Meta signs a multimillion dollar AI licensing deal with News Corp The arrangement will make content from The WSJ and other brands available to Meta AI for chatbot responses and training. Karissa Bell Tue, March 3, 2026 This photograph shows the Meta’s booth during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos … Continue reading Meta signs a multimillion dollar AI licensing deal with News Corp
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The latest AI-powered martech news and releases Sergey Brin says threatening AI gets the best results. AI is fighting back with threats of blackmail. So, maybe stick with “please” and “thank you.” June 5, 2025 FOMO is driving most corporate AI adoption, according to an IBM survey of 2,000 CEOs. It found that … Continue reading The latest AI-powered martech news and releases
OpenAI unrolled an update to ChatGPT because it was too sycophantic. Nice to know there’s something humans still do better than AI. Constantine von Hoffman on May 1, 2025 Relax, humanity, there’s at least one thing you still do better than AI and that’s sucking up to the boss. Last week, OpenAI rolled out … Continue reading AI-powered martech releases and news: May 1
OpenAI execs are telling investors that by the end of the decade, it will have Nvidia/Meta-level sales revenues. Skeptics think otherwise. Constantine von Hoffman on April 24, 2025 Can OpenAI make money? Execs at the revolutionary-and-money-burning company think so. They are telling investors it will “turn cash flow positive” in 2029. That’s when it … Continue reading AI-powered martech releases and news: April 24
LG TVs may soon watch you watching them to monitor how you feel about what’s on the screen. Someone send them a copy of “1984” fast. Constantine von Hoffman on April 17, 2025 Who needs Big Brother when you have LG smart TVs? The devices could soon be doing more than just displaying content; … Continue reading AI-powered martech news and releases: April 17
The volatile economy may force tech companies and investors to ask the biggest question about AI: Can it ever make money? Constantine von Hoffman on April 10, 2025 Big Tech’s AI spending will get a big hit of reality no matter how World War Fee (h/t The Register) turns out. President Trump’s now-paused tariffs … Continue reading AI-powered martech news and releases: April 10
Note to Microsoft (and other AI companies): This is a bad week to hit people with price hikes. Constantine von Hoffman on April 3, 2025 Stories I noticed while watching the Dow and realizing I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue. Goose smashes golden egg: Automated AI bots seeking training data threaten … Continue reading AI-powered martech releases and news: April 3
AI thought it could mess with the works of anime master Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli. Fans said, “No.” Constantine von Hoffman on March 27, 2025 (April 16, 2025), I saw Studio Ghibli’s “Princess Mononoke” in IMAX. It was probably the sixth time I’ve seen it, making it my third-most-watched Ghibli, behind “Spirited Away” and … Continue reading AI-powered martech news and releases: March 27
Half of all Americans use AI, and that holds true for nearly all demographic slices. Constantine von Hoffman on March 20, 2025 Half of all Americans use AI, according to a survey by Elon University’s Imagining the Digital Future Center. And it’s not just the tech bros and Silicon Valley elites, either. Sure, younger, … Continue reading AI-powered martech news and releases: March 20
