James Smith March 13, 2026 — Bangkok, Thailand — LINE Plus, a subsidiary of LINE Corporation, launched ActEngine AI, a B2B platform deploying AI agents to automate customer service and sales tasks within messaging apps like LINE, according to a report by MarketingTech News. LINE’s AI agents point to messaging apps becoming sales channels, enabling businesses to … Read more
March 16, 2026 — OpenAI launched a ChatGPT advertising pilot at $60 CPM integrated with Criteo on March 2, while Google AI Mode surpassed 75 million daily active users globally during March 1–10, according to an ALM Corp blog post. The pilot targets U.S. users on Free and Go tiers with a $200,000 minimum commitment, … Read more
March 13, 2026 — Seoul, South Korea — LINE Plus launched ActEngine AI, a B2B platform deploying AI agents for customer service and sales directly within the LINE messaging app. LINE’s AI agents signal messaging apps evolving into sales channels, enabling businesses to automate responses, handle complaints and send targeted promotions based on user data … Read more
March 10, 2026 — Foxwell Digital released the Foxwell Digital Releases 2026 State of Digital Marketing Agencies Report, a comprehensive survey-based analysis of the global digital marketing agency landscape, produced in partnership with creative analytics firm Motion. The report, drawn from responses by hundreds of agency founders and executives in the Foxwell Founders community—over 550 … Read more
March 16, 2026 — Seongnam, South Korea LINE Plus Corporation, a subsidiary of LINE Corporation, launched ActEngine AI, a B2B AI agent platform on March 12 designed to automate customer service and sales tasks within messaging apps, LINE’s AI agents point to messaging apps becoming sales channels[1] for merchants globally. The platform deploys specialized AI … Read more
March 14, 2026 — Beijing China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) approved the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) on March 13, reaffirming ambitions for global leadership in technology and artificial intelligence amid U.S. competition, as China’s top brass reaffirm goal to become world leaders in tech and AI[1]. The plan, published the following day, pledges “extraordinary measures” … Read more
Feb. 9, 2026 — San Francisco OpenAI launched its first advertising platform within ChatGPT, charging $60 per thousand impressions (CPM) — roughly three times Meta’s average rate and comparable to premium video platforms like Netflix — initially targeting U.S. users on free and Go tiers through programmatic channels. Ads appear as clearly labeled “Sponsored” placements … Read more
March 12, 2026 — Webflow announced it has acquired AI-powered content generation platform Vidoso to enhance its marketing suite, integrating Vidoso’s multi-modal AI capabilities for creating brand-aligned images, videos, presentations, and blog posts into its agentic web marketing platform. The acquisition, reported by TechCrunch, aims to solve AI marketing’s “brand problem” by enabling governed, consistent … Read more
March 2, 2026 — OpenAI partnered with Criteo as the first major ad-tech platform for its ChatGPT ads pilot, enabling around 17,000 advertisers programmatic access at a $60 CPM rate with a $200,000 minimum spend. The ads target ChatGPT’s Free and Go tiers in the US, offering basic impression and click reporting. This integration, announced … Read more
March 16, 2026 — OpenAI launched ChatGPT advertising at $60 per thousand impressions (CPM) with Criteo integration on March 2, 2026, marking a key milestone that enables ~17,000 advertisers programmatic access in ChatGPT’s free and paid U.S. tiers, while Google’s AI Mode reached 75 million daily active users by late December 2025. This development, detailed … Read more