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Algolia powers AI search overhaul for Club Med website

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Algolia's AI now powers Club Med's global site search, promising faster trip discovery, smarter filters and higher direct online bookings.
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Syndigo buys Taggstar to boost real-time retail messaging

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Syndigo has snapped up Taggstar, folding its real-time social proof messaging into a wider product data cloud for retailers and brands.
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Typeface unveils AI engine for governed marketing at scale

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Typeface launches a Marketing Orchestration Engine, unifying AI agents, brand data and IT controls to govern cross-channel campaigns at scale.
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UK listeners spot AI voices faster & trust them less

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UK listeners are quicker than Americans to spot AI-generated voices, and their trust in what they hear plunges once they detect them.
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Canva buys Cavalry & MangoAI, appoints algorithms chief

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Canva snaps up Cavalry and MangoAI, boosting motion design tools and AI marketing, and names MangoAI's Nirmal Govind Chief Algorithms Officer.
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Amplitude unveils autonomous AI agents for analytics

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Amplitude has launched autonomous AI analytics agents that watch product usage, flag metric shifts and recommend fixes across popular tools.
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OpenAI unveils GPT-5.3 Codex Spark for real-time coding

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OpenAI debuts GPT-5.3 Codex Spark, a Cerebras-powered research preview promising ultra-fast, real-time coding for ChatGPT Pro users.
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'Valentine' wording boosts email wins, study finds

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Brands swapping 'Valentine's Day' for personal 'Valentine' subject lines see big email gains, as generic “love” talk and “shop” prompts drag.
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Infobip boosts WhatsApp marketing ROI with new API tools

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Infobip upgrades its WhatsApp Marketing Messages API with optimisation tools that lift delivery rates and boost ROI by over 60%.
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Marketers: Get ready to AI-proof your careers

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As AI reshapes marketing, leaders say careers will depend less on tactics and more on systems thinking, judgement and commercial clarity.
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Optimizely named a Leader in 2026 Gartner Quadrant

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Optimizely secures Leader spot in Gartner's 2026 Magic Quadrant for Personalization Engines, underscoring AI-led, warehouse-first strategy.
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cside unveils toolkit to spot AI agents in browsers

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cside launches browser-based AI Agent Detection toolkit, helping businesses spot agentic traffic and tailor site experiences in real time.
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Datadog links feature flags with real-time observability

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Datadog rolls out Feature Flags, tying feature controls to real-time APM and RUM data so teams can link releases directly to app behaviour.
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Datadog links feature flags with real-time telemetry

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Datadog launches Feature Flags to tie rollouts directly to real-time telemetry, promising safer releases and automatic rollback controls.
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Gr4vy unveils Silent Mode for parallel fraud testing

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Gr4vy launches Silent Mode to let merchants trial multiple fraud tools in parallel on live payments without affecting real customer outcomes.
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Study finds AI ads rival humans when visuals build trust

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AI-made ads can now rival human creative, with trust-building visuals such as clear faces lifting click-through rates in large-scale study.
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Fluent Commerce adds AI A/B testing to order sourcing

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Fluent Commerce is adding AI-driven A/B testing to Fluent Order Management to optimise retailers' sourcing logic on live orders in real time.
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Conviva adds AI pattern analytics to customer journeys

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Conviva expands Digital Product Insights with AI-driven pattern analytics, unifying journeys across apps, websites and conversational agents.
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Orq.ai raises EUR €5m to scale enterprise AI agents

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Orq.ai secures EUR €5m seed funding to scale its enterprise AI agent control platform across Europe and North America.
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Ask Iris brings AI-powered conversational insights to Iris platform

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Cro Metrics launches Ask Iris, an AI chat tool on Iris platform, enabling easy, secure access to experimental data via natural language queries.