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OpenAI's ChatGPT checkout feature flopped — barely a dozen merchants signed up and users won't buy inside the chatbot. Here's what the pivot reveals about AI commerce, and what it means for marketers.

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ChatGPT Ends its In-Chat Checkout Feature

OpenAI built a checkout feature. Barely anyone used it. Now they're quietly handing commerce off to partners and calling it a strategy.

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New OpenAI research finds frontier AI models can't control their own reasoning traces — and that's actually a safety win. Here's what it means and why it won't stay true forever.

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AI Can't Hide Its Own Thinking — And That's Actually the Good News

OpenAI published research this week with a finding that sounds alarming on the surface but lands as something closer to reassuring: frontier AI...

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Anthropic's new labor market research finds no unemployment spike for AI-exposed workers yet — but hiring of young workers into those roles is already slowing. Here's what the data actually shows.

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What the Data Actually Says About AI and Jobs Right Now

Anthropic just published one of the more rigorous attempts to measure what AI is actually doing to the labor market — not what it might do, not what...

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Manufacturers double AI spending but can't scale past pilots. What marketing leaders can learn from this costly scaling crisis.

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Manufacturing's AI Pilot Purgatory: A Warning for Marketers

Manufacturing companies are doubling their AI investments while simultaneously getting stuck in what I call "pilot purgatory." They're throwing money...

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University of Northern Iowa adds AI majors. Here's what this education trend means for marketing teams looking to hire AI-savvy talent.

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AI Education Boom: What New University Majors Mean for Marketing

The University of Northern Iowa just announced two new AI majors, and if you're in marketing, you should be paying attention. This isn't just another...

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Google's Canvas in AI Mode lets users build live dashboards and tools directly inside Search. Here's what it means for marketers — and what it quietly gets wrong.

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Google Just Built a Whiteboard Inside Your Search Bar

Google's AI Mode now includes Canvas, a live workspace embedded directly in Search that lets you build documents, dashboards, and interactive tools...

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Google's new open-source Workspace CLI gives AI agents direct access to Gmail, Docs, Sheets, and more. Here's what it means for enterprise automation — and what marketers should actually do about it.

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Google Workspace Just Got a Command Line

Google quietly released a CLI for its entire Workspace suite — Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Calendar, Chat — and the implications for enterprise...

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Manufacturers are doubling AI spend but can't scale past pilots. Here's what marketing teams can learn from their scaling struggles and how to avoid the same trap.

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Why Manufacturing's AI Pilot Problem Is Marketing's Wake-Up Call

Manufacturers are throwing money at AI like it's 2019 and everyone's talking about "digital transformation" again. They've doubled their AI spending,...

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Cover letters are dying thanks to AI. Here's what smart marketers need to know about this shift in hiring and how it impacts talent acquisition strategies.

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AI Kills Cover Letters: What This Means for Marketers

The cover letter is officially on life support, and AI is holding the plug. According to recent insights from Wharton, we're witnessing the death...

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Thailand positions itself as ASEAN's AI tech hub. Learn what this means for marketers targeting Southeast Asian consumers and business opportunities.

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Thailand's AI Revolution: Marketing Opportunities in Southeast Asia

Thailand isn't just playing catchup in the AI race—they're positioning themselves as the regional powerhouse for Southeast Asia. And if you're not...

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Cut through automation hype. Discover practical automation strategies that actually deliver results for marketing teams without the corporate BS.

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Stop Pretending Automation Works: Real Strategies That Do

Everyone's talking about automation like it's some magic bullet that'll solve all your marketing problems. Spoiler alert: it's not. Most automation...

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McGill University used AI to analyze 69,000 solar installations across 65 countries and found that net-zero solar growth requires negligible land — if projects are sited and designed smartly. Here's why this matters for every business with an energy strategy.

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AI Just Showed Us How to Build Solar Without Eating the Planet

Researchers at McGill University used AI and computer vision to analyze the land footprint of 719 large solar installations across the western United...

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10 AI Prompts That'll Actually Save You Time (Not Just Impress Your Coworkers)

Forget the robots-taking-over headlines. These 10 prompts will show you how to use AI for the boring stuff you actually need to get done—like writing emails that don't suck, brainstorming ideas when your brain is fried, and automating the repetitive tasks eating your day.

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