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Google Meet has introduced an AI-powered makeup filter, enhancing its "Portrait touch-up" feature to compete with similar offerings from Microsoft Teams and Zoom. The filter provides users with 12 customizable makeup options that remain consistent during movement, ensuring a natural appearance, and will be available by default for user activation. Launched on October 8, this feature could strengthen Google Meet's position in the competitive video conferencing market, catering to users seeking convenience and enhanced presentation during virtual meetings. As remote work continues to shape professional interactions, this development underscores the importance of personalization in digital communication tools.
Google has introduced a new AI-powered feature in Gmail called "Help me schedule," which streamlines the process of finding and suggesting meeting times based on users' Google Calendar availability and the context of email exchanges. By utilizing the Gemini AI,...
Coco Robotics has appointed UCLA professor Bolei Zhou as chief AI scientist to lead a new physical AI research lab, aiming to leverage five years of data collected from its last-mile delivery robots. The company, which has gathered millions of...
Walmart has partnered with OpenAI to introduce a feature allowing customers to shop for products directly through ChatGPT, enhancing the online shopping experience for groceries and household essentials. This new capability, set to launch later this fall, will include a...
KERV.ai has partnered with Amazon Ads to launch shoppable, interactive advertising solutions across Amazon’s premium inventory, including platforms like Prime Video and Fire TV. This collaboration allows brands to leverage KERV's advanced AI-driven creative capabilities, enabling seamless integration into their...
Analogic Corporation has entered a strategic partnership with Analytical AI to integrate advanced artificial intelligence threat detection into its ConneCT Checkpoint and SeleCT Checked Baggage Computed Tomography (CT) systems. This collaboration aims to enhance security detection capabilities for Analogic’s extensive...
Force Management has unveiled Ascender AI, a sophisticated addition to its Ascender revenue acceleration platform, designed to provide real-time coaching and content navigation for sales personnel. This AI-driven assistant leverages Force Management’s established methodologies, offering personalized guidance based on individual...
Red Hat has launched Red Hat AI 3, a comprehensive update to its enterprise AI platform designed to streamline the deployment of AI workloads from proof-of-concept to production. This platform integrates key components such as the Red Hat AI Inference...
Storyblok has launched innovative features and partnerships aimed at enhancing content management for brands navigating the AI-driven digital landscape. Key developments include the introduction of Strata, which provides deep content analytics, and FlowMotion, an automation layer that streamlines content workflows...
Zight has announced three significant updates aimed at enhancing customer support workflows through its AI-powered visual communication platform. Key improvements include the introduction of session-level technical logs for its Request Video feature, a new Integration Marketplace for seamless connectivity with...
OpenAI has announced plans to modify ChatGPT to reduce perceived bias by preventing the AI from reflecting users' political language. A recent paper highlights that this change aims to foster a more neutral exchange of ideas and discourage validation of...
Aquawise is set to unveil its AI-driven water quality monitoring technology at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, aiming to revolutionize aquaculture practices in Southeast Asia. By utilizing satellite imagery and a physics-based AI model, the Bangkok-based startup offers continuous water quality monitoring—an...
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The episode recaps recent AI headlines, highlighting OpenAI’s Dev Day announcements, the growing politicization of AI, ongoing copyright controversy around Sora, and Google’s Gemini Enterprise launch, while also discussing AI’s influence on job hunting. The hosts blend news updates with...
Google's investment in India will roll out over the next five years, through 2030.
From addictive algorithms to exploitative apps, data mining to misinformation, the internet today can be a hazardous place. Books by three influential figures—the intellect behind “net neutrality,” a former Meta executive, and the web’s own inventor—propose radical approaches to fixing...
Visa has launched the Trusted Agent Protocol, a new security framework aimed at distinguishing legitimate AI shopping assistants from malicious bots, addressing a crucial challenge in the surge of AI-driven commerce. As AI traffic to U.S. retail sites has skyrocketed...
In this interview, UBS Executive Director Sandro Venturini discusses how AI‑ready data can streamline cross‑border fund compliance by cutting legal and business costs, aligning stakeholders, and establishing a single source of truth for fund launches. He highlights the practical benefits...
In a MIT Sloan podcast, Cisco President Jeetu Patel frames AI as a megatrend surpassing even the internet and automobile revolutions, emphasizing that the new wave demands re‑imagined data‑center and networking infrastructure—Cisco’s core business. He argues that AI’s rapid, exponential...
The post presents the B2B SaaS Growth System, a step‑by‑step framework designed to help mid‑market and enterprise SaaS firms break the $3‑10M ARR ceiling by creating a predictable, data‑driven customer‑acquisition engine. It centers on four pillars—account‑based marketing list building, a...
The post recaps the week’s major SaaS activity, highlighting ten large VC rounds (including EvenUp’s $150M Series E and several AI‑focused raises) and a wave of strategic M&A deals such as Itron’s $325M acquisition of Urbint and Caterpillar’s $728M purchase of...
We're live in San Francisco ahead of Dreamforce 2025.
China is launching ocean-cooled data centers near Shanghai, using renewable energy to cut cooling costs and advance sustainable computing.
Google is integrating its Nano Banana image‑editing model from Gemini 2.5 Flash into Search (Lens and AI Mode), Google Photos, and NotebookLM, letting users perform conversational image edits and apply new Nano Banana–powered video styles directly in those apps. The...
Before spending on connected TV, answer these four questions to see if your business is ready — and how to make your first test count. The post 4 questions every SMB should ask before testing CTV appeared first on MarTech.
OpenAI is teaming up with Broadcom to produce its own computer chips to power its AI data centers. The deal is the latest in a series of partnerships designed to reduce the company’s reliance on Nvidia and secure enough computing...
As Salesforce makes Slack the hub for AI agents, marketers face familiar hurdles: fragmented data, unclear ROI and cost creep. The post Salesforce launches Agentforce 360 to embed AI agents directly in Slack for marketing teams appeared first on MarTech.
California has enacted SB 243, becoming the first state to regulate AI companion chatbots, aiming to safeguard children and vulnerable users from potential harms. The legislation introduces stringent guidelines for the development and deployment of these technologies, mandating transparency and...
New Microsoft research shows that the use of shadow AI is once again on the rise.
FADEL, a global provider of AI-driven brand compliance and licensing software, announced the next chapter in its evolution — unveiling FADEL solutions powered by agentic AI, built on the AWS Bedrock Agentic AI platform. This milestone introduces advanced intelligent automation...
Vonage’s new AI-powered actions for Contact Centers boost agent productivity while delivering a secure, seamless customer experience Vonage, a part of Ericsson announced the launch of Vonage Agentforce Identity Insights and Fraud Detection, which provides insights for contact center agents, leveraging AI to...
Coveo, the leader in AI-Relevance, delivering best-in-class AI-search and generative experiences that maximize business outcomes at every point-of-experience, announced that it has achieved the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Generative AI Competency. This specialization recognizes Coveo as an AWS Partner that...
The GrowthRise Mastermind recap walks B2B marketers through four key themes—AI integration in platforms like HubSpot, matched‑audience advertising on Google and Microsoft, AI‑optimized content strategy, and shifting from service‑based to AI‑enhanced recurring revenue models. It pinpoints challenges such as fragmented...
The SaasRise Mastermind recap delivered a rapid‑fire set of tactical recommendations for SaaS founders, covering finance (capitalizing development costs to boost EBITDA), AI integration (simple OCR pipelines, sandboxed APIs, and short‑term AI‑driven email outreach), and market‑specific pricing (usage‑based models for...
The post argues that sustainable B2B SaaS growth comes from building repeatable systems—specifically outbound prospecting and digital ads—rather than isolated tactics, emphasizing the importance of clear unit economics, a high‑quality ABM list, AI‑personalized outreach, and data‑driven ad experimentation. It outlines...
The SaasRise Enterprise Mastermind call tackled the toughest challenges faced by high‑ACV SaaS CEOs, from inconsistent outbound prospecting and cold‑email deliverability to slow product development and offshore team management. Participants shared practical tactics such as separating cold‑email tools from CRM...
The post reviews a wave of AI‑centric SaaS fundraises, highlighting major rounds for Vercel, Glean, and others, and notes that 2025 venture capital remains strong, especially for AI‑native companies. It also details a series of strategic M&A moves, such as...
The post promotes a webinar and upcoming 16‑week Done‑With‑You B2B SaaS Growth Program that teaches a seven‑step system for building a repeatable customer acquisition engine, covering ABM lead list creation, AI‑personalized outbound, content scaling, digital ad strategies, and SDR/AE team...
The post promotes SaasRise’s 16‑week Done‑With‑You B2B SaaS Growth Program for mid‑market and enterprise SaaS firms, teaching ABM lead list building, AI‑personalized outbound, and multi‑platform digital ad scaling. It outlines the curriculum, live instruction by Ryan Allis and David Trachsel,...
SyncWords, a global leader in AI-powered live subtitling and dubbing solutions, unveiledVocalics, the world’s first live AI voice dubbing technology which captures the tone, rhythm, and emotion of the original speaker and preserves them across languages in real time. A...
MediaGo, an intelligent advertising platform, announced its official membership with IAB UK, the leading industry body for the UK’s digital advertising industry. This milestone follows MediaGo’s certification as an official vendor of IAB Europe’s Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF), underscoring...
Deloitte announced that Oracle has joined the ecosystem at The Smart Factory by Deloitte @ Wichita. By co-innovating at The Factory, Deloitte and Oracle aim to help manufacturers and industrial organizations integrate artificial intelligence (AI) and automation into their operations, while streamlining...
Partnership powers secure data collaboration for mission-critical operations Oracle AI World –Duality Technologies secure data collaboration platform is now available in Oracle Cloud Marketplace and deployable on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). This enables government, defense, and intelligence customers to secure their data collaboration for mission-critical...
A new research paper quietly published last week outlines a breakthrough method that allows large language models (LLMs) to simulate human consumer behavior with startling accuracy, a development that could reshape the multi-billion-dollar market research industry. The technique promises to...
Struggling to keep pace with marketing tech and trends? It’s only getting faster. Learn the 10 skills that will keep you competitive in 2026 and beyond. The post What are the skills marketers should develop as we enter 2026? appeared first...
Growth stalls when sales and marketing are rewarded for different wins. Better incentives get both teams rowing in the same direction. The post You’re paying your sales and marketing teams to sabotage each other appeared first on MarTech.
Despite some frustrations, beta users are enjoying YouTube Music's new AI host – especially its music trivia commentary.
Salesforce announces an upgraded version of its Agentforce platform designed to help enterprises build and deploy AI agents.
Slack is testing an update for Slackbot that transforms it into an AI assistant. Presently, it operates as a tool for delivering reminders and notifications. With the update, Slackbot can create custom plans tailored to your workspace, sift through a...
Empowering Developers to Automate Document Review Cycles and Transform Static Files into Actionable Intelligence pdfRest, a leader in comprehensive PDF processing solutions, announced the release of its innovative new Summarize PDF API Tool. This powerful, AI-powered REST API leverages OpenAI...
Anduril Industries has unveiled its new EagleEye MR helmet, marking a significant return to virtual reality for co-founder Palmer Luckey. This advanced mixed reality headset is designed for military applications, integrating augmented and virtual reality capabilities to enhance situational awareness...
