Remember when Teen Talk Barbie got in trouble for saying “math class is tough”? I doubt Media Buyer Barbie would have the same problem if she complained about programmatic advertising, which confuses everyone. The ANA is trying to help with a CMO’s Guide to Programmatic Transparency, 49 pages of wisdom that isn’t exactly beach reading, although a daiquiri might help.
Site search and personalized recommendation vendor Sharpspring has added email to its supported channels through an integration with Klaviyo. Klaviyo is making friends faster than a butcher at a dog park: today they also announced an integration with buy now pay later service Sezzle, and two weeks ago they launched a strategic alliance with Shopify.
Kaleyra, Inc., a rapidly growing omnichannel business communications platform in India has partnered with Truecaller, an industry-leading caller ID service provider, to further establish trusted and safe business communication services through Truecaller’s proprietary Verified Business Caller ID solution. With Verified Business Caller ID, Truecaller will provide Kaleyra clients inIndia with various services that further ensure safety and security in their messaging efforts.
Disney has agreed to license more than 200 characters, costumes, and environments (but not voices or talent likenesses) to OpenAI for Sora, its gen AI video platform. This is highly unusual for Disney, which generally sues AI models for copyright infringement; in fact, it sued Google for that a day before announcing the OpenAI deal. Disney will also invest $1 billion in OpenAI, nicely illustrating how very eager they are to join the AI party.