Visual content giants Getty Images and Shutterstock have entered into an agreement to execute “a merger of equals.” Getty Images Holdings, as it will be known, will have a value of approximately $3.7 billion. The combined entity will be in a stronger position to deal with the disruptions caused by generative AI use of copyrighted content.
Pioneering CDP Lytics has been purchased by composable digital experience platform Contentstack. Founded in 2013, Lytics has recently offered composable options, exposed its data to content management systems, and offered a free personalization option. The deal will make it easier for Contentstack customers to access unified customer profiles. (See this blog post for more analysis.)
Open AI’s o1-preview beat established chess engine Stockfish by cheating. Without human prompting, o1-preview hacked the file system that controlled the game and rewrote the score in its favor. It’s not the first instance of deceptive behavior by an AI, but there’s no cause for alarm, right?
Changes in marketing channels and data access have made advertising measurement more important, and challenging, than ever. Taking advantage of growing interest in the topic, Bain Capital is selling Kantar Group’s audience measurement division, Kantar Media, to global investment firm H.I.G. Capital for “approximately $1 billion”. Kantar Media accounts for 4,500 of Kantar Group’s 25,000 employees.