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Under pressure from Hollywood, TikTok agrees to “maintain strong guardrails” for AI content

On TikTok, AI Tom Cruise's days may be numbered. The app's parent company, ByteDance, has announced that it has reached a "Memorandum of Understanding" with the Motion Picture Association. After drawing the MPA's ire due to the widespread proliferation of AI deepfakes on TikTok, ByteDance has agreed to "maintain strong guardrails" that are designed to protect the intellectual property associated with Hollywood's biggest stars and franchises. Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.

Lowe’s cuts outlook as DIY spending remains pressured

Growth in Pro, home services and online sales helped the home improvement retailer eke out a 0.2% comp increase.

Some U.S. Army Members Are Being Offered Four Days Off to Play ‘GTA 6’ if They Reenlist for at Least Two Years

“Grand Theft Auto 6,” indisputably this year’s most anticipated video game, is now serving as a tool for at least one U.S. Army unit to encourage soldiers to reup their military service commitment. The U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Division based at Fort Stewart, Georgia, is offering some active-duty soldiers a four-day pass to play “GTA […]

InMotion Hosting Launches Tiered Agency Partner Program via @sejournal, @inmotionhosting

InMotion Hosting launches a tiered Agency Partner Program helping digital agencies earn recurring revenue, access client leads, receive hosting discounts, and simplify account management. The post InMotion Hosting Launches Tiered Agency Partner Program appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Watch the newest commercials from Estée Lauder, America’s Best, Kalshi and more

Hailee Steinfeld helps Estée Lauder promote its new fragrance, Glimmer.

‘We Can’t Sell It Fast Enough’: Amazon Gets Creative Amid Growing Women’s Sports Demand

Amazon Ads head of live sports partnerships reveals the company is getting creative to get brands in the game.

Target’s turnaround gains steam as grocery sales power ahead

The retailer saw a 7.2% year-over-year increase in food and beverage sales during the second quarter, helping to fuel single-digit advances in net and identical-store sales.

Nike is quietly closing its localized neighborhood stores

More than a dozen Nike Live locations, which were eventually rebranded as Nike Well Collective, have shuttered across the country.

Ted by Ted Baker debuts at Macy’s

The Authentic-owned brand is available at the retailer’s U.S. locations and online and offers a more relaxed silhouette than the main collection, which is carried at Bloomingdale’s.

Walmart equipping a store with Symbotic fulfillment system

The SymMicro system is expected to “come to life” in about six months, advancing the retailer's efforts to accelerate in-store pickup and delivery operations.

Kohl’s navigates choppy back-to-school season with another round of deals

The department store, which is leaning on value to woo back customers, just a few weeks ago priced thousands of school supplies under $25.

UiPath Introduces UiPath Maestro Flow, Delivering Developer-First Orchestration for Coding Agents

New orchestration capability lets builders use any coding agent to build, run, and govern complete business processes—no rewrite required to ship UiPath, Inc., a global leader in business orchestration and automation, announced UiPath Maestro™ Flow, a developer-first orchestration canvas combining the speed of modern, AI-native development with enterprise-grade durability and governance. Using Maestro Flow, builders […]

DomoAI Launches Seedance 2.5 and MiniMax H3 in Omni Reference for Long-Form Character Storytelling and Music Video Creation

DomoAI launched Seedance 2.5 and MiniMax H3 in Omni Reference, giving creators two ways to build longer projects around the same character: scene-by-scene storytelling and music-led performance. Seedance 2.5 is aimed at a problem familiar to anyone making an animated series or motion comic. A character may look right in one shot, then change face, […]

Dun & Bradstreet Powers the Agentic Shift by Deploying Snowflake Cortex Agents on Its Marketplace Data Listings

Dun & Bradstreet is expanding its solution portfolio on Snowflake Marketplace by launching Cortex Agents on its data listings, enabling customers to explore and activate D&B’s business intelligence through conversational AI. Data consumption is becoming agentic, and Dun & Bradstreet is among the first major data providers to bring that shift to Snowflake Marketplace. By […]

Rep Data Integrates Sample Sourcing into Its Research Platform, Connecting Study Design, Audience Selection and Fielding

Research Desk is now built directly into SightX, connecting researchers to a vetted global supply network and the audiences they need without leaving platform Rep Data, the data quality leader for the market research industry, has integrated its Research Desk sample sourcing capabilities directly into SightX, allowing researchers to design a study, define and source […]

Hostinger brings the full online journey into the agentic era with AI Builder

As AI is collapsing the boundaries of online creation, Hostinger brings building, running, and growing online into one agentic experience with AI Builder. Hostinger is moving beyond AI-generated websites toward an agentic platform for building, running and growing online with AI Builder. It brings AI-led creation and visual control together with backend infrastructure, ecommerce, embedded […]

Alteryx Launches Alteryx One: Google Edition on Google Cloud Marketplace

Google-native analytics experience helps organizations deliver trusted, governed analytics on Google Cloud BigQuery Alteryx, Inc., an AI-ready data and analytics company, announced the general availability of Alteryx One: Google Edition, now available on Google Cloud Marketplace. Google Edition brings Alteryx’s in-place analytics experience to Google Cloud BigQuery, enabling organizations to analyze data where it resides while giving […]

Scorpion Expands Google Ads Offering with Demand Gen

The addition helps local businesses reach buyers during the research phase Scorpion, the leading provider of digital marketing and technology solutions for local businesses, announced an expanded advertising offering that pairs Google Demand Gen with AI Max, Broad Match, and Smart Bidding to help local businesses reach buyers earlier in their journey. Most businesses aren’t […]

Scale Marketing Names Industry Veteran Christine Formenti Vice President of Traditional Media

Agency strengthens integrated media leadership with a seasoned executive bringing more than two decades of cross-channel experience. Scale Marketing has appointed Christine Formenti as Vice President of Traditional Media, adding more than 20 years of media leadership experience as the agency continues to expand its integrated marketing capabilities. Christine will lead Scale’s Traditional Media team […]

Sell The Trend Launches AI Ads Blueprint to Help Ecommerce Sellers Create Campaign-Ready Ads Faster

Sell The Trend’s new AI Ads Blueprint helps ecommerce sellers turn products and proven ad inspiration into complete, campaign-ready ads using AI. Sell The Trend, the leading all-in-one A.I. dropshipping platform, today announced the launch of AI Ads Blueprint, a new AI Ads Creator designed to help ecommerce entrepreneurs turn product ideas into complete, campaign-ready […]

StackAdapt’s AI Delegation Gap Report Reveals How Marketers Are Redefining AI Decision-Making in Advertising

Global findings reveal where marketers are willing to let AI recommend, prepare, optimize and act, and where human oversight remains essential StackAdapt, the leading AI advertising and orchestration platform, released The AI Delegation Gap, a global report examining how marketers are redefining decision-making in advertising as artificial intelligence becomes more deeply embedded across campaign workflows. […]

Arrivalist, Digital Remedy Push Attribution Toward Real-World Spend

Digital Remedy and Arrivalist are connecting media exposure with GPS-verified visitation and consumer spending, giving travel marketers a clearer view of what happens after an ad is served. Clicks, impressions, and website visits can tell marketers whether advertising generated digital activity, but they are considerably less useful for answering the question that matters to businesses […] Arrivalist, Digital Remedy Push Attribution Toward Real-World Spend first appeared on Street Fight.