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Acoustic CMO Alexi Hatch on why buyer-intent signals are decaying, how to build activate-ready first-party data, and why “every problem is an attribution problem.

Acquisition strengthens Brunner’s leadership in data-driven marketing by adding advanced creative intelligence and AI analytics technology

Agentic AI has created incredible excitement and potential since its emergence in early 2024. However, the vast majority of deployments have failed to provide tangible benefits, and all implementations have focused on either a function or a business unit, with no publicly known examples of enterprise-wide adoption. 

A customer map is how a CMO sees that unevenness before committing the budget to it. Mapping software can help improve the process.

If a rival can buy the exact same AI you just rolled out, what’s actually left to compete on? Rachel Orston has a blunt answer. “Anyone can buy the technology,” she says. “What they can’t buy is the human relationship, and that’s where trust, connection, and retention are won…

This week’s marketing, AI, and CX podcast digest: Criteo’s Todd Parsons on channel silos, HubSpot’s Kipp Bodnar on AEO and AI search, CPK’s Rick Rosenfield on brand culture, Crunchbase’s Ann Davis on AI ROI, and Docket’s Arjun Pillai on conversational AI agents.

AI Usage in America: A Generational Divide, a recent study by Shift, based on a February 2026 survey of 1,448 adults, reveals a pronounced generational divide in AI adoption, usage patterns, and comfort levels. This presents both opportunities and challenges for senior marketing and customer experience (CX) leaders, requiring…

Study finds that while 47% of 18-24 year olds now use AI tools first for search, 34% say AI is already “far too dominant” and 67% worry about its environmental costs

Five major press releases dropped on July 15, 2026 from Sprinklr, PwC/OpenAI, Tenon/ServiceNow, Digital Commerce 360/ReFiBuy, and Digital.Marketing, and each one, in its own way, assumes that your organization has clean, connected, governed data and a workforce ready to supervise autonomous systems. Most marketing organizations are not there yet.

Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) isn’t merely an extension of SEO; it’s the emergence of a new persona—the AI agent—that demands its own unique approach, its own content strategy, and its own definition of value.