AI Marketing News

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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.

Why it matters An agent that sees your store, your email list and your creative tools at once. Nothing publishes, sends or spends without your approval, and most of it is free.

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.

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.

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In brief

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Follow-upAdsSep 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.

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.