Match Group has been fined $14 million after the US Federal Trade Commission found their sites, including Match.com, OkCupid, and PlentyOfFish, were not meeting consumer obligations particularly regarding guarantees, cancellation requests, and honoring ads that touted a free subscription if users didn’t “meet someone special.”
For better or worse (almost surely, worse), AI will increasingly generate content posted by influencers. Adauris does its bit by converting marketing materials into an audio program script, recording it with AI voices, and distributing the result to podcast channels. They’ve just been bought by Landbase, which uses AI agents to build and execute B2B lead generation campaigns. Landbase announced a $30 million Series A last month.
Unions including the American Federation of Teachers and the National Federation of Federal Employees, and a military veterans’ group attempted to stop the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access to Social Security numbers and other sensitive data but lost on appeal.
It barely feels like news when industry giants add AI features, since that’s what they’re expected to do. But lots of people use their products, so their announcements are probably of higher interest than most. With that in mind, let’s note that Adobe has just announced general availability of agents for audience creation, journey orchestration, experimentation, journey insights, website optimization and agent support.