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Google Rolls Out Chatbot Agents For Marketers
The long-awaited Googlebots are here. Which is to say, Google on Wednesday announced the full availability of its new agentic AI tools, called Ads Advisor and Analytics Advisor. Google debuted the two in-platform chatbot solutions at Google Marketing Live in May and is now rolling these bots out to all English-language accounts, Google VP of […]
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Everyone’s A Little Scared Of AI – Even The CEO Of This AI-Powered Platform
AI tools are – for better or worse – infiltrating every step of the advertising journey, from creative and planning to execution and measurement. At the same time, some consumers are becoming increasingly skeptical as they question the authenticity and human touch of the content they encounter. “There is a lot of negative backlash against AI-generated content […]
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Retail’s AI Moment Is (Almost) Here
Jeff Cohen, Skai’s new chief business development officer, unpacks why the smartest retailers and brands are already connecting the data dots and rethinking their playbooks for the AI era, even though the shopping bots aren’t quite there yet.
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AI Slop Is The New MFA, And We All Need To Fight It
Low-quality, AI-generated content – or AI slop – is flooding the open web. The entire digital ecosystem is adapting to the challenges that generative AI’s exponential growth presents. As someone who spends a lot of time thinking about media waste and ROAS, I’ve seen how easy it is for bad actors to spin up thousands […]
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EssilorLuxottica Leans Into AI To Avoid Ad Waste
Inefficiency is baked into the programmatic supply chain. Between invalid traffic (IVT), bots, flawed targeting approaches that need to be adjusted midflight and ad tech taxes collected by middlemen along the way, brands spend a lot of money without seeing a return. But AI can help cut out some of this programmatic waste, said Caroline […]
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The Big Story
APIs FTW, But IPs Are TBD
New APIs from Roku, Comcast and The Trade Desk are reshaping digital advertising, from self-serve campaign management to cross-platform measurement. But when it comes to identity and targeting, a new study finds that IP address matching is missing the mark.
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Data-Driven Thinking
Why Meta’s Exit From MRC Audits Should Be A Wake-Up Call For Marketers
Meta’s decision to withdraw from the Media Rating Council’s brand-safety audits and its subsequent loss of accreditation have sparked important questions for advertisers that depend on transparency and accountability to protect their brands online. When one of the world’s largest advertising platforms steps away from independent verification, it’s a reminder of how critical third-party accountability […]
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AdExchanger Talks
The Legal Analyst In Google’s Corner
Vidushi Dyall went from tracking cybercriminals at the Manhattan DA’s office to dissecting online ad empires. In this episode, she breaks down the DOJ’s antitrust battles with Google – and why she sometimes finds herself rooting for the so‑called evil empire.
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How Agentic Advertising Platform Aimy Uses Comcast’s Universal Ads API
On Monday, Brand Networks announced that Universal Ads would now be buyable through the company’s agentic ad buying platform, Aimy Ads.
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Data-Driven Thinking
Why Your First AdCP Project Is Probably Going To Fail
Ad Context Protocol (AdCP) is being sold as a magic bullet. But let’s be honest: Your first AdCP project is probably going to fail. It won’t fail because the protocol is bad; it will fail because you’ve been sold a simplistic dream – a “universal API” for ad tech – and that’s what you’re budgeting […]
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