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INSIGHTS
What Is Answer Engine Optimization? AEO, Explained
Jul 16, 2026
Answer engine optimization (AEO) is the narrow discipline of making your content retrievable by AI models. What it covers, how it works, where it stops.
INSIGHTS
AI Brand Monitoring: What It Is, Tools, and What It Misses
Jul 16, 2026
AI brand monitoring tracks what ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity say about your brand. Here is how it works and what mention counts leave out.
INSIGHTS
Nvidia Is Hiring Someone to Market to Agents
Jul 15, 2026
Nvidia is hiring a Director of Agent Marketing, and the job description names the audience out loud. Versions of this role will spread until marketing to agents is simply called marketing.
UPDATES
Google's AI search opt-out controls begin rolling out worldwide in Search Console
Jul 14, 2026
Google's Search Console control for opting out of AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Discover AI features is rolling out beyond the UK, making AI visibility an explicit setting.
UPDATES
OpenAI shuts down the ChatGPT Atlas browser, folding agentic browsing into ChatGPT Work
Jul 13, 2026
OpenAI will retire the ChatGPT Atlas browser on August 9, nine months after launch, folding its agentic browsing into the new ChatGPT Work desktop app.
UPDATES
OpenAI expands ChatGPT Ads with custom audiences, suggested ad drafts, and new markets
Jul 13, 2026
OpenAI adds custom audiences, an account overview tab, suggested ad drafts, a refreshed ad card, and Japan and South Korea targeting to ChatGPT Ads.
UPDATES
OpenAI releases GPT-5.6 and a ChatGPT Work agent, retiring GPT-5.4 within two weeks
Jul 10, 2026
OpenAI shipped the GPT-5.6 model family (Sol, Terra, Luna) and a ChatGPT Work agent on July 9 — swapping the default model behind ChatGPT's answers and retiring GPT-5.4 on July 23.
NEWS
Salesforce puts brand shopping agents inside ChatGPT
Jul 8, 2026
Agentforce Commerce is generally available, with brand shopper agents integrating natively into ChatGPT this month and Google's AI surfaces later this summer.
RESEARCH
What AI Believes About Your Brand
May 26, 2026
A synthesis of four research papers from the Unusual.ai research series—37,000+ survey questions against ChatGPT and Claude—and what they imply for established brands marketing into AI commerce.
TUTORIALS
How to Tell if AI is an Advocate for Your Brand
May 22, 2026
This guide is the deep dive on how to measure whether AI is making your prospects more likely to convert (advocate) or less likely to convert (detractor).
INSIGHTS
How Google Search Agents Changes Marketing
May 22, 2026
This week, Google released personal shopping assistants designed to help shoppers "find exactly what they need at exactly the right moment." Here's how that changes marketing.
INSIGHTS
How To Prepare Your Brand for When AI Is Your Buyer
May 19, 2026
Brand strategy is changing. The audience is changing; the discipline is maturing around it.
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INSIGHTS
What Is Answer Engine Optimization? AEO, Explained
Jul 16, 2026
Answer engine optimization (AEO) is the narrow discipline of making your content retrievable by AI models. What it covers, how it works, where it stops.
INSIGHTS
AI Brand Monitoring: What It Is, Tools, and What It Misses
Jul 16, 2026
AI brand monitoring tracks what ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity say about your brand. Here is how it works and what mention counts leave out.
INSIGHTS
Nvidia Is Hiring Someone to Market to Agents
Jul 15, 2026
Nvidia is hiring a Director of Agent Marketing, and the job description names the audience out loud. Versions of this role will spread until marketing to agents is simply called marketing.
UPDATES
Google's AI search opt-out controls begin rolling out worldwide in Search Console
Jul 14, 2026
Google's Search Console control for opting out of AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Discover AI features is rolling out beyond the UK, making AI visibility an explicit setting.
UPDATES
OpenAI shuts down the ChatGPT Atlas browser, folding agentic browsing into ChatGPT Work
Jul 13, 2026
OpenAI will retire the ChatGPT Atlas browser on August 9, nine months after launch, folding its agentic browsing into the new ChatGPT Work desktop app.
UPDATES
OpenAI expands ChatGPT Ads with custom audiences, suggested ad drafts, and new markets
Jul 13, 2026
OpenAI adds custom audiences, an account overview tab, suggested ad drafts, a refreshed ad card, and Japan and South Korea targeting to ChatGPT Ads.
UPDATES
OpenAI releases GPT-5.6 and a ChatGPT Work agent, retiring GPT-5.4 within two weeks
Jul 10, 2026
OpenAI shipped the GPT-5.6 model family (Sol, Terra, Luna) and a ChatGPT Work agent on July 9 — swapping the default model behind ChatGPT's answers and retiring GPT-5.4 on July 23.
NEWS
Salesforce puts brand shopping agents inside ChatGPT
Jul 8, 2026
Agentforce Commerce is generally available, with brand shopper agents integrating natively into ChatGPT this month and Google's AI surfaces later this summer.
RESEARCH
What AI Believes About Your Brand
May 26, 2026
A synthesis of four research papers from the Unusual.ai research series—37,000+ survey questions against ChatGPT and Claude—and what they imply for established brands marketing into AI commerce.
TUTORIALS
How to Tell if AI is an Advocate for Your Brand
May 22, 2026
This guide is the deep dive on how to measure whether AI is making your prospects more likely to convert (advocate) or less likely to convert (detractor).
INSIGHTS
How Google Search Agents Changes Marketing
May 22, 2026
This week, Google released personal shopping assistants designed to help shoppers "find exactly what they need at exactly the right moment." Here's how that changes marketing.
INSIGHTS
How To Prepare Your Brand for When AI Is Your Buyer
May 19, 2026
Brand strategy is changing. The audience is changing; the discipline is maturing around it.
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The Unusual Feed
INSIGHTS
What Is Answer Engine Optimization? AEO, Explained
Jul 16, 2026
Answer engine optimization (AEO) is the narrow discipline of making your content retrievable by AI models. What it covers, how it works, where it stops.
INSIGHTS
AI Brand Monitoring: What It Is, Tools, and What It Misses
Jul 16, 2026
AI brand monitoring tracks what ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity say about your brand. Here is how it works and what mention counts leave out.
INSIGHTS
Nvidia Is Hiring Someone to Market to Agents
Jul 15, 2026
Nvidia is hiring a Director of Agent Marketing, and the job description names the audience out loud. Versions of this role will spread until marketing to agents is simply called marketing.
UPDATES
Google's AI search opt-out controls begin rolling out worldwide in Search Console
Jul 14, 2026
Google's Search Console control for opting out of AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Discover AI features is rolling out beyond the UK, making AI visibility an explicit setting.
UPDATES
OpenAI shuts down the ChatGPT Atlas browser, folding agentic browsing into ChatGPT Work
Jul 13, 2026
OpenAI will retire the ChatGPT Atlas browser on August 9, nine months after launch, folding its agentic browsing into the new ChatGPT Work desktop app.
UPDATES
OpenAI expands ChatGPT Ads with custom audiences, suggested ad drafts, and new markets
Jul 13, 2026
OpenAI adds custom audiences, an account overview tab, suggested ad drafts, a refreshed ad card, and Japan and South Korea targeting to ChatGPT Ads.
UPDATES
OpenAI releases GPT-5.6 and a ChatGPT Work agent, retiring GPT-5.4 within two weeks
Jul 10, 2026
OpenAI shipped the GPT-5.6 model family (Sol, Terra, Luna) and a ChatGPT Work agent on July 9 — swapping the default model behind ChatGPT's answers and retiring GPT-5.4 on July 23.
NEWS
Salesforce puts brand shopping agents inside ChatGPT
Jul 8, 2026
Agentforce Commerce is generally available, with brand shopper agents integrating natively into ChatGPT this month and Google's AI surfaces later this summer.
RESEARCH
What AI Believes About Your Brand
May 26, 2026
A synthesis of four research papers from the Unusual.ai research series—37,000+ survey questions against ChatGPT and Claude—and what they imply for established brands marketing into AI commerce.
TUTORIALS
How to Tell if AI is an Advocate for Your Brand
May 22, 2026
This guide is the deep dive on how to measure whether AI is making your prospects more likely to convert (advocate) or less likely to convert (detractor).
INSIGHTS
How Google Search Agents Changes Marketing
May 22, 2026
This week, Google released personal shopping assistants designed to help shoppers "find exactly what they need at exactly the right moment." Here's how that changes marketing.
INSIGHTS
How To Prepare Your Brand for When AI Is Your Buyer
May 19, 2026
Brand strategy is changing. The audience is changing; the discipline is maturing around it.
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