Trust has been generative AI’s most formidable foe since the wunderkind tech first became a business tool. Consumers just can’t seem to cross that bridge when it comes to customer service, even with the businesses they’ve known and trusted for years. Chatbots got off...
Creating an AI Council stressing responsible use is how agencies win with AI—here’s how one firm put theirs together, and what to include
AI is sweeping across industries far and wide. The impact on digital marketing and technology has been profound, enabling a level of automation and efficiency that was once unheard of. But AI in digital marketing isn’t just about doing things faster; it’s about...
The privacy-personalization conflict in AI-driven CX: Can brands have both highly targeted personalization and ultra-secure consumer data?
What a dilemma we have. Consumers want personalized messaging from brands, and they expect their data to remain secure and protected. But these two expectations have brought businesses to a conflicting crossroads of mutual exclusivity—the more personalized and...
Generative AI challenges in the enterprise: Lack of governance, infrastructure readiness, data management, security shortfalls and IT talent lead the list
Despite growing interest and enthusiasm for Generative AI in the enterprise, significant challenges are emerging that threaten the success of GenAI projects, and according to tech-focused consultancy Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) and data storage and cloud...
Retail’s AI-maturity perception vs. reality gap: Most execs are overconfident that their brands are near or fully mature—igniting responsible use concerns
AI implementation and reckless use are by no means strangers—there have been substantial and reasonable concerns about risky and uninformed deployment since generative AI first made its grand appearance. And now, 18 months later, there’s not a whole lot of evidence...
2024 state of Generative AI data: Moving beyond automation to more sophisticated use cases—which industries lead, and which lag?
As we prepare to move to the next level of Generative AI, new research from cloud data engineering consultancy Hakkoda shows that 50 percent of organizations are already using Gen AI for automation, but sophisticated use cases like AI copilots, ETL/ELT, and schema...
With oversight around the corner, US leaders speak out on AI’s impact on business, job displacement and impending regulation sentiments
AI has revolutionized the business world, but it’s important to keep in mind that as robust as AI capabilities have become, the technology is still very much in its infancy. And at about the 18-month mark since generative AI began to be widely used, we’re at the stage...
AI investment is surging: Senior leaders seeing more ROI as hype continues to become reality—but they’re ignoring necessary infrastructure
The lofty promises of generative AI have been dangled in front of business leaders for more than a year, and the returns have been holding steady for some, but nothing like what they’d been led to expect by the enormous hype. But that ROI appears to be turning a...
AI-generated content in the news: New research finds nearly half of all business’ social media content will be created by AI by 2026
Brands and businesses around the world are enthusiastic about the potential of generative AI (GenAI) to enhance engagement, productivity, and cost savings, while simultaneously fostering human creativity, despite significant concern about the risks of disseminating...
Using AI sentiment analysis to track your reputation—Benefits and best practices
Given the fast pace of today’s news and social media-dominated world, reputation management has emerged as a key element of public relations. A company’s reputation is a very important measure of success—it affects everything from customer loyalty to shareholder...
Personalization gets an upgrade: With the ethical use of AI, leaders shift focus to predictive, emotionally intelligent and customized engagements
New research from customer engagement platform Twilio points to a new age of personalization as evolving consumer demands drive business leaders to focus on delivering predictive, emotionally intelligent, and highly personalized customer experiences. AI is central to...
Will AI regulation restore order? New research finds two-thirds of corporate leaders don’t think future AI policies will provide the necessary guardrails
So far, AI in the business world has been like the early days of the internet—a veritable wild west of often risky experimentation and trial-and-error usage with few guidelines or policies regulating it. With regulators now taking action in the fast-moving...












