• 95% Of Companies Get Zero ROI From GAI Initiatives, MIT Study Finds
    Despite investments of bewteen $30 billion and $40 billion in enterprise GAI, MIT's NANDA research found many organizations have not seen measurable return on their AI initiatives. The project also has identified other findings.
  • Living The 'Big Bang' Theory In AI
    Recent data compares the cosmic Big Bang to events in advertising such as the AI chatbot explosion that is reshaping the ways humans interact with technology.
  • Programmatic Intent, Performance Data Doubled Organic's Value
    A European travel app found a way to increase app conversions 25.8% by running ads programmatically on the open web - although more than half of performance marketing budgets reportedly go direct to Google and Meta.
  • Fox Risks Performance Media Blackout On YouTube TV
    With streaming growing into one of the largest performance media channels, can a network like Fox afford to go dark on Google-owned YouTube TV?
  • Musk Quest For Microsoft AI Software Biz Likely Includes Ads
    Elon Musk has introduced Macrohard, a crowdsourced name on X. The move challenges Microsoft and others by building a software company run purely by AI.
  • Musk's Near $100B OpenAI Bid Could Complicate Advertising
    A bid for $97.4 billion for OpenAI's assets was reportedly discussed between Musk and Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg, with Musk attempting to get Zuckerberg to contribute to the buy. Advertisers could be caught in the middle of the ongoing feud between Elon Musk and Sam Altman.
  • Brand Websites See Less Traffic, Reddit And Wikipedia Lead ChatGPT Citations
    When a user asks about the best CRM for startups, a brand page typically responds with "Schedule a demo," while Reddit has a thread comparing options. This is why Reddit gets cited in ChatGPT. Here are more examples.
  • What Google's AI-Powered Pixel 10 Gives Advertisers
    NBA star Stephen Curry will support Google's hardware, features and AI services related to Health, Pixel and Cloud products as "performance advisor" - a move based on his athletic experience and expertise, but advertisers might find other benefits.
  • How Microsoft AI Agents In PCs Affect Advertisers
    AI's pervasive integration across Microsoft's applications and services, from advertising to gaming and Excel, while presenting numerous opportunities, also poses several challenges for advertisers that extend beyond ads they make and into deepfakes.
  • AI Rips Away Manual Language Targeting From Google Ads, More To Come
    Google's significant changes to language targeting settings in Google Ads search campaigns will take affect soon. Not all marketers are happy about the change, but many who commented had interesting perspectives on how it will influence the industry.
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