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Taboola opens Realise+ to advertisers with agentic AI that automates budget, creative and targeting decisions across the open web.

Markable opens free creator tier and adds AI shopping tools as it targets a fast-growing social commerce market.

MiQ research finds consumers jump between screens and buying moments in minutes, prompting calls for a more flexible marketing model.

Canva deepens its licensed content push with more than 60 PEPPA PIG templates, tapping 1.4 million searches and UK marathon support designs.

Visa and TikTok unveil UK debit card for LIVE creators, as research highlights payment delays, cash-flow strain, and demand for business finance tools.

OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT Images 2.0 with sharper text, layouts and multi-format output aimed at marketing, publishing and design teams.

Innovid rolls out Hypermode to cut social campaign setup time by up to 80% across Meta, Pinterest, Reddit, Snapchat and TikTok.

UK retailers and venues face rising risk from payment outages as new research warns lost sales, customer anger and staff pressure can escalate within minutes.

Integral Ad Science widens independent verification on TikTok as search, commerce and lightweight app placements join its measurement coverage.

Canva expands AI push with conversational design, task automation and workplace connectors in bid to become an agentic platform.

Only 3% of 18- to 24-year-olds see payroll as strategic, as Cezanne HR warns of a recruitment and succession challenge for employers.

Canva and Constant Contact add a one-click route from design to campaign, letting small firms and nonprofits publish across email and social media.

Emergent unveils Wingman, an always-on AI agent for email, scheduling and sales support as Australian firms seek to ease admin pressure.

Emergent's Wingman puts autonomous AI agents to work across email, calendars and chats, with human approval for higher-risk actions.

Appdome widens its IDAnchor platform with server-side Risk Intelligence APIs, giving fraud teams verified mobile signals, threat history and AI-ready scores.

The Real World rolls out expert-approved Campus Graduation Certificate to prove practical skills, as employers question the value of AI training.

Adobe unveils Firefly AI Assistant to streamline multi-step creative workflows across Photoshop, Premiere and other apps, with public beta due soon.

VIPRE expands into student cyber safety with age-based lessons on phishing, AI impersonation and online abuse for schools and partners.

UK trails US in deepfake threat ranking as identifAI flags X as main spreader and political manipulation as the top use case.

Ion Video says Meta and Alphabet are among several global tech groups in early talks over its patented system to make video easier for AI tools to use.