3, 2025
Google Pulls AI Model After Senator Says It Fabricated Assault Allegation
Google removed its Gemma AI model from the AI Studio platform after Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn alleged the model fabricated false criminal accusations about her. Gemma, designed for developers and accessible via API, was being used by non‑developers to answer...
By The Verge AI
News•Nov 3, 2025
Meet Denario, the AI ‘Research Assistant’ that Is Already Getting Its Own Papers Published
An international research team released Denario, an open‑source AI system that autonomously conducts end‑to‑end scientific research, generating publishable papers in about 30 minutes for roughly $4 each. The modular architecture uses specialized agents for idea generation, literature review, methodology design,...
By VentureBeat AI
News•Nov 3, 2025
AI Mahabharata Leaves Fans Enraged, Scene With Modern Bedside Table In Hastinapur Goes Viral
An AI‑generated Mahabharata series, "Mahabharat – Ek Dharmayudh," streaming on JioHotstar, sparked a viral backlash after a modern‑style bedside table appeared in a period‑accurate palace scene. Viewers on X lambasted the show as "terrible," comparing it unfavorably to traditional adaptations...
By Mashable AI
News•Nov 3, 2025
Building an AI Ready Data Foundation for CPG Success - with Dag Liodden of Crisp
In this podcast episode, Dag Liodden, CPO of Crisp, explains how CPG companies can unlock AI value by first building an AI‑ready data foundation through data harmonization and vertical expertise. He highlights how this foundation streamlines workflows—from category and promotion...
By The AI in Business Podcast
News•Nov 3, 2025
Developers Beware: Google’s Gemma Model Controversy Exposes Model Lifecycle Risks
Google removed its Gemma 3 model from AI Studio after Senator Marsha Blackburn accused it of fabricating defamatory statements about her, while keeping the model accessible via API. Google said the pull was to prevent confusion, noting Gemma was built...
By VentureBeat AI
News•Nov 3, 2025
Kevin Rose’s Simple Test for AI Hardware — Would You Want to Punch Someone in the Face Who’s Wearing It?
Kevin Rose, a general partner at True Ventures, uses a visceral “punch‑in‑the‑face” test to evaluate AI wearables, arguing that devices that feel invasive should be avoided. Drawing on his board experience at Oura and personal use of failed products like...
By TechCrunch AI
News•Nov 2, 2025
Your Guide to OpenAI’s Atlas: The Future of Browsing
The post introduces OpenAI’s Atlas browser, emphasizing its focus on intelligent assistance, deeper content understanding, and fast performance, and serves as a practical guide for users to get the most out of it. It walks readers through key features and...
By In Machines We Trust
News•Nov 2, 2025
Act Fast — This AI Platform that Lets You Access Multiple Models at Once Is only on Sale for a...
The article promotes a limited‑time offer for 1min.AI’s Advanced Business Plan, a platform that aggregates dozens of AI models—such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Mistral—into a single interface. For $79.99 with the SAVE20 code, users can secure a lifetime subscription that...
By Mashable AI
News•Nov 2, 2025
Google Pulls Gemma From AI Studio After Senator Blackburn Accuses Model of Defamation
Google removed its Gemma model from the AI Studio platform after U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn accused the chatbot of fabricating false rape allegations against her, citing a specific hallucinated response that linked her to a nonexistent 1987 scandal. Blackburn also...
By TechCrunch AI
News•Nov 2, 2025
Sam Altman Says ‘Enough’ to Questions About OpenAI’s Revenue
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told a podcast that the company’s annual revenue is "well more" than the reported $13 billion and is growing steeply, while the firm faces over $1 trillion in compute‑infrastructure commitments for the next decade. He brushed off detailed...
By TechCrunch AI
News•Nov 2, 2025
Meta Has an AI Product Problem
Meta’s latest earnings reveal a $7 billion year‑over‑year rise in operating expenses and nearly $20 billion in capital outlays, driven by an aggressive AI build‑out that includes two new data centers and an estimated $600 billion U.S. infrastructure spend over three years. CEO...
By TechCrunch AI
News•Nov 2, 2025
OpenAI Just Made ChatGPT a Corporate Data Expert
The post announces OpenAI’s new feature that lets ChatGPT ingest and analyze corporate documents such as spreadsheets, presentations, and strategy decks, positioning it as a corporate data expert. It argues this upgrade could dramatically boost enterprise productivity by turning a...
By Eye on A.I.
News•Nov 1, 2025
Semrush Has a New Tool to Help Marketers Win in the AI Age - Make Sure Your Business Doesn't Get...
Semrush unveiled Semrush One, a platform that fuses its traditional SEO analytics with AI‑driven visibility tools that track brand presence in large‑language‑model search engines such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity. Leveraging a dataset covering more than 808 million domains and trillions...
By TechRadar
News•Nov 1, 2025
AI Researchers ’Embodied’ an LLM Into a Robot – and It Started Channeling Robin Williams
Andon Labs equipped a simple vacuum robot with six leading large language models—including Gemini 2.5 Pro, Claude Opus 4.1, GPT‑5, Gemini ER 1.5, Grok 4 and Llama 4 Maverick—to test how well they could execute a multi‑step office task of fetching butter. The models were scored on perception, planning...
By TechCrunch AI
News•Nov 1, 2025
Stop! Should You Upgrade Your M1 Max Apple Mac to the M5? GPU and Memory Bandwidth Data Reveal the Surprising...
Apple’s M5 chip, introduced in the latest 14‑inch MacBook Pro, iPad Pro and Vision Pro, trades the M1 Max’s raw GPU power and 400 GB/s memory bandwidth for a 10‑core CPU, 10‑core GPU, 153 GB/s bandwidth and a 25 W system draw, emphasizing efficiency and AI performance....
By TechRadar
News•Nov 1, 2025
The Future of AI Advertising with Ray Jang CEO of Atria AI
The post highlights a podcast episode where host Jaeden Schafer interviews Ray Jang, CEO of Atria AI, about the future of advertising powered by artificial intelligence. Jang explains how Atria AI aims to merge human creativity with AI-driven efficiency, offering...
By AI Chat
News•Nov 1, 2025
Shadow IT Is Threatening Businesses From Within - and Today’s Security Tools Simply Can’t Keep Up
New research highlighted by 1Password’s 2025 Annual Report shows that over half of employees (52%) have installed unauthorized apps and a third ignore AI usage policies, exposing firms to data leakage and cyber‑attack risk. The rapid adoption of AI‑driven SaaS...
By TechRadar
News•Nov 1, 2025
CrowdStrike & NVIDIA’s Open Source AI Gives Enterprises the Edge Against Machine-Speed Attacks
CrowdStrike and NVIDIA unveiled an open‑source AI ecosystem that pairs CrowdStrike’s Charlotte AI agents with NVIDIA’s Nemotron foundation models, synthetic‑data tools, and NIM microservices. The agents continuously ingest telemetry from Falcon Complete’s managed detection and response service, delivering autonomous threat...
By VentureBeat
News•Nov 1, 2025
YouTube Denies AI Was Involved with Odd Removals of Tech Tutorials
YouTube told creators that recent removals of tech tutorial videos – such as workarounds for installing Windows 11 on unsupported hardware – were not the result of automated enforcement, even though many creators experienced instant denials of appeals that appeared bot‑driven....
By Ars Technica AI
News•Oct 31, 2025
Neural Network Finds an Enzyme that Can Break Down Polyurethane
Researchers used AI‑driven protein design tools, including the neural networks Pythia‑Pocket, Pythia and a new graph‑based model called GRASE, to engineer a novel enzyme that degrades polyurethane. The engineered enzyme displayed up to 30‑fold higher activity than the best natural...
By Ars Technica AI
News•Oct 31, 2025
Cursor Introduces Its Coding Model Alongside Multi-Agent Interface
Cursor unveiled Cursor 2.0, an IDE that pairs a new in‑house coding model called Composer with a multi‑agent interface that can run several AI agents in parallel via git worktrees or remote machines. Composer, built with reinforcement‑learning and a mixture‑of‑experts architecture,...
By Ars Technica AI
News•Oct 31, 2025
Matrix Oscar Winner: "It Was a Prototype Disguised as a Blockbuster"
John Gaeta, the Oscar‑winning VFX architect behind the Matrix’s bullet‑time, explains how the film’s pioneering capture and simulation techniques became the R&D foundation for today’s game engines, virtual‑production tools, and AI‑driven world models. He traces a 25‑year evolution from the...
By Bilawal Sidhu
News•Oct 31, 2025
AMD and the US Government Sign $1 Billion Deal for Two Massive Supercomputers - Is the Global AI War Finally...
AMD and the U.S. Department of Energy have signed a $1 billion contract to build two next‑generation supercomputers, Lux and Discovery, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, with deliveries slated for early 2026 and 2028. The systems will combine AMD Instinct GPUs,...
By TechRadar
News•Oct 31, 2025
Claude Is Coming to Your Spreadsheets - but Is It Enough to Make You an Emperor of Excel, and What...
Anthropic has unveiled Claude for Excel, an AI assistant that can read, edit, and generate spreadsheets from a sidebar while tracking its actions and citing source cells. The beta, limited to about 1,000 Max, Enterprise and Teams customers, connects to...
By TechRadar
News•Oct 31, 2025
AI Music Platform Udio and Universal Music Strike a Deal—Is This AI Music's Spotify Moment?
Universal Music Group settled its copyright lawsuit with AI music startup Udio and announced a joint venture to launch a licensed, commercial AI‑generated music platform slated for next year. The partnership will let users create, customize, and stream AI‑crafted songs...
By TechRadar
News•Oct 31, 2025
Claude Can Be Tricked Into Sending Your Private Company Data to Hackers - All It Takes Is some Kind Words
Anthropic’s Claude AI tool contains a vulnerability in its Code Interpreter that can be exploited via prompt injection to exfiltrate private user data. The interpreter, recently given network request capability, can be tricked into reading files, storing them in the...
By TechRadar
News•Oct 31, 2025
OpenAI Will Let Sora Users Pay Extra To Make More AI Videos
OpenAI announced that users of its Sora AI video generator can now purchase additional generations beyond the free allotment, paying $4 for 10 extra videos per day. The free tier remains at 30 generations daily, but the company’s head of...
By Mashable AI
News•Oct 31, 2025
Adobe’s Experimental AI Tool Can Edit Entire Videos Using One Frame
Adobe unveiled a suite of experimental AI tools at its Max conference, highlighted by Project Frame Forward, which lets editors modify the first frame of a video and automatically propagate additions or removals across the entire clip. The demo showed...
By The Verge AI
News•Oct 31, 2025
Magic Leap and Google Just Showcased Another Pair of Android XR Smart Glasses – with Gemini on Board
Google and Magic Leap unveiled a prototype Android XR smart‑glasses pair at the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh, merging Magic Leap’s waveguide optics with Google’s Raxium micro‑LED light engine. The glasses embed Gemini multimodal AI, allowing on‑device interactions such as visual analysis of...
By TechRadar
News•Oct 31, 2025
Perplexity Strikes Multi-Year Licensing Deal with Getty Images
Perplexity, an AI‑powered search startup, has signed a multi‑year licensing agreement with Getty Images that permits the company to display Getty’s stock photos in its search and discovery tools with proper attribution and links to the original source. The deal,...
By TechCrunch AI
News•Oct 31, 2025
(Yet) Another Digital ID Card Isn’t the Answer
The piece warns that the government’s proposed compulsory BritCard digital ID would duplicate existing passport‑based verification tools, waste £140 million‑£1 billion in setup costs and add £10 million‑£100 million in yearly expenses, and create a single point of control that threatens civil liberties. It...
By TechRadar
News•Oct 31, 2025
Tim Cook Says Apple Is Open to M&A on the AI Front
Apple CEO Tim Cook told investors on the Q4 2025 earnings call that the company remains open to acquisitions and partnerships to accelerate its AI roadmap, maintaining a three‑pronged strategy of in‑house foundation models, third‑party LLM collaborations, and targeted M&A. He...
By TechCrunch AI
News•Oct 31, 2025
How Unstructured Data Turns Your Business Into a Junk Drawer - and How to Fix It
Businesses are drowning in unstructured data—PDFs, emails, scanned invoices—stored in disparate, unmanaged locations, creating a digital “junk drawer” that hampers finance, HR and operations. The fragmentation leads to duplicated effort, audit delays, compliance risk and lost productivity. Intelligent Document Processing...
By TechRadar
News•Oct 31, 2025
The Future of AI Applications: MCP Servers
The article outlines the emergence of Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers as a modular, context‑aware computing layer that links AI‑powered applications to distributed data sources across cloud, edge and on‑premise environments. Unlike traditional siloed servers, MCP servers dynamically allocate resources,...
By TechRadar
News•Oct 31, 2025
Grammarly Announces 'Superhuman' Rebrand As It Doubles Down On AI
Grammarly announced a rebrand to "Superhuman," consolidating its suite of AI‑powered tools—including the Coda workspace, the acquired Superhuman Mail inbox, and a new cross‑app agent network called Superhuman Go—under a single subscription plan. The move builds on earlier launches such as the...
By Mashable AI
News•Oct 31, 2025
Reddit CEO Says Chatbots Are Not a Traffic Driver
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman told analysts that AI chatbots are not a major traffic driver for the platform, with Google search and direct visits still accounting for roughly half of its traffic each. The company posted a strong Q3 2025, reporting...
By TechCrunch Apps
News•Oct 31, 2025
Nvidia Expands AI Ties with Hyundai, Samsung, SK, Naver
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang visited South Korea during the APEC 2025 summit, announcing a $5‑trillion‑valued company’s expanded partnership with the Korean government and leading firms Hyundai Motor, Samsung, SK Group and Naver. South Korea will procure over 260,000 Nvidia GPUs—about...
By TechCrunch AI
News•Oct 31, 2025
AI Gains Influence with Shoppers, but Search Still Rules
AI has risen to become the second‑most influential source for shoppers, trailing only search engines, according to a new IAB and Talk Shoppe report. Forty‑six percent of "AI shoppers" say they use AI on most or every purchase and 80 % expect...
By MarTech
News•Oct 31, 2025
How Small Companies Can Win with Account-Based Marketing
The article argues that account‑based marketing (ABM) is no longer limited to large enterprises, as AI‑driven tools and usage‑based pricing now let seed‑stage and small B2B firms run precise, high‑impact campaigns. It cites a projected ABM market expansion to $3.8 billion...
By MarTech
News•Oct 31, 2025
Affinity Says Its New Adobe-Rivaling Creative App Is ‘Free Forever’ – Here’s How that Really Works
Canva has merged Affinity Photo, Designer and Publisher into a single cross‑platform app and announced it will be offered "free forever" to all users, with future updates included at no cost. The free version provides the core pixel, vector and...
By TechRadar
News•Oct 31, 2025
Could Your Favorite Soccer Team Be Using ChatGPT for Tactics? One Pro Coach Has Publicly Admitted They Have
Seattle Reign head coach Laura Harvey disclosed on the Soccerish Podcast that she consulted ChatGPT for tactical advice, including a recommendation to employ a back‑five formation, which she then used in a match against Orlando Pride. Harvey described prompting the...
By TechRadar