The feature will allow users to generate audio samples that replicate their own voices, offering...

	View in Browser
Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Social Media Today

Custom voice models added to xAI’s Grok toolset

The feature will allow users to generate audio samples that replicate their own voices, offering new capabilities in digital audio.

Chief Marketer

Upfronts Advertisers Say They Want Outcomes – And Amazon Licks Its Chops

2026 may be the year of AI, but the buzzword as television advertisers head into the upfronts season is “outcomes.” And Amazon Ads is drooling about the sales prospects.

Search Engine Roundtable

Google Ads Data Retention Policy Updated

Google has posted an update and emailed advertisers on changes to its Google Ads data retention policy. What changed? Here is what Google said.

Social Media Today

Reddit releases new small business marketing guide

The 13-page publication outlines key product trends in the app and provides an overview of related subreddit communities.

Adweek

Ulta Beauty Says AI Is Supercharging Its Rewards Program, Driving 95% of Sales

CMO Kelly Mahoney is unlocking personalization at scale for 46.7 million Ulta Rewards members.

ON-DEMAND TRAINING

American Marketing Association

Data Visualization & Storytelling

Leave this workshop thinking differently about how to communicate with data and armed with some tangible techniques to do so immediately.

American Marketing Association

Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Marketing Professionals

This course covers the phases of AI, such as rule-based AI, machine learning, deep learning, and generative AI, to provide a solid foundation of AI principles.

Harvard Business Review

Stop Trying to Replicate a Single Star Performer

When organizations fixate on just one role model, they erase the very diversity that drives innovation.

Search Engine Roundtable

Google Web Bot Auth: Validate Authentic Bots

Google posted new developer documentation for how to authenticate requests with Web Bot Auth. This is a "new cryptographic protocol that helps websites to validate that bots are authentic," Google wrote.

SEMrush Blog

Attribution gap in agentic search: how to close it

Your analytics can‘t see the AI tools shaping buying decisions. Here‘s how to close the attribution gap.

Adweek

Could a Unified, Independent Measurement System for CTV Be Close?

This post was created in partnership with Viant Key takeaways CTV is an incredibly powerful platform for marketers, but the ecosystem is maturing, leading to new challenges and opportunities. While […]

Marketing Dive

Lay’s World Cup marketing strategy focuses on ‘scaled intimacy’ with fans

Along with star-studded ads anchored on a real watch party, the brand is hosting a 4 million followers-strong WhatsApp group to drive connection.

Seth's Blog

The best year

Seth Godin's Blog on marketing, tribes and respect

Social Media Examiner

Claude Code for Everyone: How to Get Started