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Generative AI Advances Showcased at MWC 2024

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The Chinese company iFLYTEK has released AI-generated content applications for enterprises and beyond.

BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — MWC Barcelona, held this year on February 26-29, is one of the global telecommunications sector’s pre-eminent expos. It attracts industry giants including telecom operators, equipment providers and smartphone manufacturers from around the world—and iFLYTEK, a leading Chinese AI company known for its groundbreaking work in voice recognition and natural language processing.

China has been an important spur for global economic growth, first powered by its manufacturing exports and more recently by its tech companies. Within the decade, Chinese players like Huawei have been gradually expanding overseas. In the heated competition to develop AGI, or artificial general intelligence, the two main contenders have been China and the United States. While the U.S. is still in a leading position, China has also developed many large model applications in areas like enterprise services. iFLYTEK has begun to promote AGI-based products globally.

The company has introduced an array of applications driven by generative AI and deep learning, including enterprise services, intelligent marketing and smart living environments. These offerings are distinguished from the more generalized tool-based applications and software developed by U.S. companies like OpenAI and Midjourney as being more directly aimed at fulfilling the specific requirements of businesses and consumers.

Business management solutions: SparkDash

Dubbed “Dash,” this product serves as B2B business decision-support software, designed to alleviate the challenges managers face when navigating complex and evolving information landscapes. SparkDash leverages advanced technologies such as auto speech recognition, large models and avatars, enabling seamless integration with diverse corporate systems and data sources. This integration helps managers gain a comprehensive, precise and quick overview of business operations, facilitating informed decision-making. SparkDash features virtual human narrators who respond to queries about operational data as if they were real-life colleagues, helping to simplify and enhance workplace dynamics.

For company leaders, SparkDash can serve as an operational management hub or an analytical assistant during business meetings. For staff and products, respectively, the software can work as a data assistant or promotional aide.

Imagine managing an offline media advertising firm with extensive elevator and billboard ad resources.  SparkDash enables rapid and precise visualization of sales control data across locations through natural language inquiries. It integrates multiple dimensions such as sales status, publication rates, viewership, and conversion rates to evaluate and analyze the potency of advertising spaces. Furthermore, in pre-sale customer interactions, SparkDash can provide a standardized presentation of the company’s site resource sales strategies to the clients, ensuring clear and professional communication.

SparkDash is composed of modules for business scenarios, interaction and data analysis, underpinned by AI technologies including large models, virtual humans and semantic knowledge bases. It offers flexible deployment options, including software-as-a-service and on-premises, with a low entry barrier thanks to its intuitive drag-and-drop configuration.

iFLYTEK’s Multilingual SI System

International conferences have traditionally employed simultaneous interpreters on-site, primarily serving key participants. The Multilingual SI System developed by iFLYTEK transforms this field by capturing conference audio for voice-to-text processing and delivering transcribed and translated content back to the conference screen in real time. This greatly enhances communication efficiency while respecting participants’ diverse cultures and languages. Currently, iFLYTEK’s Multilingual SI System can translate languages that include Chinese, English, French, Russian, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and Arabic.

Enterprise lead generation and conversion: iFLYTEK SparkGen

Revolutionizing video content creation is SparkGen, which enables users to effortlessly produce digital spokesperson videos. Since video content tends to be more informative and engaging than static images, it can significantly benefit brand owners and e-commerce sellers by providing a quick understanding of product features on websites and product pages, thus enhancing user interest, dwell time and, ultimately, conversion rates. With SparkGen, brands and sellers can create audiovisual content by simply inputting a script and selecting a virtual host, eliminating the need for high production costs and specialized editing skills. This user-friendly approach allows for the rapid generation of promotional videos, streamlining marketing material production and maximizing efficiency.

Smart living with Smart Voice Panel

The Smart Voice Panel represents a new era of smart living, offering a seamless, personalized home experience. At the moment of homecoming, curtains close, lamps gently turn on and a friendly voice extends a greeting while selected music starts to play. Without the need for remote controls and switches, the system makes smart home interaction more intuitive and enjoyable.

Smart Voice Panel transcends previous smart home solutions by offering integrated control, conversational interface and adaptive scenes in collaboration with the real estate and home furnishing industries, setting a new benchmark for quality living. It resolves the challenges of fragmented control and poor interaction associated with intelligent interaction, allowing for comprehensive voice control over home appliances and systems. The Smart Voice Panel’s reliance on iFLYTEK’s leading voice technology allows for intelligent interactions with home systems. It is equipped with a large language model (LLM), enabling capabilities such as multi-turn dialogue, multi-intent understanding, and personalized scenario generation, truly creating a tailored and attentive butler for each user. Furthermore, it offers a secure, offline functionality that safeguards user privacy and data while delivering a trustworthy smart home experience.

Chinese AI connecting the world

At MWC, iFLYTEK introduced a range of applications powered by generative AI and deep learning, heralding a new chapter in the productivity revolution. Later this year, the Chinese company is set to introduce enterprise services and smart living solutions in Dubai and Southeast Asia, marking another step in its global expansion. Generative AI represents a significant breakthrough in the dedicated research into artificial intelligence as AI-driven applications become integrated into business practices and everyday life. This shift is sparking a sea change in productivity and creativity, potentially transforming roles, services and application paradigms across various industries. Entrepreneurs and business leaders in all sectors are being encouraged to embrace and leverage artificial intelligence to adapt and thrive in these rapidly evolving times, and thus bolster their competitive edge.

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LEAP Group Relaunches HumanView, a Growth Intelligence System Built to Explain Why Customers Behave the Way They Do

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Reimagined from the ground up, HumanView pairs statistical modeling with expert analysts to turn millions of real-world customer signals into business decisions

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — LEAP Group today announced the relaunch of HumanView, its growth intelligence service. The new version has been rebuilt from the ground up and now has a dedicated home at leapgroupnetwork.com/humanview.

HumanView analyzes what customers say and do across social platforms, e-commerce sites, review platforms, search behavior and user-generated content, including signals from Reddit, TikTok, YouTube, Meta, Amazon and Walmart+ that general AI tools cannot always access. Because the data reflects unprompted, real-world behavior, it avoids the response bias built into surveys and focus groups.

The service works in three layers. HumanView captures signals at scale, decodes millions of records through validated statistical models such as regression, correlation and clustering, and then relies on experienced analysts to interpret the patterns. Clients receive clear, human-validated insights instead of another dashboard.

“Machines find the patterns. Humans find the point,” said Alan Gilleo, CEO at LEAP Group. “The first version of HumanView showed us how much customers reveal when nobody is asking them questions. This version is built to explain why they act the way they do, and to put those answers in front of everyone making decisions, from product to service to marketing.”

HumanView focuses on three areas:

Growth Intelligence: customer motivations and how people perceive a brand and its competitors

Market and Category Intelligence: product pain points, service friction, unmet needs and competitive gaps

Audience Intelligence: new segments, positioning opportunities and gaps in the market

Every model is designed and validated by data scientists and benchmarked before it informs a recommendation.

To learn more about HumanView, visit leapgroupnetwork.com/humanview.

About LEAP Group
LEAP Group is a boutique marketing agency holding company with offices in Louisville, Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Chicago. Guided by the belief that brands should “Market Less. Matter More.,” LEAP gives clients access to specialized experts across its entire network. Learn more at leapgroupnetwork.com.

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STEPHEN A. SMITH ADDRESSES WHITE HOUSE DINNER ATTENDANCE, REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO HBCUs AND PROTECTING CORPORATE INVESTMENT IN BLACK EDUCATION

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NEW YORK, Oct. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Stephen A. Smith, media mogul, New York Times bestselling author, and proud 1991 graduate of Winston-Salem State University, is addressing the public discussion surrounding his decision to attend a White House dinner with President Donald Trump, emphasizing his commitment to the long-term financial stability of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

For Smith, the decision was rooted in a commitment to institutions that have educated generations of Black leaders, professionals, entrepreneurs, and public servants.

“I will always advocate for HBCUs and the students whose futures depend on them,” Smith said. “My reason for attending the White House dinner was to discuss the challenges these institutions face in securing long-term funding and to make the case that corporate America must continue to invest in them.”

Smith acknowledged federal support through the FUTURE Act while expressing concern that political tensions surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) could discourage private companies from supporting HBCUs. He maintains that these institutions deserve sustained corporate partnerships, philanthropic contributions, and public investment.

“If we truly believe in free-market capitalism, businesses should be able to support educational institutions and charitable causes without fear of criticism or repercussions,” Smith said. “HBCUs have made extraordinary contributions to this country. They deserve sustained public and private investment.”

Ashley Christopher, Esq., Founder and CEO of the HBCU Week Foundation, recognized Smith’s advocacy and decision to engage with the administration.

“Stephen A. Smith has been a powerful advocate for HBCUs, using his platform and influence to shine a national spotlight on our institutions,” expressed Christopher, “His continued support of HBCU Week helps advance our mission of connecting students with life-changing educational opportunities, and we are proud to have him as our ambassador.”

Since Smith became an HBCU Week Ambassador in 2019, the initiative has facilitated more than 15,000 on-the-spot college acceptances and raised and awarded more than $150 million in scholarships, according to the HBCU Week Foundation.

As public discussion continues, Smith is emphasizing the importance of ensuring HBCUs have the resources and partnerships needed to educate future generations and expand opportunities for students.

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Advantex Announces Completion of Financing and Extension of Maturity Date of Previously Issued Debentures

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TORONTO, Oct. 23, 2026 /CNW/ — Advantex Marketing International Inc. (CSE: ADX) (“Advantex”), a leader in the merchant cash advance and loyalty marketing products for merchants, today announced the completion of a $250,000 secured debt financing. Advantex issued a $250,000 non-convertible debenture which bears an interest rate at 12% per annum and matures December 15, 2027. The proceeds raised from this issuance of the Debenture will be used for working capital purposes.

Advantex has also extended the maturity of its existing $700,000 in 12% secured debentures from October 10, 2026 to December 15, 2027.

About Advantex Marketing International Inc.

Advantex provides working capital to merchants. Advantex also provides specialized marketing programs that enable members of Aeroplan to earn Aeroplan points at participating merchants.

Advantex shares trade on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the symbol ADX. For more information go to Advantex’s profile on www.sedar.com

Forward-Looking Information

This news release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable securities laws relating to the future business and operations of Advantex. Actual results and developments may differ materially from those contemplated by these statements. The business and operations of Advantex described herein is dependent on a number of factors and is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ material include, but are not limited to, changes in Advantex’s economic and competitive conditions including but not limited to the industry sectors in which Advantex operates.

The statements in this news release are made of the date of this release. Forward-looking statements are made based on management’s beliefs, estimates and opinions on the date the statements are made and Advantex undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements if these beliefs, estimates and opinions or other circumstances should change, except as required by applicable law.

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