We explore how AI-driven interfaces, illustrated by the Walmart and OpenAI partnership, are quietly becoming the first decision-making layer for consumers and reshaping how brands show up across commerce, search and content platforms.

The idea of “the media” is a hangover from an increasingly distant past. A time when professional values of journalism were shared across channels, broadcasters and broadsheets. It was relevant at a time when we could rely on news to be based on the truth, reporting and facts, even if it leant left or right of a center that truly was a middle ground.

CES 2026 is shaping up to be less about flashy launches and more about how clearly brands can explain what AI actually does and why it matters.

If you work in PR or marketing, you can feel the ground shifting under search.

A new integration is making real-time reputation intelligence accessible directly within the everyday tools communicators already use.

A playful look at how tomorrow’s tech could leave us smaller, stranger and still laughing.

AI assistants now shape brand visibility more than Google rankings, and communicators must adapt fast.

Shift’s new State of Browsing Report shows why burnout, fragmentation and rising AI distrust are reshaping digital behavior and raising the stakes for communicators.

MarketCast’s “Talk Human to Me” report offers a playbook for communicators to help audiences embrace AI without fear—by keeping humanity at the center of every message.

AI isn’t replacing communicators—it’s giving PR pros new superpowers to think faster, act smarter, and measure impact like never before.

As Amazon cuts 14,000 corporate jobs, communicators face a defining moment in explaining the human side of automation and change.

As AI accelerates content creation, communicators face a rising wave of fake news, fraud, and deepfakes—and a new responsibility to authenticate everything they publish.

At the Mid-Atlantic MarComm Summit, across more than 20 sessions, communicators repeatedly circled back to AI—its potential, its risks, and how to use it responsibly in marketing and corporate communications.

MarketCast’s Tina DeSarno reveals how data, AI, and authenticity are driving ad breakthrough and lasting brand impact amid shrinking budgets and rising expectations.

AI is rewriting how people find information and PR has the chance to lead this shift.

Top executives are drawing a line between AI for impact and AI for amplification—communicators must choose their lane.

Communicators must rethink press releases as AI training assets that shape brand visibility in conversational search.

MarketCast’s new platform brings cross-channel, AI-powered ad analytics into real time.

Anthropic’s latest index shows AI usage accelerating, automation surging, and context beating cost, reshaping how marketers and communicators build teams, workflows, and campaigns.

Benedict Evans explains why AI is powerful but not magic and how communicators can win by focusing on adoption, differentiation, and human judgment.

In a revealing interview with The Measure, MX8’s Tom Weiss explains how AI is rewriting the rules of marketing research.

Gartner’s 2025 Hype Cycle signals a reset for marketers as GenAI cools and data takes center stage.

AI agents are here, and communicators need to think beyond prompts.

Cloudflare just redefined content access for AI, setting the stage for a new internet economy that marketers and communicators must quickly adapt to.

Comscore CMO Jackelyn Keller breaks down why the future of marketing is a fusion of emotional storytelling and intelligent technology.

GenAI is no longer experimental—it’s essential. Communications leaders must now catch up or get left behind.

MarketCast’s Amy Fenton explains how marketers can adopt AI without compromising creativity or strategic depth.

Creativity isn’t dying, it’s multiplying. Sami Viitamäki’s take on Cannes Lions 2025 maps the next frontier communicators must now navigate.

Wunderkind’s new “Build” suite gives marketers flexible tools to integrate AI-powered personalization without disrupting their current systems.