AI Is Rewriting Ad Creative. Brands Need a Smarter Playbook
AI is speeding up ad creative, but better output still depends on sharper strategy, stronger inputs, and tighter brand control.
Google’s new ad experiment pairs AI tools with top creatives to help small businesses punch above their weight
Google is spotlighting a new experiment that brings established creative talent and AI tools into the ad process for small businesses, aiming to make stronger marketing more accessible.
OpenAI widens ChatGPT ads pilot to the U.K., Brazil and Japan
OpenAI is taking ChatGPT ads into more markets, adding the U.K., Brazil and Japan as it tests how advertising can scale inside its fast-growing AI product without overwhelming users.
Social video ad growth is set to outrun CTV this year
Social video is poised to post a faster ad spending growth rate than CTV this year, a notable shift in where marketers are finding scale, performance, and speed.
OpenAI Lays Groundwork for ChatGPT Ads in Europe
OpenAI appears to be setting up the early infrastructure for ChatGPT advertising in Europe, signaling a potentially major shift for marketers, publishers and the wider adtech market.
For Advertisers, the Middle East War’s Biggest Cost Is Uncertainty
The immediate impact of war on ad markets can be measured in disrupted campaigns and nervous brand-safety reviews. The harder cost to price is uncertainty — and that is what is now reshaping advertiser decisions.
Why Creative Measurement Is Becoming Adtech’s Next M&A Battleground
Creative has long been treated as advertising’s hardest variable to quantify. That’s changing fast — and buyers across adtech are moving to own the tools that connect creative decisions to performance.
Walmart’s ad data push is moving closer to self-serve
Walmart is edging its expanded data business closer to self-serve, giving agencies and advertisers a clearer path to access retail insights, planning tools and measurement without as much manual support.
Albertsons brings retail media data to YouTube through Google’s Commerce Media Suite
Albertsons Media Collective is extending its retail media play to YouTube, using Google’s Commerce Media Suite to connect shopper data with video campaigns in a more measurable way.
News UK packages The Times reader data into synthetic ad audiences
News UK is converting first-party signals from The Times into synthetic audiences for advertisers, a move that highlights how premium publishers are reworking targeting as third-party data fades.