Kakao’s AI Crew ad agent starts a closed beta in December
Advertisers type a goal and a budget, and the KakaoTalk owner’s agent proposes the ads, targeting and bids, then waits for a person before it changes settings.
AI news, 8 November 2026
The 10 AI stories of the day, each told in about 200 words with its sources linked.
Published 08:40 UTC, 10 stories
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SeenThis · Studio MCPSeenThis opens its video ad studio to AI assistants through MCP
Agencies brief the AI assistant they already work in, which builds editable video ads inside SeenThis Studio for sign-off, in early access for now.
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Agencies · AI briefsAgency chiefs say AI is bloating the briefs clients send
M&C Saatchi’s North American chief puts AI-written client briefs at 85%, and agency staff describe long documents with no clear goal.
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Chord · ZenlyticChord buys Zenlytic and its data analyst agent, Zoë
The commerce data start-up says the deal doubles its revenue, and it wants Zenlytic’s big brands to build ad campaign audiences with its AI tools.
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Levi's · Let's Get FuzzyLevi’s films its holiday ad in claymation and leaves AI out
Each second of the 60-second yeti film took four hours to shoot, and the brand says no AI was used in the filming.
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Sand.ai · MAGI-2A $200 million round makes AI video start-up Sand.ai a unicorn
The Beijing company behind the MAGI video models and the VidMuse app has raised about $300 million in ten months.
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People Inc. · AI agentsPeople Inc. builds custom APIs so AI agents skip its web pages
The publisher sends AI partners plain article text with author and dates, after Google referrals fell 70% in two years.
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Google · AI ModeAI Mode pop-up asks searchers to link Gmail and Photos to Search
Google’s help page says that consent opens Workspace and Photos to every Search service, with Maps, Shopping and Discover included.
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Meta · EditsMeta’s Edits video app arrives on the Mac with free auto captions
The desktop editor adds a multi-track timeline, 4K exports with no watermark, licensed music and an MCP setting for AI agents.
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Underdog · WoofUnderdog’s Woof speech model fits in 32MB and runs in a browser
The start-up’s text-to-speech model needs no server or API key, and any ad that uses its voices needs a separate commercial licence.
