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Tuesday, September 29, 2026AI tools for marketing, as they change16 stories this week

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  1. 1Meta Muse3
  2. 2Google Search3
  3. 3OpenAI DevDay1
  4. 4ChatGPT Ads4
  5. 5Claude 5.51
  6. 6ElevenLabs v41
  7. 7Google AI Max2
  8. 8HubSpot UNBOUND1

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Developing · ChatGPT Ads · updated Sep 23

AdsSep 23via Common Thread Collective2 min read

ChatGPT Ads’ Shopify app goes global, and HubSpot plugs in

Stores in Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and North Africa can now install the app and run campaigns. HubSpot’s integration went live worldwide the same day.

  1. ChatGPT Ads’ Shopify app goes global, and HubSpot plugs in

  2. Brands can now run their own agents inside ChatGPT as Sponsored Agents

  3. Six months in, ChatGPT ad costs are all over the map

  4. ChatGPT shopping results now require a product feed

Why it matters Leads from ChatGPT ads can land straight in your CRM, so you can see what they’re worth.

BreakingAI ModelsSep 29via OpenAI4 min read

OpenAI DevDay: always-on “dots” agents and a cheaper GPT-6.1 Sol

Dots are agents that live inside ChatGPT and keep working toward a goal in the background. GPT-6.1 Sol arrives a week after GPT-6 Sol as the lower-cost model.

Image: Meta

BreakingSocialSep 29via Meta Newsroom3 min read

Meta’s Muse agent comes to small businesses, with Shopify, Klaviyo and Canva plugged in

Give Muse a goal like finding new customers and it works across the tools you connect: Shopify, Klaviyo, Canva, Stripe, Slack and your Facebook and Instagram business accounts.

In brief

  1. BreakingAI ModelsSep 28via Anthropic3 min read

    Claude Sonnet 5.5: 30% faster at the same price, and better at docs and slides

    Anthropic’s second Claude 5.5 model keeps Sonnet’s $2 in and $10 out per million tokens and uses fewer tokens for the same work.

  2. BreakingCreativeSep 28via ElevenLabs3 min read

    ElevenLabs v4 clones a voice from 10 seconds of audio, in 90+ languages

    Eleven v4 adds inline tags for emotion, pacing and tone. v4 Turbo answers in about 100 ms for voice agents. Both work on the free tier.

  3. BreakingMarketing ToolsSep 28via Meta Newsroom2 min read

    Meta starts selling its AI to businesses as Meta Enterprise Platform

    The new unit packages the Muse agent, Meta Business Agent, the Muse API and Muse Code for companies and developers.

  4. BreakingSEOSep 26via Search Engine Journal2 min read

    Search Console now shows traffic from Google Lens and Circle to Search

    A new multimodal filter in the Performance report counts searches made with images: Lens, Circle to Search, image uploads and Chrome’s “Search this image”. There’s no query data, since most start from a picture.

  5. BreakingSEOSep 24via Google Search Status Dashboard2 min read

    Google’s September 2026 spam update is rolling out

    It started September 24 and can take up to two weeks, worldwide and in all languages. It’s the fourth spam update this year.

  6. BreakingMarketing ToolsSep 17via HubSpot4 min read

    HubSpot rebuilds Marketing Hub around agents at UNBOUND

    Marketing Studio 2.0 adds Campaign, Content and Nurture agents. A new AEO tool finds where AI answers don’t cite you, then plans content to close the gap.

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