ChatGPT, Microsoft vs Alphabet, Big Tech – what you really need to know about the battle for AI supremacy

In the unfolding narrative of 2024, sustainability is positioned to take a prominent role. Consumer environmental consciousness propels a preference for brands committed to sustainability, carbon emission reduction, and ethical trade practices. (Representational image via Unsplash)

In Simply Speaking this week, explore the deep implications of the likes of ChatGPT and the grand arc of AI.

Wavemaker India hires George Kovoor as chief creative officer

George Kovoor is an accomplished creative leader with three decades of experience in digital, social, tech, and mainline advertising. Over the years he has led creative teams across advertising agencies like Lintas, FCB, Digitas LBi and Ogilvy among others.

Kovoor joins Wavemaker after his eight-year-long stint with Ogilvy where he was digital lead – Mumbai and South operations.

Dentsu Creative’s 2023 trends report focuses on mental health crisis, toxicity in technology, and more

Dentsu Creative identifies 12 trends that will drive and disrupt the industry in 2023. Packaged in six pairs, with both the challenge and opportunity for society examined for each, the agency unpacks what the best of times and the worst of times will mean for brands. (Representative image by Markus Spiske via Unsplash)

In the report, the agency decodes consumer challenges and opportunities for brands with the courage and imagination to embrace a new modern creative toolkit.

Zivame’s Khatija Lokhandwala: Our latest campaign strengthens the positioning of body confidence

Zivame’s new campaign is targetting women who are experimenting with their looks and are looking to see how intimate wear can help her expand their wardrobe. (Stills from the ad)

Conceptualised by Leo Burnett, lingerie brand Zivame’s new ad showcases women across various life stages and different situations, confidently seizing the day.

Union Budget 2023: Advertising executives share their expectations in taglines

Union Budget 2023 expectations explained in taglines: It is the last full Indian Budget before the General Elections in 2024 and the mood is cautiously optimistic. Keeping their businesses and aam janta in mind, find out what ad janta really wants from the Budget. (Representational image: Peter Aroner via Unsplash)

From revisiting old ad taglines to infusing pop-culture references, advertising executives share their Budget 2023 expectations in honest taglines.

Is Jimny’s new ad a beginning of new-age storytelling for Maruti Suzuki?

The automaker had in October reported its highest-ever monthly sales at 1,99,217 units, a 19 per cent year-on-year growth. The country's largest carmaker had dispatched 1,67,520 units in October 2022.

Shashank Srivastava, senior executive director at Maruti Suzuki India on the genesis of the new Jimny campaign and the auto major’s push into the SUV segment.

Will Women’s IPL be a moneyspinner like the Men’s IPL?

WIPL is now being looked at with a new lens by sporting pundits. Cricket is watched and played by millions of Indians. The Men's IPL made the game even more popular with audiences including millions of women.

Women’s IPL is a step in the right direction for gender equality and women’s empowerment: Rediffusion’s Red Lab report.