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Snickers Hungr.AI, Global
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Marketing & Branding

Snickers launches digital chocolate bar to feed hallucinating AI

Snickers has launched Hungr.AI, a digital candy bar designed to be ‘fed’ to AI assistants when they produce incorrect, overly agreeable or unexpected responses.

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Retail

NRF 2025 Retail’s Big Show Europe: Unified commerce and inspirational…

On the opening day of NRF 2025: Retail’s Big Show Europe, the spotlight turned to unified commerce and the evolving role of physical stores in omnichannel strategies.

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Colliding Technologies

Wimbledon elevates fan engagement with AI-powered digital experiences

The All England Lawn Tennis Club and IBM have unveiled an AI-powered experience designed to deepen audience engagement and enhance match understanding.

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Technology

Amazon’s Explore with Alexa brings conversational AI to kids

Amazon is expanding its Amazon Kids+ content to include a conversational AI tool that makes Alexa questions more educational and entertaining.

Deciem at Home by The Ordinary
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Retail

Deciem's virtual consultations connect skincare experts

Deciem's new virtual consultation feature invites consumers to digitally connect with the brand's skincare experts.

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Technology

Covid-19: An AR plug-in to support cosmetics brands

YouCam developer Perfect is offering cosmetics brands free augmented reality (AR) experiences, web subscriptions and product listings while the pandemic continues.

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Fashion

Access is a design opportunity rather than an obligation

Global – Designers are recognising the needs of disabled consumers, creating assistive products that are reduced to their most essential elements.

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Technology

Wired help

San Francisco – Clara Labs has developed a virtual employee that schedules meetings and helps workers to

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Marketing & Branding

Friends with bots

When Microsoft first launched its AI chatbot Tay it had no idea that it was heading for a PR nightmare.