Digital & Technology

PR Roundup explores how trust and accountability are being tested across communications, from AI hallucinations landing in public-facing content to former President George W. Bush’s Substack debut and renewed backlash against Tyra Banks.

Keep in mind that core KPIs typically hold steady for two to three years for year-over-year measurement, and the metrics beneath them change much more quickly as technology enables richer, faster insight.

The recent emergence of Moltbook, an experimental AI-native platform built and operated by a small group of independent technologists, has sparked many strong emotions among communicators—a combination of deep apprehension and intense intrigue.

Communicators can unlock innovation by encouraging AI experimentation. Learn how to empower your teams, foster creative use cases and drive success.

From Ye’s crisis apologies and credibility questions to Oscar Mayer’s bun-believable brand theatrics and Muck Rack’s AI reality checks, this week’s PR Roundup highlights how communicators are navigating seriousness, spectacle and strategy all at once.

Unlock the power of AI with our guide to building visual workflows. Our presenter simplifies complex tasks into repeatable processes, turning AI into a user-friendly tool for consistent results. 

From Dr Pepper’s savvy elevation of a creator’s viral jingle to new data revealing what’s holding PR teams back, we examine how brands and agencies are adapting to shifting media dynamics, AI realities and a changing early-career pipeline.

The barriers that once made accessible advertising difficult have largely disappeared.

While there can be pressure to adopt every new medium in the digital age, true value comes from choosing channels that best support short and long-term business goals, rather than blindly embracing the latest podcast trend.

In these videos creators and CES administrators shared what it was like to be inside the space—from hands-on experiences to candid conversations and the energy of a community gaining a louder voice at one of tech’s biggest stages.