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SOCIAL MEDIA

📸 Facebook, Instagram, and Threads to Label AI-Generated Images

Meta collaborates with industry partners to standardize AI content identification, planning to label AI-generated images on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads with “Imagined with AI.” They aim for transparency by using visible markers and invisible watermarks. As part of a responsible approach, Meta explores technologies to detect AI content and engages with industry, governments, and society to navigate AI's evolving landscape responsibly.

🔍 TikTok Introduces New Shortcut for Easier Searches

TikTok introduces a Search shortcut for easy content discovery and aims to become a shopping destination, enhancing app utility. Acknowledged by a Google exec as a competitive search platform, TikTok's strategy could make it indispensable for users and marketers. With features like direct food ordering on China's Douyin, TikTok is evolving beyond entertainment, offering significant engagement and marketing opportunities.

🤖 Facebook Experiments with AI to Enhance Caption Creativity

Facebook introduces a "Write with AI" feature, enabling users to craft post captions with generative AI, offering variations like humor or emotion. Critics argue it erodes social media's human interaction essence, potentially leading to less authentic engagements. This trend, spreading across platforms like LinkedIn and X, raises concerns over genuine connections and the impersonal nature of AI-driven brand communications.

OUTLOOK

📉 Snapchat Gains Users but Revenue Falls Short in Q4

Snap Inc. reported a mixed Q4 with a 10% increase in daily active users to 414 million, offset by a decline in North American users and a 5% YoY revenue growth to $1.36 billion, missing expectations. The focus shifts to mature markets and AR tech amid challenges in revenue regions and demographic expansion. Spotlight's engagement rises, highlighting potential amidst concerns over Snap's ability to capitalise on its growth for future prospects.

PERFORMANCE MARKETING

🔍 Microsoft Boosts Ad Targeting and Conversion Features - pm

Microsoft is launching enhanced conversions and new ad-targeting tools across America and Europe, leveraging first-party data for improved campaign optimization and ROI. The features include privacy-safe tracking, cross-device conversion measurement, and targeting based on LinkedIn-sourced job titles and company sizes. Updates also cover simplified campaign creation and a pause in the deprecation of Hotel Center subaccounts, enhancing precision in reaching high-value consumers.

📦 Amazon Secures Pivotal Agreement Following Google's Third-Party Cookie Phase-Ou

Amazon's innovative deal with Reach, the UK's largest publisher, leverages "contextual" first-party data for targeted advertising, in anticipation of Google's third-party cookie phase-out. This partnership, utilizing Mantis for brand safety, ensures relevant ad placements on platforms like the Mirror and Daily Star. It marks a pivotal shift to first-party data utilization, offering a forward-thinking solution for marketers in a post-cookie landscape.

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