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- Meta has decided to divide its AI team, forming two separate units in order to build and release its next generation of products and features at a faster rate, according to a report by Axios.
- Meta is further restructuring its VR/AR hardware department by creating a new unit focused on developing AI-powered humanoid robots designed to assist with physical household tasks, according to an internal company memo.
- "Reimagining our orchestration strategy to get the best out of all of Mediabrands. That was our big 2024 bet," reflects Global CEO Eileen Kiernan.
- Amazon has signed agreements to support development of nuclear energy projects with Small Modular Reactors - advanced reactors with smaller physical footprints. Google and Microsoft are working on similar projects.
- Ahead of its annual summit next week, the ARF's CIMM unit has promoted Tameka Kee to SVP-programming and operations and hired Evan Cohen as SVP-projects and strategic initiatives.
- Microsoft's AI Trace research project introduces a new approach to training and automatically optimizing AI-run systems, with the possibility to optimize ad delivery, recommendations, fraud detection, and more.
- Brand Keys' latest ranking of the most innovative brands marks a shift in what people consider exciting.
- When it comes to innovation, companies are often faced with a delicate balancing act between pushing boundaries and minimizing risk. This is particularly true in the realm of privacy, where breaches and other violations open up exposure to class action lawsuits and irreparable damage to a company's reputation. Hear from DTC Manager, Jennifer Peters, as she shares insights from Olly, an entrepreneurial brand living inside Unilever's expansive portfolio, and their journey to strike the right balance.
- Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI will work with the Department of Defense's research and development agency to enable competitors to develop state-of-the-art cybersecurity systems. The 2-year competition is called AI Cyber Challenge.
- Few firms use identity resolution to unite data signals in a single customer view, Acxiom reports.
- This year, shoppers are increasingly impressed by newer brands, especially in the D2C category.
- Delivery trucks and buggies may have been the original OOH vehicle. Goodlife apparel reshuffled the idea with branded office trucks tagged with tracking beacons. The truly innovative model allowed the brand to retarget street level viewers with digital e-commerce promotions. How did this novel use of old school signage and new school activation not only drive digital traffic but explode social awareness? Goodlife Clothing's VP of Growth, Jesse Miller, brings us inside the great delivery truck caper.
- After being named as one of the Most Innovative Companies in 2021, Avocados From Mexico has continued working on bringing Innovation to the next level. Avocados From Mexico's Director of Media, Data and Analytics, Jovanny Martinez, discusses how Avocados From Mexico drives both brand and performance marketing by building purposeful innovation through creative testing, media optimization, and measurement.
- Gaming is everywhere, and is for everyone. The question is no longer "do you game?", but "what do you play?" How can a range of publishers better understand and capture the many demos and the energy of gaming? Enthusiast Gaming's SVP, Global Head of Sales & Marketing, Amanda Rubin, shares what it has learned about understanding gaming as a social connector, how it innovates in ad products, and opens a door for publishers into Web3/Metaverse futures.
- The Google News Initiative is working with the American Journalism Project to find U.S.-based founders with innovative ideas that can advance local news online.
- OOH used to be a glorified real estate business where location and road-side visibility was the unique selling proposition. Programmatic then emerged as a transformative equalizer to the conversation. With a complete "through-line" view into what people consume beyond their home, brands have started to leverage the future of OOH and its connection to broader programmatic ecosystem. Walton Isaacson's Managing Director of Digital Innovation, Albert Thompson, illustrates how brands have executed within the programmatic marketplace to stitch together a "connected experience" of ad exposure. Physical Proximity is the driver as the consumer moves from gas stations, retail stores, business offices, public transit, biking paths, and ridesharing - all through OOH.
- While creativity and healthcare may seem like an unlikely pair, here's how a little strategic planning, thinking outside the box, and even a little fun, can help your campaigns stand out in a crowded market. WestDerm's Senior Marketing Manager of Content Strategy, Veronica Clay, shares how their innovative approach to raising skin cancer awareness tugged at the evolving attitudes towards health, sun, and fun. Along the way, they illustrate how healthcare messaging can move beyond expert advice and get consumers to personalize it with their own memory, life, and health histories.
- For a 220 years-young brand like the New York Post, innovation, adaptation, and diversification are essential. The Post Digital Network now spans print, digital, video, audio, social, television, and commerce. Product innovation continues to be a key focus for the Post. The New York Post's Shannon Toumey, VP of Strategy and Co-Head of Post Studios, will share examples and learnings from the media company's experimentation and testing of shoppable video as it strives for success in this emerging medium.
- Three years ago, HBR used email to push out one promotion per week for the core business, with no testing, no creative updates, and thoughtful segmentation. How did they turn around a program grounded in an aging, stressed database with primitive segmentation? How have they learned to handle a maturing email program that tries to conquer the daily flood of requests and still innovate? Harvard Business Review's Nini Diana, Dir. of Consumer Marketing, discusses how by 2022, they've made substantial improvements in messaging customers and readers.
- Through surveys and data, Joybird found their customers wanted more inspiration and engagement when shopping to style their rooms. In response, at MediaPost's D2C Insider Summit, Eric Tsai, the furniture retailer's vp of marketing & business development, shows us how they turned to a 3D planner tool on Pinterest. It enabled shoppers to click on a photo, drag it into a scene and create a customizable 3D design space; resulting in greater engagement, a 50%+ lift in AOV and an enhanced shopping experience for their customers.
- Avocados From Mexico takes on advertising's biggest stage... the Super Bowl. AFM's Associate Director of Brand Marketing & Strategy, Kelly Burke, talks Influencers, shoppable ads like MikMak and immersive experiences - - all part of their "brandformance" approach to innovate produce marking.
- Artificial intelligence-powered marketing technologies communicate with consumers and know what they want long before marketers do.
- NBC sketched out six key areas of segmentation: audience measurement, audience verification, brand measurement, incrementality measurement, sale impact, multi-touch attribution and business-outcome guarantees.
- Pinterest on Tuesday began demonstrating its technology strengths with the announcement of an in-house experimental products team it calls TwoTwenty.
- Google Labs is back, but this time it's the internal name given to a new team created under a reorganization that aims to gather the company's innovative projects and long-term bets under one roof.
- Artist and author Douglas Coupland created a series of slogans using machine learning, partnering with Google AI researchers who developed a language model based on his written work.
- A century ago Betty Crocker taught us everything we needed to know about authentic consumer engagement. From personalized connections to data collection to creating engagement and innovation loops. General Mills' CMO, Ivan Pollard, explores how the company draws lessons and inspiration from this CPG icon.
- A new Forrester report -- commissioned by the 4As and Google -- concludes that agency-client relationships remain strong, albeit with room for improvement.
- Significant unintended benefits for marketers have been the adoption of "slow-walking" programs already in place, and encouragement of innovation.
- They say necessity is the mother of invention, but on Madison Avenue, it frequently fathers innovation.
