Google launches Gemini 3 Pro Image, aka Nano Banana Pro, with more control, improved text rendering, and enhanced world knowledge, for free in the Gemini app
except when it gaslit me Ryan Whitwam / Ars Technica : Google's new Nano Banana Pro uses Gemini 3 power to generate more realistic AI images Robert Hart / The Verge : Google's new AI image creator too...
Alembic, which offers marketers AI-powered data analytics, raised a $145M Series B led by Prysm Capital and Accenture at a $645M valuation, up from $49M in 2024
The train is picking up speed (and we are hiring!) … Tony McRoberts : Exciting morning at Alembic Technologies as we announced our $145M series B to fuel the growth of Causal AI within the enterprise....
Adobe launches AI agents, within its Adobe Experience Platform, tailored for B2B marketers, after launching AI agents aimed at consumer marketing in September
Adobe's general availability … Adobe for Business : Adobe Experience Platform Agents help your team focus on creating moments that matter. — For B2B organizations, Adobe AI helps marketing …
Perplexity struggles to scale its shopping and ad businesses nearly a year after launching ad sales and in-app purchasing, frustrating marketers and merchants
Perplexity has drawn plenty of its headlines for its relentless fundraising—which recently valued the artificial intelligence search firm …
Search-engine optimization feels dated as marketers look to generative-engine optimization, or GEO, which focuses on tricking AI chatbots rather than Google
Search-engine optimization now feels dated. Generative-engine optimization is all about trying to trick AI chatbots.
TikTok rolls out new AI ad features as part of its Symphony ad suite, including the ability for marketers to use text or images to generate five-second videos
TikTok is rolling out a set of new artificial intelligence-powered advertising features, including the ability for marketers …
Sources and docs: Amazon has increased Prime Video's ad load to 4-6 minutes per hour, up from 2-3.5 minutes per hour when it introduced ads in January 2024
streaming just got a lot worse David Satin / The Streamable : Prime Video has doubled the number of ads it makes viewers watch Ian Carlos Campbell / Engadget : Prime Video reportedly shows almost twic...
Marketing executives say big brands are allocating small amounts of their ad budget to X, seeking to avoid being perceived as boycotting Elon Musk's platform
Marketers want to avoid being seen as boycotting billionaire's social media platform — Big brands are allocating small amounts …
NYC-based Firsthand, whose tools let marketers and publishers engage consumers through AI agents on their own sites or other sites, raised a $26M Series A
- The New York-based startup previously raised $6.6 million in seed funding, led by Radical Ventures.
Investigation: Google's Display & Video 360 ad platform lets users target Americans' sensitive personal data, despite Google's rules against such practices
Google enables marketers to target people with serious illnesses and crushing debt—against its policies—as well as the makers …