Accounting
AI has made ads faster and cheaper to produce, so speed no longer sets one advertiser apart. Generic AI output now goes by a nickname, AI slop, and shoppers notice it. What sets a brand apart is whether a shopper sees an ad and recognizes the brand behind it. A tool can’t make that call,…
AI has made ads faster and cheaper to produce, so speed no longer sets one advertiser apart. Generic AI output now goes by a nickname, AI slop, and shoppers notice it. What sets a brand apart is whether a shopper sees an ad and recognizes the brand behind it. A tool can’t make that call,…
Startups
Arctic Therapeutics has raised an oversubscribed $21.5 million financing round to advance two additional pipeline programs toward clinical development while continuing partnering and out-licensing efforts for its lead clinical-stage assets. The financing was led by investment firm Pekron, Investcorp-backed Sanos Group, Icelandic investment company Kaldbakur, and Landvættir, an Icelandic venture capital fund managed by AxUM…
eCommerce
Add preferred source Ahead of Double 11, ByteDance’s AI app Doubao has embedded Douyin livestream rooms into its product recommendations, letting users watch livestreams, claim coupons, place orders and pay inside the app without jumping to Douyin. The platform is also proactively pushing Douyin Mall spend-and-save coupons and e-commerce feature cards, breaking with the convention…
Coveo’s AI-Relevance platform to make it easier for Coles customers to find online products
CRM
A customer opens your returns page. The jacket didn’t fit. They’re disappointed, a little impatient, and one bad experience away from never buying from you again.
A customer opens your returns page. The jacket didn’t fit. They’re disappointed, a little impatient, and one bad experience away from never buying from you again.
AI Tools
Read MoreAnnenberg Hall is among the dining halls where Harvard University Dining Services has implemented Winnow, an AI-powered system to track and reduce food waste.|By Courtesy of Shanivi Srikonda By Kayla J Ling, Contributing Writer
Dr. Bipul Baibhav examines a heart CT scan using Heartflow CT-derived fractional flow reserve technology Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026, at United Memorial Medical Center in Batavia. (Photo by Mark Schuman/WHAM)
Harvard Chan School’s four-part pilot series explored how to use artificial intelligence ethically while keeping critical thinking and mastery of knowledge front and center.