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AI influencers may be taking work away from human influencers, the FT reported.  Virtual influencers — who look like real people — are striking six-figure deals with luxury brands.  One of the companies behind an AI influencer cited an effort to cut marketing costs. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized […]

Like many people, Carl Behnke regularly totes a water bottle around throughout his day. From the office to the gym and back home again, Behnke is rarely without it. But Behnke is also an associate professor in the school of hospitality and tourism management at Purdue University, and when he discovered a “biofilm” on the […]

I just spent a weekend behind the wheel of a 2014 Lexus IS350 AWD — the brand’s third attempt to dethrone the BMW 3-Series from its perch atop the entry-level luxury car segment. Make no mistake, in the over two decades since Toyota’s luxury brand first hit the U.S…