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- Jun 23, 2026
Cannes Just Killed the AI Hype. Proof Is the New Flex.
At Cannes Lions 2026, juries and the big agencies sent one message: using AI no longer wins anything — proof that it moved a real business number does. Plus Meta about to pass Google in ad revenue, Adobe and LinkedIn's free AI Essentials for Marketers, NVIDIA's agentic ad production at Cannes, this week's tool (AdCreative.ai's creative scoring), the Campaign Proof Brief prompt, and a 25-minute workflow to prove your AI campaign actually worked.
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Meta Puts a Sales Rep in Every DM — Free, For Now
Meta Business Agent rolled out worldwide — a free 24/7 AI that answers, recommends and closes sales across WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger. Plus Pinterest's $4B AWS visual-search bet, Google's new in-ad AI agent, Klaviyo's 100-language agent, this week's tool (ManyChat), the DM Closer prompt, and a 25-minute booking-machine workflow.
Read issueChatGPT Ads Are Now Open to Every Marketer
This week: OpenAI opened ChatGPT Ads Manager to marketers, LinkedIn became a major B2B video channel, Google AI Mode changed search visibility, Predis.ai became the useful tool of the week, and we break down a 30-minute ChatGPT ad campaign workflow.
Read issueGoogle Just Put Up to $40 Billion Behind Anthropic. Here's What Business Teams Need to Know.
This week: Google put up to $40B behind Anthropic, GPT-5.5 shipped, Prompt Cowboy became the tool of the week, Google AI Max is reshaping search campaigns, and we break down a 30-minute Meta ad workflow for marketing teams.
Read issueOpenAI Just Made Image Generation Think. Here's What It Means For Your Team.
This week: ChatGPT Images 2.0, Google AI Max, Claude Design, Gumloop, and the workflows marketing teams should test.
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