Tech Stack
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AI
Why 2025 Will Unlock Audiobooks, In-Car Ads, and AI as the Next Big Audio Opportunities
After leading A Million Ads (AMA) to a 60% revenue growth as chief revenue officer, Paul Kelly was promoted to CEO on December 10, 2024. In this Q&A, Kelly dives into some of the biggest trends shaping the industry, including the rapid expansion of in-car personalized ads, the opportunity for audiobook ads, and more.
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Behind the News
With Federal Cybersecurity in Retreat Ad Ops Teams Face New Risks
We’ve seen a whirlwind of activity from the new Trump administration, and one can be forgiven for missing essential developments. But, one trend that may be very problematic for ad ops teams in the months ahead is the federal government’s decision to pull back on cyber security.
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ROI | Metrics
Measuring ROI for Generative AI Lags Behind AI Adoption
Though 63% of marketers use AI, only 49% are measuring the return on their investments, according to AI platform Jasper’s survey of 503 marketing leaders.
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AI
A Peek Behind The Curtain At Perplexity’s Nascent But Growing Ads Business
Around 15 years ago, Taz Patel was slinging pop-under ads at Interclick before it was acquired by Yahoo. Now he’s head of advertising at Perplexity, the generative AI startup – valued at $9 billion – that’s angling to disrupt the search engine market and drink Google’s milkshake. It’s a very different vibe. “The thesis is […]
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Inside the Buy Side
The Data Trap: Numbers Alone Can’t Inform Meaningful Marketing
Traditional data is backward-looking, analyzing content performance only after it has been tested against an algorithm, making it an inadequate tool for anticipating trends. Quantitative data highlights past behaviors, while qualitative insights help marketers understand the motivations behind them.
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Technology
Measuring What Matters: 5 Steps for Smarter Marketing Investment
Five ways to better understand your marketing performance.
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AI
Writing for People and Machines: AI-Era Content Strategies for Marketers
Today’s search landscape isn’t just about optimizing for human readers—it’s about ensuring content is machine-readable, AI-indexable and structured for both people and AI.
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Tech & AI
The Home Depot invests in AI shopping tools
The Home Depot debuted an artificial intelligence-powered chat feature that can answer shopper questions and suggest products. Home improvement retail chain The Home Depot debuted artificial intelligence-powered shopping tools on its ecommerce site that will answer how-to and product questions. The Home Depot trained the tool, dubbed Magic Apron, using a large language model, […]
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AI
Scope3 Announces New AI Products To Reduce Ad Tech’s Growing Carbon Emissions Levels
Increased AI usage carries with it some serious environmental implications. But the team at Scope3 believes that selective, strategic use of AI upfront can reduce emissions down the line, especially when it comes to notoriously inefficient sectors like ad tech.
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Behind the News
Inside BADBOX 2.0: How a Global Malware Operation is Exploiting Ads and Devices
HUMAN’s Satori Threat Intelligence Team uncovered BADBOX 2.0, a massive escalation in cyber fraud infecting over a million devices worldwide—targeting everything from off-brand smart TVs to Android tablets. In this Q&A, HUMAN’s CISO, Gavin Reid, discusses how cybercriminals have leveled up their tactics, why advertisers should be concerned, and what can be done to fight […]