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The Real Cost Behind Amazon's 'Free' Video Ads Tool
Amazon's new free AI video generator for Australian advertisers sounds too good to be true. Here's what the 'democratization' story leaves out and why it matters for your SMB.
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Publicis Builds AI Engine in Singapore, Not Just Another Office
Publicis launches AI hub in Singapore to build proprietary marketing tools for Asia. This signals where global agencies are heading.
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Ad Tech Firm Signals Institutional Scaling With Triple C-Suite Reshuffles
Channel Factory's C-suite reshuffles signal professionalization in contextual ad tech amid APAC's 14.1% digital ad spend growth.
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Meta Dumps Nvidia, Bets Big on Amazon Chips for AI
Meta signed a multibillion-dollar deal with Amazon for Graviton5 chips, signaling a strategic shift away from Nvidia dependency. For CMOs, this reshapes AI infrastructure costs and vendor negotiations across the industry.
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Mars Rolls Out Gemini Enterprise to 65,000+ Employees in AI Platform Overhaul
Mars rolls out Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise to 65,000+ global employees, unifying fragmented AI tools across operations. The consolidation centralizes enterprise search and AI assistant access for marketing, sales, and R&D teams.
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Why Brand Safety on YouTube Has Become Impossible to Guarantee
YouTube's enforcement is unpredictable and fast. Creators get banned, campaigns disappear overnight. Asia's regulators are raising joint liability stakes.
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Markable Opens Creator Tools as Social Commerce Hits US$100B
Markable democratizes creator tools as social commerce hits $100B. Why affiliate infrastructure commoditization matters for brand teams.
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Publicis Opens Singapore AI Hub With Government Backing
Publicis Groupe launches AI Development Hub in Singapore with government backing. New roles and capabilities, not automation cuts. How this shapes regional marketing.
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OpenAI's GPT-5.5 Signals a New Era for Marketing Teams
OpenAI's GPT-5.5 sharpens coding and research gains, reshaping how marketing teams compete on AI-driven workflows and strategy execution.
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Tanishq Rewrites the Akshaya Tritiya Playbook With a Chef, Not a Gold Price
Tanishq's Akshaya Tritiya campaign decouples jewelry from gold-price storytelling, signaling a strategic pivot toward emotional and craft-led narratives in luxury marketing.
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Three Shifts Redefining Asia's Marketing Workforce This Week
Three stories this week signal a single inflection point for Asia's marketing workforce: AI governance, automated design, and cultural brand-building.
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Canva Hires Former Coles Data Chief as Enterprise Push Accelerates
Canva hires Coles data expert for enterprise push. With AI 2.0 and marketing automation acquisitions, it's building unified campaign infrastructure for Asia's CMOs.