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AI-powered martech news and releases: September 5

Microsoft’s AI products aren’t doing well: The new Copilot PCs can’t run games and Office with Copilot costs twice the regular version, so no one’s buying it. Constantine von Hoffman on September 5, 2024 It’s been a bad week for Microsoft’s AI products. On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that many games don’t … Continue reading AI-powered martech news and releases: September 5 →

AI-powered martech news and releases: August 29

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UK government promises teachers an AI chatbot helper that will “generate accurate, high-quality content.” Good luck. Constantine von Hoffman on August 29, 2024 The U.K.’s government is giving teachers AI chatbots to help them “mark and plan lessons.” The AI will be trained on government documents including curriculum guidance, lesson plans and anonymized … Continue reading AI-powered martech news and releases: August 29 →

AI-powered martech news and releases: August 22

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A new startup is using AI to help computers generate smells in order to improve healthcare and make safer, aromas for consumer goods. Constantine von Hoffman on August 22, 2024 Can your AI smell better? That’s the goal of Osmo, a startup using artificial intelligence technology to help computers “generate smells like we … Continue reading AI-powered martech news and releases: August 22 →

Google strikes a deal with California lawmakers to fund local news

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Google strikes a deal with California lawmakers to fund local news The agreement ends a long-running dispute that led to Google temporarily blocking news for some users in the state. karissa bell Thu, Aug 22, 2024 Anadolu via Getty Images Google has reached a deal with California lawmakers to fund local news … Continue reading Google strikes a deal with California lawmakers to fund local news →

AI-powered martech news and releases: August 15

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Tech companies are spending a lot on ads touting AI, despite more research showing it turns off consumers. Constantine von Hoffman on August 15, 2024 Tech companies are spending a lot of money on ads about AI, despite tons of research showing consumers’ dislike for it. As observed here last week, products mentioning AI … Continue reading AI-powered martech news and releases: August 15 →

AI-powered martech news and releases: August 8

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Consumers are really, really not impressed with AI, consistently preferring products that don’t mention AI over those that do. Constantine von Hoffman on August 8, 2024 Does your consumer product have AI? Do yourself a favor and don’t tell anyone. A study of 1,000 people found products described as having AI were consistently less … Continue reading AI-powered martech news and releases: August 8 →

AI-powered martech news and releases: August 1

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Having used up all the available human-made data, scientists are now training large language models on AI-created data. This is a very bad idea. Constantine von Hoffman on August 1, 2024 Charles II of Spain What do artificial intelligence and the Holy Roman Empire have in common? Inbreeding by both produced something called the … Continue reading AI-powered martech news and releases: August 1 →

AI-powered martech news and releases: July 25

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The IOC’s AI agenda, aimed at cleaning up its image and improving the Olympics, results in social media monitoring and athlete support chatbots. Constantine von Hoffman on July 25, 2024 Welcome to The Olympics, now with AI! Earlier this year, the International Olympic Committee (which definitely no longer has any problems with corruption) released … Continue reading AI-powered martech news and releases: July 25 →

AI-powered martech news and releases: July 18

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80% of consumers expect a future where marketers stop advertising to humans and instead target the AI assistants that will do all the shopping. Constantine von Hoffman on July 18, 2024 Predicting the future is a rube’s game and AI is no exception. Nonetheless, the fine folks at Ericsson put out a list of … Continue reading AI-powered martech news and releases: July 18 →

AI-powered martech releases and news: July 11

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Customers really don’t want AI being used for customer service. A Gartner survey found 53% saying it might make them switch to a competitior. Constantine von Hoffman on July 11, 2024 You might want to hold off on using AI for customer service: 64% of customers don’t want companies to replace people with bots, … Continue reading AI-powered martech releases and news: July 11 →