Once a signifier of luxury or novelty, custom products and services are now within reach of the everyday consumer, thanks to the rise of artificial intelligence, algorithm-led platforms, and the COVID-era digitisation boom. Today, everyone wants to be the main character of their brand experience.

The mainstreaming of AI is setting a new precedent for how people relate to non-human sources of intelligence. While automation on a consumer level has typically focused on specific tasks like replying to emails or budgeting, it’s now swiftly expanding to a more dynamic range of applications.

When author Kyle Chayka explored 2010s minimalism in Longing for Less, a very different world existed. Today, a polycrisis-ridden and digitally saturated society finds people yearning for more. Whether you chalk it up to post-pandemic release or a general sense of impending doom, people are now looking for a...

As businesses and people become aware of the possibilities that AI can bring to marketing and digital services, worries are mounting around the hyper-personalisation of AI. Canvas8 spoke to marketing professor Eleonora Pantando about how AI personalities can smooth operations and customer journeys.

Growing reliance on online entertainment as convenient childcare has turned children’s content into a multibillion-dollar industry. However, with studies and concerns surfacing around not only the content but the time children are spending consuming it – demands for regulation are mounting.

Disinformation spreads like wildfire on social media, especially when it’s fueled by dark money and content farms. But what happens when generative AI like ChatGPT makes creating such material as easy as hitting enter? And what role can brands play in combating this worrying trend?

As Gen Alphas spend more time than ever before in front of screens, parents and educators are finding new ways to use entertainment as education. With kids watching content across various digital platforms, PBS Kids is adapting with bite-sized episodes and lesson plans to solidify learning.