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Haut.AI Collaborates with OLAY on Virtual Companion Technology to Power Clinically Modeled Skincare Simulations

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3 months ago

June 10, 2026

NEW YORK, June 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Haut.AI today announced its collaboration with OLAY, a Procter & Gamble (P&G) brand, to introduce an innovative Virtual Companion technology within the OLAY Skin Advisor experience. This new capability leverages generativeAI and clinical data modeling to simulate how a recommended skincare routine is expected to perform over time.

Developed in partnership with OLAY, the Virtual Companion experience helps shoppers gain confidence before they buy by providing a more personalized projection of potential product benefits backed by OLAY’s clinical science. After analyzing their skin, the system matches each user to an AI-generated skin profile. The user’s skin characteristics are then mapped onto the Virtual Companion, allowing product effects to be simulated in a controlled, consistent way. This approach enables more reliable, personalized projections of how skin may improve over 4-8 weeks (based on clinical data) while using OLAY’s recommended routine.

Introducing Virtual Companion Technology for Skin

Within the OLAY Skin Advisor experience, users first complete a skin analysis by taking a guided selfie using Haut.AI’s LIQA™ (Live Image Quality Assessment) technology. The system detects key skin concerns and provides personalized insights, including education and ingredient benefits, along with a recommended skincare routine. Building on this analysis, the Virtual Companion experience allows users to visualize how their skin may evolve over time with continued use of the recommended routine.

This Virtual Companion experience is powered by a multi-step AI system designed to prioritize scientific accuracy, consistency, and transparency:

Diverse synthetic faces dataset: The system draws on a dataset of over 10,000 AI-generated face profiles, representing a wide range of ages and facial features, guided by OLAY’s research into what makes personalized before-and-after images relevant.

High-quality image capture with LIQA: Haut.AI’s LIQA technology provides real-time guidance to help users take photos with optimal lighting and clarity, improving the reliability of analysis.

Digital Virtual Companion matching: Based on the captured image and detected features, a proprietary engine identifies the closest matching “Virtual Companion”, a representative skin model aligned with the user’s characteristics.

Skin concern mapping: The user’s specific skin concerns, such as wrinkles, pigmentation, or texture, are mapped onto the selected Virtual Companion, creating a “before” image whose key concerns are similar to the user’s.

Simulation with SkinGPT: Haut.AI’s SkinGPT then simulates how recommended products are expected to impact the Virtual Companion’s skin over time based on clinical data.

This process ensures each user can see a clinical-backed example of how OLAY’s recommended routine of products can perform on a person they can relate to.

Built on OLAY’s Decades of Clinical Science

As OLAY celebrates the 10-year anniversary of Skin Advisor, a revolutionary experience for its time, consumers are now able to visualize the decades of complex clinical data in an understandable and personal way.

“OLAY has a 70+ year legacy of proven science and trusted results across skin types,” said Mike Jutt, Vice President of Research & Development for OLAY at Procter & Gamble. “With the updated OLAY Skin Advisor technology, we’re bringing that expertise into the digital space and making it more accessible to women around the world. Rather than simply filtering a person’s image to suggest a desired outcome, we use models built on decades of clinical research to help illustrate what’s possible through OLAY’s superior science and ingredient efficacy.”

By separating analysis from visualization, the system ensures that AI is used to inform how consumers understand their skin.

A Legacy of Science, Reimagined Through Generative AI
SkinGPT, Haut.AI’s proprietary generative AI model for skin simulations, represents the company’s pioneering work in bringing generative AI to the beauty and skincare industry. Combined with advancements in explainable machine learning and multi-modal skin analysis, it enables a new generation of intelligent, adaptive experiences that extend beyond traditional beauty tech.

“Together with OLAY, we’ve applied SkinGPT in a completely new way – expanding how generative AI can be used to showcase skincare results in a way that is tailored to the user’s skin characteristics, without relying on generic before-and-after examples.,” said Anastasia Georgievskaya, CEO and Co-founder of Haut.AI. “This collaboration reflects a shared ambition to raise the standard for digital skincare experiences – connecting scientific research and advances in AI with everyday consumer journeys in a more meaningful and trustworthy way.”

About Haut.AI

Haut.AI is a SaaS technology company at the forefront of generative AI-powered skincare personalization and skin intelligence. Founded by scientists and AI innovators, the company has built proprietary technology that turns skin data into objective, quantifiable intelligence across all skin tones and body regions. Haut.AI collaborates with leading global beauty and wellness brands including Neutrogena, Beiersdorf, Ulta Beauty, and Grupo Boticário, enabling them to deliver science-backed, hyper-personalized skincare experiences that drive measurable consumer engagement and business impact. For more information, visit www.haut.ai

About OLAY

OLAY is a worldwide leader in skin care and has been trusted by women for over 70 years. In 2021, it became the first mass skin care brand in the US to commit to zero skin retouching in all advertising to show real results. With a belief in an inclusive beauty standard, as the #1 anti-aging skin care brand, OLAY delivers innovative, high performing products backed by proven science and trusted results that work for all skin tones. Among its award-winning portfolio are the Most Awarded Serum* (Super Serum), the #1 Most Awarded Retinol** (Regenerist Retinol24 Night Moisturizer) and the Most Awarded Facial Cleanser Collection^ (Cleansing Melts).

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Technology

AT&T to Release Third-Quarter 2026 Earnings on Oct. 21

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4 minutes ago

August 27, 2026

AT&T will host a conference call on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. ET to discuss the results

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AT&T will release its third-quarter 2026 results on Oct. 21AT&T will webcast a conference call to discuss results

DALLAS, Aug. 27, 2026 /CNW/ — AT&T (NYSE:T) will release its third-quarter 2026 results before the New York Stock Exchange opens on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026. The company’s earnings release and related materials will be available on the AT&T Investor Relations website.

At 8:30 a.m. ET the same day, AT&T will host a conference call to discuss the results. A live webcast of the call will also be available on the AT&T Investor Relations website, and the webcast replay and transcript will be available following the call.

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About AT&T
We help more than 100 million U.S. families, friends and neighbors, plus nearly 2.5 million businesses, connect to greater possibility. From the first phone call 150 years ago to our 5G wireless and multi-gig internet offerings today, we @ATT innovate to improve lives. For more information about AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), please visit us at about.att.com. Investors can learn more at investors.att.com.

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Dr. Alessandra Sala Named to the 2026 TIME100 AI List

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4 minutes ago

August 27, 2026

The recognition honors Dr. Sala’s leadership in responsible AI development and the advancement of inclusive AI systems

NEW YORK, Aug. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK), a family of brands delivering scalable creative and GenAI solutions to help customers fuel great work, today announced that Dr. Alessandra Sala, Senior Director of AI and Data Science at Shutterstock, has been named to the 2026 TIME100 AI list, TIME’s annual recognition of the 100 most influential people shaping the future of AI.

The recognition reflects Dr. Sala’s sustained leadership at the intersection of AI, data science, ethics, and global governance. Throughout her career, Dr. Sala has worked to translate responsible AI from an aspiration into practical systems, standards, and operating principles, advancing a vision in which technological progress is strengthened by transparency, accountability, human expertise, and respect for the people whose work makes innovation possible.

As Global President of Women in AI, Dr. Sala has helped expand the organization’s international reach and promote greater participation by women and underrepresented communities in AI development. Through her leadership roles with UNESCO’s Women4Ethical AI, and AI Ethics Experts Without Borders, as well as her work with international standards organizations including ISO, IEC and ITU, Dr. Sala has helped advance practical frameworks for AI governance, inclusion in AI development, and standards for multimedia authenticity, helping build the trust and accountability needed for AI to scale across industries and society.

“AI will earn its place in society not only through what it can create, but through the trust it can sustain,” said Dr. Sala. “I am deeply honored by this recognition, which reflects the collective work of colleagues, researchers, standards leaders, and extraordinary women across industry, Women in AI, and Women4Ethical AI. Together, we are demonstrating that innovation becomes more powerful when accountability, inclusion, and human expertise are embedded at its core.”

At Shutterstock, Dr. Sala has helped shape an approach to AI grounded in rights-cleared data, transparent provenance, and involving creators in this evolving ecosystem. That foundation continues to shape how Shutterstock works with leading AI companies to put its diverse, high-quality data to work, helping advance the next generation of AI.

The full 2026 TIME100 AI list here: ti.me/100ai

Shutterstock Data Licensing & AI Services
Shutterstock is an end-to-end AI model training partner that unifies data licensing, services, and long-term collaboration under a single provider—reducing operational complexity and helping teams bring higher-performing AI systems to market faster and with greater confidence. Shutterstock combines access to one of the world’s largest rights-cleared multimodal datasets with advanced data curation and custom training datasets to power high-performing, deployment-ready generative models. This licensable training data includes high-quality labeled and continuously updated multimodal content with clear data provenance to support AI compliance. Shutterstock leverages ML-assisted evaluation tools to provide model training, fine-tuning, alignment, evaluation, and retraining. Through human-in-the-loop workflows, expert creative feedback, and structured preference data, Shutterstock delivers aesthetic preference signals, benchmarking, and regression testing to drive continuous model improvement. Learn more and start the conversation at shutterstock.com/data-licensing.

About Shutterstock
Shutterstock is in the business of turning ideas into impact. Powered by a global network of millions of creators and our cutting-edge technology, we provide businesses, creatives, and brand leaders with the essential, universal ingredients to make their work more effective. Shutterstock offers access to one of the world’s largest and most diverse collections of high-quality licensable assets, specialized training datasets, evaluation tools, and end-to-end strategic partnerships for the full model training lifecycle, as well as advertising and distribution solutions, exclusive editorial content, and full-service studio production—delivering unparalleled resources to fuel great work.

Discover our impact at www.shutterstock.com and connect with us on LinkedIn, Instagram, X, Facebook and YouTube.

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Wesco Declares Quarterly Dividend on Common Stock

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4 minutes ago

August 27, 2026

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Board of Directors of Wesco International (NYSE: WCC) today declared a quarterly cash dividend on all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, in an amount equal to $0.50 per share. The dividend is payable on September 30, 2026 to the holders of record of the common stock at the close of business on September 11, 2026.

About Wesco

Wesco International (NYSE: WCC) builds, connects, powers and protects the world. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Wesco is a FORTUNE 500® company with approximately $24 billion in annual sales in 2025 and a leading provider of business-to-business distribution, logistics services and supply chain solutions. Wesco offers a best-in-class product and services portfolio of Electrical and Electronic Solutions, Communications and Security Solutions, and Utility and Broadband Solutions. The Company employs approximately 21,000 people, partners with the industry’s premier suppliers, and serves thousands of customers around the world. With millions of products, end-to-end supply chain services, and significant digital capabilities, Wesco provides innovative solutions to meet customer needs across commercial and industrial businesses, technology companies, telecommunications providers, and utilities. Wesco operates more than 700 sites, including distribution centers, fulfillment centers, and sales offices in approximately 50 countries, providing a local presence for customers and a global network to serve multi-location businesses and global corporations.

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Scott Gaffner, CFA
Senior Vice President, Investor Relations
Investorrelations@wescodist.com

Corporate Communications

Jennifer Sniderman
Vice President, Corporate Communications
Jennifer.sniderman@wescodist.com

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