Why the Chief AI Officer May Be a Temporary Job Title
The chief AI officer is having a moment in adtech and marketing. But as AI moves from special project to standard operating layer, many in the industry expect the title itself to fade.
Dreambeans aims to turn your interests into a living, useful feed
Dreambeans is the latest experiment from Google Labs, built to help users follow what matters in a more personal, dynamic way.
As Programmatic DOOH Scales, Curated Marketplaces Are Becoming the New Buying Layer
Programmatic digital out-of-home is getting bigger, and more complex. That is pushing buyers toward curated marketplaces that promise tighter control, cleaner inventory paths and easier activation.
Defense Tech’s Funding Boom Is Here. Staying Power Is the Hard Part.
Defense tech is pulling in fresh investor interest, but long-term winners will need more than hype. Procurement cycles, manufacturing, and mission-ready products will separate durable companies from short-lived bets.
More AI agents won’t fix advertising’s core problems
AI agents are becoming the latest promise in adtech. But more software acting on its own won’t repair advertising’s deeper problems if the ecosystem stays fragmented, opaque and hard to measure.
OpenAI lays out a public policy agenda as AI rules move from theory to reality
OpenAI has published a public policy agenda, offering a clearer view of how it wants governments to approach AI infrastructure, safety, access, and competition as regulation accelerates.
Gemma 4 12B brings multimodal AI into one smaller, encoder-free model
Google is rolling out Gemma 4 12B, positioning it as a unified, encoder-free multimodal model designed to simplify how developers build AI systems that handle more than just text.
Amazon search is showing AI-made products that don’t actually exist
Amazon’s search results are surfacing AI-generated product images for made-up items, blurring the line between product discovery and actual shopping.
The world’s largest privately owned laser just switched on
A massive privately owned laser facility is now online, marking a notable shift as private capital moves deeper into frontier science infrastructure.
SwitchBot’s Nanoleaf deal is really a bigger smart home play
SwitchBot buying Nanoleaf looks like a lighting story on the surface. It’s actually a much broader move in the race to build smarter, more connected homes.