Kantar rolls out four AI-powered advertising insight solutions

Kantar rolls out four AI-powered advertising insight solutions

Data, insights and consulting company Kantar has unveiled four big data- and AI-based solutions. The company said the new offerings will help brands, advertising agencies and media companies more efficiently and accurately build and measure campaigns that have global impact. The first is Context Lab. This is a platform designed to create synergy between creative and media […]

Alibaba AI Labs teams with Audi, Renault and Honda for intelligent in-car experience

Alibaba AI Labs teams with Audi, Renault and Honda for intelligent in-car experience

Alibaba AI Labs, an AI research division of Alibaba Group, announced at CES Asia partnerships with auto brands, including Audi, Renault and Honda to drive a smart mobility initiative in China. Tmall Genie Auto, an Artificial Intelligence solution developed by Alibaba AI Labs, will be integrated into the automakers’ specific internet cars in China. Owners […]

Spotify and JWT Brazil Create the First Synesthetic Algorithm that Transforms Music into Flavour

Spotify and JWT Brazil Create the First Synesthetic Algorithm that Transforms Music into Flavour

The Flavor of Songs is the culmination of a six-month long study, where Tramontina – one of Brazil’s leading brands of cooking utensils—Spotify and J. Walter Thompson Brazil brought together neuroscientist Dr. Marcelo Costa, Head of the Neuroscience Department at the University of São Paulo, conductor João Rocha from the University of Kentucky, and Renato […]

Imagination partners with voice and AI experts RAIN to build brand experiences of the future

Imagination partners with voice and AI experts RAIN to build brand experiences of the future

Global experience agency Imagination and voice and conversational AI experts RAIN this week announce a strategic partnership to harness the AI and voice revolution to create more meaningful, human and immersive brand experiences. With voice technology adoption skyrocketing around the world, across smart speakers, mobile devices, and the Internet of Things, the partnership will enable […]

WaterAid launches first-ever Alexa voice skill via Hi Mum! Said Dad

WaterAid launches first-ever Alexa voice skill via Hi Mum! Said Dad

WaterAid, the non-profit organisation changing millions of lives every year through clean water, sanitation and hygiene initiatives, has launched its first-ever Alexa voice skill created by digital product and innovation consultancy Hi Mum! Said Dad. Every day, Alexa delivers a unique letter from the village of Tsarafangitra in Madagascar, covering topics such as food, music, wildlife – and of […]

Natterbox relegates phone anxiety to the past with Mindful AI

Natterbox relegates phone anxiety to the past with Mindful AI

Natterbox, a leading provider of global voice cloud services, has announced the addition of a new Mindful AI capability designed to address and soothe the frayed nerves of customers dealing with stressful phone calls whilst using its telephony platform.  The new Mindful AI service can detect when a customer starts to get angry or stressed, […]

Sephora and Wildbytes Unveil the Future of Shopping with an Intelligent Mirror

Sephora and Wildbytes Unveil the Future of Shopping with an Intelligent Mirror

Sephora and experiential innovation agency Wildbytes unveil the future of retail by taking personalisation to the next level. In a world first for the international beauty chain, it has installed an intelligent digital mirror in its flagship store in Madrid, on the exclusive Calle Serrano. Powered by artificial intelligence, it delivers hyper-personalised experiences and product […]

Fyber team with Game of Whales to help app developers identify profitable users

Fyber team with Game of Whales to help app developers identify profitable users

Fyber, a leading technology company creating solutions for smarter ad monetisation, announced it has partnered with Game of Whales, provider of an AI-driven monetisation optimisation platform. This will offer a first of its kind, transparent, accurate and holistic monetisation solution that empowers app and game developers to have full view of user lifetime value (LTV) […]

Persado and Emarsys team up to offer AI-powered ad solutions

Persado and Emarsys team up to offer AI-powered ad solutions

AI performance marketing firm Persado has struck a strategic partnership with Marketing platform Emarsys. The integration combines Persado’s platform for generating data-driven creative at scale, with Emarsys’ turnkey marketing solutions that support profitable revenue growth through data-driven acquisition. Joint Persado and Emarsys customers will now be able to generate, test and serve their marketing campaigns […]

Corporate watchdog ASIC plans AI trials to spot misleading advertising

Corporate watchdog ASIC plans AI trials to spot misleading advertising

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced plans to use artificial intelligence technology to detect misleading online advertising. The corporate regulation body plans to invest $6m in a trial experiment in a bid to identify ways to automate the detection of misleading internet advertising, according to a report by The Australian Financial Review. ASIC […]