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This analysis is interesting, but it lacks judgment based on data analysis and profit margin calculation. Currently, manufacturers of 6DOF VR all-in-one headsets are selling each unit at a loss, yes, you heard it right, they are incurring significant losses. One company in the industry expanded from 400 employees to 2000, then downsized to 200 after experiencing two years of severe loss-making investments, and now they are focusing on the B2B market. Meta's quarterly losses even exceed hardware sales by tenfold. Continuing this kind of business model is simply burning investors' money. Products like Oculus Go, with a form factor of 3DOF all-in-one headsets, have completely different use cases from products like Quest, which are 6DOF all-in-one headsets. This market does not have consumer users; it focuses on dozens of application scenarios such as education, training, healthcare, and entertainment. These scenarios demand customized products with relatively lower performance requirements. They need simple deployment and user-friendly operation. What's especially important for B2B industries is that manufacturers can develop different functions based on different scenarios and software to meet various customer needs. Moreover, over the past few years, tens of thousands of software and hardware manufacturers, content providers, and integrators have benefited from these 3DOF scenarios. They are making money; they are not incurring losses, especially not from failed products as mentioned in the article. https://lnkd.in/g2vdM9nH

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Highlights of 3 Core Concepts in Data Intelligence and the race to customize LLMs via Databricks.com - 2-minute Video News Story is posted in the largest Linkedin and first “All Video Posts” for Accessibility News Group for CxO CCO’s MSP/MSSP/MSPAI channel partners with 21K members  https://lnkd.in/dCmsYdH AI NEWS - ChannelPartner.TV Announces Acceleration of CrossTalk Ultra AI Video Network Platform Integrating GPT-4o (Omni) with “Kill Switch” - Coming Soon and also explore other models suited for customer needs. There more here:  https://lnkd.in/gATf2mr6 AI NEWS - AI users in Colorado, don’t buy AI until you know the seller/reseller is in compliance with Colorado Law - get guidance to help you comply and avoid a business disaster - https://lnkd.in/g-QAkj3y This 2-minute video is also published on ChannelPartner.TV ChannelPartner.TV and ChannelAI.TV the Largest Channel AI & Cybersecurity All-Video News Network with more than 2,150+ videos including scripts and other links where - You can start your own podcast, videocast with live streaming and ondemand access by millions and promotion in the Linkedin group and others. DM for details. Isn’t it time to move beyond text only PR and IR and also be ADA compliant - DM you PR to be videotized into video press releases and video news stories - #AI #AInews #PR #CMO #IR 

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Highlights of 3 Core Concepts in Data Intelligence and the race to customize LLMs via Databricks.com - 2-minute Video News Story is posted in the largest Linkedin and first “All Video Posts” for Accessibility News Group for CxO CCO’s MSP/MSSP/MSPAI channel partners with 21K members  https://lnkd.in/dCmsYdH AI NEWS - ChannelPartner.TV Announces Acceleration of CrossTalk Ultra AI Video Network Platform Integrating GPT-4o (Omni) with “Kill Switch” - Coming Soon and also explore other models suited for customer needs. There more here:  https://lnkd.in/gATf2mr6 AI NEWS - AI users in Colorado, don’t buy AI until you know the seller/reseller is in compliance with Colorado Law - get guidance to help you comply and avoid a business disaster - https://lnkd.in/g-QAkj3y This 2-minute video is also published on ChannelPartner.TV ChannelPartner.TV and ChannelAI.TV the Largest Channel AI & Cybersecurity All-Video News Network with more than 2,150+ videos including scripts and other links where - You can start your own podcast, videocast with live streaming and ondemand access by millions and promotion in the Linkedin group and others. DM for details. Isn’t it time to move beyond text only PR and IR and also be ADA compliant - DM you PR to be videotized into video press releases and video news stories - #AI #AInews #PR #CMO #IR 

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Superb POV on the future of search, how AI will disrupt search and how Google’s own Gemini (Ai platform) is disrupting Google itself… Are we more rapidly moving towards the reality imagined and articulated below by Google’s ex CTO Craig Silverstein back in 2003..no that’s not a typo..20 years ago: “When search grows up, it will look like Star Trek: you talk into the air (“Computer! What’s the situation down on the planet?”) and the computer processes your question, figures out its context, figures out what response you’re looking for, searches a giant database in who-knows-how-many languages, translates/analyses/summarises all the results, and presents them back to you in a pleasant voice. I think this technology is about, oh, 300 years away..” It’s now in front of our eyes so what does this mean for brands and agencies managing the most significant revenue driving media channel ? Robert Webster Yael Heffets Jordan Kernahan Vanessa Miceli Simon Wiggins Stephani Estes David Grow

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Interesting insights into OpenAI's publisher partnerships from a leaked presentation: 1. Only for "select, high-quality editorial partners." 2. Enhanced display of information from partners. 3. Fixed payment for access, and variable payment based on usage. Data suggests that generative search tools can answer a user's question 75% of the time with no need to visit a website. So this could be an important source of revenue for publishers. Article: https://lnkd.in/d95WWHDc

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Curation as a service from the buy-side perspective. The middle now leans towards supply as cookie restrictions collapse data portability. Great piece by Anthony with technical explainers, use cases, and lift metrics. We still need some time to see the market tension develop, but I think the SSPs and Curators (aka data companies) are on a roll here. https://lnkd.in/gEjM_-XM #DCaaS #digitalpublishing

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We finally started the Minerva blog - first post is about some questions we've gotten around AI specifically for email marketers

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We see this issue in social media and in politics daily, but it is no less prevalent in business. Strategies, sales campaigns and R&D fails because of bull-headed conviction that some key aspect of a CXO's thinking can't go wrong, and progress is not tracked because people in charge might, deep down, fear to see how things are going. Very often, direct, open feedback seems especially scary - perhaps because it exposes us to the emotions of the people giving the feedback. Which is precisely the reason why it's so important. These days, any success is dependant on staying curious and developing a certain kink for confronting your own inadequacies. Constantly not seeking to understand what you could do better will wreck your business, sooner or later.

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Marshall Cohen is among a handful of smart, thoughtful research professionals who has made an important contribution to the media and advertising business for several decades. His leadership has guided most of the big decisions in methodology and data validation. It's an honor to welcome Marshall to MediaVillage.org Thought Leaders. Here's his first contribution sharing his perspective on how streaming services are failing to connect meaningfully with their subscribers and his proposed solutions. https://lnkd.in/gy3HPQ3p

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Join us and sign up the Open Letter on Data Portability with us. Why does data portability matter? It's not only about stopping the dominance and abusive use of personal data from Big Tech, but most importantly about value and agency, giving us greater control over our personal data. The Ethical Commerce Alliance (ECA), together with MyData Global and The Coalition for Online Data Empowerment (CODE), has proudly co-authored the "Open Letter on Data Portability Compliance under the DMA" addressed to Margrethe Vestager, the Executive Vice-President and Commissioner for Competition at the European Commission. Big tech (Meta, TikTok, Amazon, Google etc ) have failed the test of the recently passed Digital Markets Act (DMA). The DMA’s mandate for a Free, Continuous and Real Time data portability has not been met. Why does it matter? 👉 Empowers us (as consumers and content creators) by giving us greater control over our personal data, allowing us to freely and easily transfer it out of Amazon, Google, Instagram, Tiktok etc..into wherever we want, including our favourite and trusted local shops and brands, personal data stores and AIs of our choice... 👉 Fosters a fairer competition landscape in Retail. Imagine that as the owner of a small shop, your trusted customers could easily share with you some of the relevant activity from their social media, orders from Amazon etc… This would significantly help you connect with them in new ways, reward them for engagement and support, etc.. 👉 Stimulates innovation: a whole new category of products and services will be created driving further economic growth in the digital age. Join us and sign up the open letter here: https://lnkd.in/enS26ktp Thanks Tom Fish, StJohn "Singe" Deakins, Christopher Wilson, Eric Pol, Julia Hsiao-Pei Liao, Angel Maldonado, Carissa Véliz, Beatriz García Díaz and rest of folks involved in the initiative. #dataportability #DMA #privacy

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New data from BCG confirms that awareness and use of generative AI is as high as others (e.g. Microsoft) are now saying. Some interesting findings: • 75% have used ChatGPT or another AI-driven service. • Some top uses: Health and fitness (32%), personal recommendations (28%), visual search for products (28%). • Awareness and usage is higher outside North America and Europe. This is a consistent finding across surveys I've seen. India has almost double the usage of the US, for example. Perhaps because it helps them compete against North American service providers? BCG says usage is higher in countries with younger populations and an under-supply of professionals (like doctors and teachers) that AI can address, while concern is higher in countries with "digitally competitive" economies that could be disrupted by AI. Worth a read: https://lnkd.in/d7ExbRmM

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For over a decade, Caleb Benningfield has been at the forefront of developing customer data solutions. His post details the ongoing struggle to dismantle the longstanding silos in enterprise data management and describes how the lakehouse model is a significant advancement, combining the benefits of data lakes and warehouses while adding seamless data sharing capabilities. This integration allows each application to optimize its compute capabilities and features, while all data can be accessed through a single, unified interface. This not only simplifies data governance but also enhances flexibility, freeing up data engineering teams to refine and expand the data ecosystem rather than being bogged down with integrations. Do take a moment to read Caleb's post and explore how these insights could influence your strategies and solutions.

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AI will transform what's possible at the intersection of #consumerdata, #marketing, and #customerexperiences...

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Last fall Ibbaka research found that the most common pricing metric for AI applications wasper user. This was confirmed in a recent survey by Kyle Poyar and Palle Broe for Growth Unhinged. What are the reasons for this? https://lnkd.in/gNzyy3r6 #pricing #pricingmodel #pricingmetric #AI #generativeAI

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Is generative AI on the downside of the Gartner Hype Cycle? In today's podcast I chat with Maanas M of Bridged Media about their services for publishers and the fantastic ROI many publishers have seen using their AI agents for things like content recommendations, churn prediction, propensity to subscribe, etc., but that generative AI doesn't show the same return. They're decreasing their investment in that part of the business.

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Anthropic's latest releases are impressive on two fronts: A model that advances the SOTA, and a new UI feature that every competitor should adopt. On the model side, having played with Claude 3.5 Sonnet, I'm impressed by its intelligence and speed, and particularly impressed by its ability to write code that nails what I ask for on the first shot repeatedly. On the UI side, the new "Artifacts" feature is so useful, it's hard to believe we haven't had this earlier. It allows you to preview client-side code that Claude writes, so you can test your creations and iterate faster. One area this becomes particularly fun is in creating games. You tell Claude what you want, it writes client-side code (such as using Three.js for 3D gaming), and you can play it in the Artifacts window. Attached is an example of a space shooter game Claude wrote for me in literally a few seconds. I haven't added any assets, so it's pretty blocky, but the game play is there. You can try Claude here: https://claude.ai

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Deadline approaching! Who still hasn't figured out a solution for their Universal Analytics historical data? 🖐 We created a system to extract all dimensions and metrics with custom data tables, store it in GBQ, and easily load into a Looker dash so that our clients can access their data FOREVER. We are doing 3 years prior to COVID, 3 years after. DM me if you need help! #googleanalytics #uadatastorage #analytics #lookerstudiodashboard #data (REQ, An Agital Company)

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With all the talk about #GPT-4o, OpenAI's new flagship model that can reason across audio, vision, and text in real-time, and is quietly making a splash with AI Overviews (generative AI summaries at the top of search results pages, a search function Paul Roetzer finds to be better than traditional results for many types of searches) — a quick reminder: ⬇️ Sometimes it's good to pick up a book, friends. 📚 #MidWeekMotivation #BookLover

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The open web digital supply chain is broken. The fine article below on AdExchanger tells yet another story of how Adalytics uncovered fraud in the digital ecosystem. “Buyer beware” doesn’t begin to express enough warning to digital advertisers. The open web digital supply chain has rampant: - fraud - MFA sites - unnecessary effort duplication - brand risk - viewability issues it’s time for advertisers to simply stop using the open web until this mess is addressed. With a handful of safer environments (Meta, Google etc.) managing so much reach and inventory, the open web risk is unnecessary. This saddens me - I never intended to write a post recommending that advertisers consolidate largely to the Walled Gardens. But these platforms offer a safer environment and expectation that you get what you pay for. #4As Andrew Tindall Olivia Morley Brian Bonilla Dale W. Harrison Prof. dr. Koen Pauwels Dr Grace Kite

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