James Smith

March 13, 2026 — Mumbai MiQ, a global programmatic media company, launched its AI-powered platform MiQ Sigma in India to simplify multi-platform advertising across fragmented media ecosystems. The event featured company leaders unveiling the platform, developed at MiQ’s Bengaluru Centre of Excellence, which unifies data, planning, activation, and measurement. MiQ Launches AI-Powered Platform ‘MiQ Sigma’ … Read more

March 13, 2026 — San Jose, Calif. Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen announced he will step down after an 18-year tenure once a successor is appointed, the company confirmed following its quarterly earnings report. The news, which sent Adobe shares lower, was first teased in a Moneycontrol newsletter shared on X. Narayen, who has led the … Read more

March 15, 2026 — Alicia Arnold’s article When AI decisions create customer friction, published March 13 on MarTech.org, examines how AI systems misreading customer signals generate frustration, undermining trust, retention, and revenue in digital marketing. The piece highlights AI’s role in accelerating decisions like fraud detection and lead scoring, but notes errors such as blocking … Read more

March 13, 2026 — Seoul, South Korea — LINE Plus, a subsidiary of LY Corporation, unveiled ActEngine AI, a B2B platform featuring action-oriented AI agents that automate customer service and sales within messaging apps, as LINE’s AI agents point to messaging apps becoming sales channels according to Marketing Tech News. The platform integrates into LINE’s … Read more

March 15, 2026 — Beijing TikTok parent ByteDance has suspended the mid-March global launch of its advanced video-generation AI model, Seedance 2.0, after receiving cease-and-desist letters from Hollywood studios including Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount Skydance, and Netflix, as well as complaints from the Motion Picture Association (MPA). The disputes focus on allegations that the … Read more

March 12, 2026 — Paris Publicis Groupe announced the acquisition of Israel-based AdgeAI, an AI-powered creative analytics and measurement platform, Publicis acquires AdgeAI to sift quality creative from content glut amid the explosion of AI-generated content.[1] [2] AdgeAI’s platform analyzes creative assets, including video, images, text and GIFs, for engagement and conversion patterns to predict … Read more

March 2, 2026 — New York Criteo announced it has become the first advertising technology partner to integrate with OpenAI’s ongoing advertising pilot in ChatGPT’s Free and Go tiers in the United States, enabling approximately 17,000 advertisers programmatic access to high-intent ad placements during AI conversations, according to Criteo’s press release. The rollout is set … Read more

March 15, 2026 — Google launched Ask Maps, a Gemini AI-powered conversational feature in Google Maps, on March 12, enabling users to ask complex natural-language questions about places such as “Is there a public tennis court with lights on that I can play at tonight?” or “My phone is dying, where can I charge it … Read more

March 15, 2026 — OpenAI has rolled out ChatGPT advertising launches globally at $60 CPM as AI assistants claim 56% of worldwide search volume.[1][2] The program began with U.S. testing in January-February 2026 on Free and Go tiers before expanding globally in its early stages between March 7-13. Pricing stands at up to $60 CPM … Read more

March 10, 2026 — Tokyo LINE Plus Corporation, the developer arm of LY Corporation, unveiled ActEngine AI, a B2B AI agent infrastructure platform designed to integrate specialized customer service and sales agents directly into LINE messaging conversations. The launch aims to automate workflows, deliver personalized promotions based on user data, and drive enterprise revenue growth … Read more