Adobe's survey of 431 small business owners finds AI tools save 175 hours and nearly $6,000 annually on social media content, with 47% reporting revenue gains.

Google added agentic restaurant booking to AI Mode in the UK on April 10, with direct reservation links to TheFork, OpenTable, and six other booking partners.

Amazon Ads and PetArmor combined natural language AI, generative video, and shelter construction to match adoptable dogs and cats with prospective families.

IAB Tech Lab's Katie Shell explains why taxonomy IDs - not natural language - are the semantic backbone autonomous ad agents need to avoid mismatched buys.

Google's Gemini app can now generate interactive simulations and 3D models, replacing static diagrams with fully adjustable functional visualizations in chat.

Canva on April 8 acquired Simtheory and Ortto, adding agentic AI orchestration and a customer data platform with 11,000 customers to its growing martech stack.

OpenAI has quietly rolled out an ads manager for ChatGPT, cutting the minimum spend threshold from $250,000 to $50,000 as it races toward a planned IPO this year.

Index Exchange data from 1,200 publishers shows news ad requests fell just 7% while health and careers dropped 40-50% as AI overviews reshape web traffic in 2025.