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🎥 Video Marketing In 2025
= more content, more tools... but lower engagement?
According to Wistia’s latest report, 71% of businesses now produce videos in-house, and 40% are making new videos every week. That’s huge. But here’s the twist: engagement is dropping, especially for short videos. People are clicking play, but they’re not sticking around.
Key Takeways: What’s still working?
How-to videos are killing it - especially the under 5 min ones.
Webinars (yes, webinars!) are the #2 most impactful video format.
CTAs placed in the first minute can boost conversions by 40%.
AI is taking over 41% of marketers now use AI tools for scripting, editing, and captions.
Thank-you pages, contact pages, and course pages get the best video play rates.
Interactive videos convert better - 24% conversion with lead gen forms, 16% with CTAs.
Best time to place a CTA? Either early in the video or at the 20-minute mark (for longer vids).
The biggest missed opportunity? Repurposing content. Most people don’t plan for it, but when they do, on-demand videos and webinar clips stay useful for months.
Why it matters: Everyone’s making more video now — from TikTok bursts to classic YouTube deep dives. But we’re way past the “video is cool” phase. It’s crowded out there. Attention is short. Expectations are high.
Just hitting record and posting every week? Not enough anymore. Marketers need to shift gears. It’s not about more content — it’s about smarter content.
Short doesn’t always mean better. Viewers still want substance when it helps them — that’s why webinars and how-to videos still work. People will stick around if you’re solving real problems.
And yes, AI speeds things up. But without intent behind your message, it won’t hold attention. This is the year to rethink how you use video. Not just as another piece of content — but as a trust builder, an educator, and a conversion tool. Less chasing clicks. More creating connection.
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TODAY IN AI
AI HIGHLIGHTS
🚘 Pony.ai has become the first company in China to receive a permit to operate fully driverless taxis with no safety driver or staff onboard in central Shenzhen, specifically Nanshan District. This is a big step toward building a revenue-generating robotaxi business in China's "Silicon Valley."
🚀 PwC has launched "agent OS," a powerful AI operating system designed for intelligent automation across enterprises. It connects multiple AI agents, streamlines workflows, and integrates tools from different platforms to create scalable and modular processes.
🛸 North Korea is expanding its production of AI-powered drones called "loitering munitions." These drones act like guided missiles, autonomously seeking targets and crashing into them with a warhead.
🔒 The U.S. has blacklisted over 50 Chinese tech companies, aiming to limit Beijing's AI and chip capabilities. The companies are accused of advancing AI, supercomputers, and quantum tech with military applications.
🧩 Entrepreneur Matthew Berman shared some wild one-shot demos powered by Gemini 2.5 Pro — like a Rubik’s cube solver and a full-on LEGO builder. No retakes. Just code, run, done.
📋 The latest update makes GPT-4o better at handling multi-part prompts, solving tricky coding tasks, and thinking more creatively — with fewer unnecessary emojis.
🤖 Chasing AGI? Experts say it’s time to chill. Instead of chasing the vague dream of “general intelligence,” they say we should focus on building AI tools that actually help people now.
💰 AI Daily Fundraising: OpenAI is closing a record $40 billion funding round, boosting its valuation to $300 billion. Led by SoftBank, the funds will support AI infrastructure projects and enterprise solutions, with expected $29.4 billion in sales next year.
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AI QUICK HITS
🧠 ChatGPT Moonshine Nux V2 Adds Smarter, Longer Memory (Read more)
🚀 ChatGPT-4o Now #2 on Arena, Beats GPT-4.5 (Read more)
🎨 Midjourney V7 Set to Launch Monday, March 31 (Read more)
⚙️ Gemini 2.5 Cleaned Up Claude 3.7’s Messy Code in Just One Go (Read more)
🖼️ ChatGPT’s Viral Image-generation AI is ‘Melting’ OpenAI’s GPUs (Read more)
AI CHART
Everyone’s playing with AI chatbots these days — but have you ever stopped to ask how much they know about you?
🔍 Google’s Gemini takes the crown for collecting the most data — 22 different data points, including stuff like your location, contact info, user content, and even your contacts list (yeah, that one surprised me too).
On the other end, Elon’s Grok is the lightest — just 7 data points and no user content tracking.
Here’s the breakdown:
Gemini: 22 data points (most aggressive)
Claude: 13
Copilot: 12
DeepSeek: 11
ChatGPT: 10
Perplexity: 10
Grok: 7 (least invasive)
What kind of data are we talking about? Everything from how you use the app to what you type into it — and yes, some even track your purchases. Only Gemini and Perplexity do that.
💡 If you’re chatting with these bots regularly, it’s worth thinking about what you’re giving away. Convenience is great, but privacy isn’t something to ignore.
So next time you fire up ChatGPT or Gemini, just remember: you’re not the only one listening.
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