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In today’s email:
Meta tests AI-generated product summaries inside Facebook and Instagram
Apple opens Siri to third-party AI chatbots in iOS 27
Accenture backs agentic shopping startup DaVinci Commerce
Plus: four new trending tools including a new deck builder and a B2B demo agent, a hands-on walkthrough using Chronicle 2.0, and a deep dive into how Walmart is tying TV ads directly to retail purchases.
The Top 3 Stories
1. Meta turns to AI to make shopping easier on Facebook and Instagram
Meta has announced it will begin testing AI-generated product summaries and review roundups on Facebook and Instagram, appearing after users click an ad or visit a brand page. The feature surfaces brand information, recommended products, and potential discounts in a single AI-assembled view.
Why it matters: Why it matters: Your ads are now competing for the AI summary slot, not just the click. Product listing quality and review volume have become conversion factors. 📰 TechCrunch
2. Apple plans to open Siri to rival AI chatbots in iOS 27
Bloomberg reports that Apple intends to allow users to redirect Siri queries to Claude, Gemini, Grok, and other third-party AI assistants, ending OpenAI's exclusive arrangement. The change is expected to be announced at WWDC 2026 in June.
Why it matters: When Siri routes a product recommendation question to a specific AI model, which model that is becomes a brand visibility decision. Knowing how each LLM represents your brand is no longer optional. 📰 Bloomberg
3. Accenture backs DaVinci Commerce to advance agentic shopping
Accenture Ventures has invested in DaVinci Commerce and formed a strategic partnership with Accenture Song to help brands build AI-agent-compatible storefronts. DaVinci's Agentic BrandStore creates conversational shopping experiences inside large language models, transforming product feeds into discovery journeys designed for AI agents rather than browsers.
Why it matters: Enterprise clients are already being asked to prepare for AI-mediated purchasing. This investment signals the professional services sector considers the timeline urgent. 📰 Crowdfund Insider
88% resolved. 22% stayed loyal. What went wrong?
That's the AI paradox hiding in your CX stack. Tickets close. Customers leave. And most teams don't see it coming because they're measuring the wrong things.
Efficiency metrics look great on paper. Handle time down. Containment rate up. But customer loyalty? That's a different story — and it's one your current dashboards probably aren't telling you.
Gladly's 2026 Customer Expectations Report surveyed thousands of real consumers to find out exactly where AI-powered service breaks trust, and what separates the platforms that drive retention from the ones that quietly erode it.
If you're architecting the CX stack, this is the data you need to build it right. Not just fast. Not just cheap. Built to last.
More trending AI marketing news from last week
Google's March 2026 core update is rolling out, targeting helpful, people-first content across all site types.
ByteDance rolled Dreamina Seedance 2.0 into CapCut, letting creators generate video from text prompts with built-in IP and face protections.
Shopify merchants' products are now discoverable and purchasable inside ChatGPT through Agentic Storefronts, with no extra apps or transaction fees required.
Klaviyo launched Composer, an AI agent that builds full email and SMS campaigns from a single prompt, drawing on performance data from 193,000 brands.
Quote of the week
How does somebody figure out what to buy? 75% of commerce remains undigitised because the shopping journey, not the buying mechanism, remains unsolved"
Trending AI tools for marketers
Here are 4 trending tools to explore this week. Quick, practical upgrades to your AI marketing arsenal:
Pendium: Tracks how AI agents research your brand category and monitors your citation positioning across AI responses.
Visual Translate by Vozo: Translates video with natural speech and lip-syncing intact, for global campaigns without reshooting.
Chronicle 2.0: Generates on-brand presentation slides from prompts or notes, in minutes.
Naoma AI Demo Agent: Delivers personalised B2B SaaS product demos in-browser, 24/7, in any language.
TV, podcasts & streaming
Omni Talk Retail Podcast - Shoptalk Spring 2026: the biggest takeaways on AI, agentic commerce, and the future of retail
Chris Walton and guests from Shoptalk and January Digital unpack the gap between agentic commerce hype and actual consumer behaviour, with practical examples from brands actively piloting AI-driven shopping experiences - listen here.
AI training
How to build an on-brand presentation in minutes using Chronicle 2.0
The overview: Chronicle 2.0 is an AI presentation tool that generates polished, brand-consistent slide decks from a prompt, brief, or raw notes, saving teams hours on deck production.
Step-by-step:
Set your brand parameters
Upload your brand kit or input your colours, fonts, and tone into Chronicle's settings panel.Write your prompt
Describe the presentation goal, audience, and key messages in plain language: for example, a 10-slide deck for a CMO audience on your Q2 content strategy.Review the generated outline
Chronicle produces a suggested section structure. Adjust the flow before generating the full deck.Generate and refine slides
Chronicle builds the complete deck. Edit individual slides in the editor, swapping in your own data or imagery where needed.Export or share
Download as PDF or PowerPoint, or share via a live link with stakeholder comment permissions enabled.
Pro tip: Save your brand parameters as a reusable template so every future deck starts from the same consistent foundation without re-entering settings.
The weekly deep dive
How Walmart and Vizio are closing the loop between TV ads and retail sales
After their merger, Walmart and Vizio took to NewFronts 2026 to present a unified strategy connecting CTV advertising directly to retail purchase outcomes using first-party data and AI-powered attribution.
The pitch to advertisers
Walmart and Vizio showed buyers how ad exposure on Vizio's SmartCast platform can be attributed to actual retail purchases, giving brands closed-loop measurement that traditional TV has never been able to offer.
AI powers the connection
The system uses AI to match viewing signals against Walmart's first-party purchase data in near real time, allowing brands to optimise CTV spend based on what is actually selling in-store and online, not just what audiences are watching.
CTV becomes a performance channel
For marketers, this repositions CTV from a brand awareness play to a performance medium with attribution accuracy previously only available through digital. Retail media and premium video are converging faster than most media plans currently account for.
Our takeaway: If TV and retail media are still separate budget lines in your plan, the infrastructure that sits underneath them is already moving on.
📖 Read the full article at Marketing Dive
