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How AI Voice Agents Are Changing Customer Communications
As AI voice agents become more sophisticated, businesses are rethinking customer communications, combining automation with human expertise to deliver faster, more personalized and connected experiences.
MediaClaw Brings Agentic AI to PR as Industry Rethinks How Work Gets Done
As communications professionals explore how AI can change the way they work, a new platform from the co-founders of Marketwire is taking aim at some of the most time-consuming parts of public relations.
Students Back in the Classroom Sound Alarm About AI
As AI reshapes journalism, public relations and the creative industries, Dominic Calabrese speaks with Columbia College Chicago students about their hopes, fears and what the technology could mean for their careers and futures.
Mr. Magazine™ Talks With Bo Sacks About AI, Journalism and the Future of Publishing
In his latest conversation, Samir “Mr. Magazine™” Husni sits down with longtime publishing consultant Bo Sacks to discuss artificial intelligence, the evolution of journalism, changing business models and why he remains optimistic about the future of magazines.
Where AI Ends and Leadership Begins
For CommPRO’s Trusted Advisor Initiative, Helio Fred Garcia talks about AI, leadership, human judgment, ethical clarity and what it really means to be a trusted advisor.
Edward Bernays Didn’t Know AVEs. That’s the Point.
Johna Burke reflects on an AI-driven conversation with Edward Bernays that raises a timely question for communicators: Are we measuring what we do, or the value and impact we actually create?
AI Is No Longer Just an AI Story
A look at 24 hours of business media coverage shows how quickly the AI conversation is moving beyond the technology itself to questions of business, infrastructure, security and trust.
Beyond the Impression: Why Seconds of Attention Matter with aCPM
This piece looks beyond impressions to explore why the seconds people actually spend with content may be a more meaningful measure of media value and performance.
AI Disclosure – A Legal, Ethical & Reputational Issue
As AI use grows, disclosure is becoming a legal, ethical and reputational issue that communicators can’t afford to ignore.
Four Ways of Reining in Rogue AI
CommPRO contributor David Hagenbuch examines troubling examples of autonomous AI behavior and argues that stronger values, guardrails and human oversight are becoming increasingly critical.
Fred Garcia on AI, Human Judgment and Why Communication Must Rethink Its Value
In Part 2 of our conversation, Fred Garcia goes deeper on leadership, mentorship and the responsibility communicators have to help shape the next generation of our profession.
The Communications Team of 2027 Is Being Built Now
This Thursday, CommPRO brings Aaron Kwittken and communications leaders together to talk about a question that is quickly becoming very real: What should the communications team of 2027 actually look like?
Human-Centric Content Wins on LinkedIn
CommPRO contributor Bill Davies examines LinkedIn’s pushback against “AI slop” and why the real challenge for communicators isn’t whether to use AI, but how to use it without losing the human voice that makes content worth reading.
When AI Visibility Changes, Ask What Actually Moved
As organizations rush to measure visibility across LLMs and AI-powered search, communication leaders risk mistaking changes in the data for changes in reputation or impact.
ChatGPT Ads Get Personal with New Custom Audiences
ChatGPT’s new Custom Audiences feature is making advertising more personal, giving brands a new way to reach the right people in an increasingly AI-driven world.
Tomorrow, Let’s Talk About the Communications Team We’ll Actually Need in 2027
CommPRO brings communications leaders together tomorrow for a candid, interactive conversation with Aaron Kwittken about the people, roles and skills every CCO will need to build the communications team of 202
AI, M&A and the New Disinformation Threat Landscape
As AI reshapes M&A and financial communications, corporate leaders face a new challenge: protecting trusted information, detecting sophisticated disinformation and responding before reputational and market damage is done.
AI Disclosure and Communications
As AI transparency laws begin taking effect, communicators need to understand how new disclosure requirements could reshape the way they create and publish content.
AI Usage in America: A Generational Divide
New research challenges the conventional wisdom on AI adoption, revealing that different generations aren't embracing or rejecting AI in predictable ways, with important lessons for communicators and marketers alike.
Your Comms Team Doesn't Need an AI God. It Needs These Five Roles
AI won't simply make communications teams smaller. It will redefine who gets hired, what skills matter most, and why human judgment will become the profession's greatest competitive advantage.

