Almost half of advertisers now “completely” or “mostly” trust AI adtech to make decisions about campaigns without human oversight — up from 25% last year, according to a report from Advertiser Perceptions, a business intelligence provider. Source: Advertiser Perceptions’ report Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning in Advertising 2024 Previously, advertisers “somewhat trusted” these ad technologies…
Retail media networks (RMNs) are a hot new thing that’s been around for decades. Their roots go back to brands putting ads on store end caps and paying for placement in retailers’ weekly fliers. But, like everything else in marketing, digital took it into a whole different realm. RMNs are both the current and next…
The hype around artificial intelligence may be heading into the “trough of disillusionment,” as Gartner calls it, but the technology continues to progress in big, disruptive ways — especially for martech. That is the nutshell version of the “Martech for 2025” report from Scott Brinker, editor of chiefmartec.com, and marketing technologist Frans Riemersma, released today….
Zeta Global’s stock price jumped 15% yesterday as the company issued a detailed rebuttal to a report critical of its financial practices. Shares closed at $25.4 Wednesday after opening at $22. Last week, short-seller Culper Research issued a report alleging the AI marketing cloud company “formed ‘two-way’ contracts with third-party consent farms wherein the Company…
Google is introducing new shopping features that transform how consumers discover and compare products in-store and online. Key features: Google Lens now provides in-store product price comparisons. Google Maps enables local product inventory searches. Expanded buy now, pay later options. Expanded virtual card protections. Why we care. Google’s new shopping features, powered by AI and…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is preparing aggressive remedies in the wake of its antitrust victory against Google, including a potential forced sale of the Chrome browser, Bloomberg reports. Why we care. Chrome dominates the global browser market, and its separation from Google could dramatically reshape the tech landscape and digital advertising. A forced sale…
TikTok wants to help brands make content for the platform with its new AI tool, Symphony Creative Studio. The tool generates TikTok-style video clips based on a product description or URL. It can pull images directly from a website to build videos that align with TikTok’s popular trends. How it works: Brands input product info…
Zeta Global announced it will hold a video call on Wednesday to address accusations that caused its stock price to drop 34% in the last week. A report last week from Culper Research claims the AI marketing cloud company “formed ‘two-way’ contracts with third-party consent farms wherein the Company simultaneously acts as both a supplier…
Mobile experience company Sinch announced RCS features are now available in the Sinch Customer Dashboard, allowing marketers to integrate rich content into mobile message (SMS) campaigns. In the U.S., RCS (rich communication services) was a little used version of SMS messages only available on Android, until this year. Apple added RCS to iOS 18, significantly…
Many consumers just aren’t that into AI-powered experiences. Only 29% believe that such experiences have met their expectations, according to a new study by marketing consultancy Lippincott. And 40% are skeptical about AI’s future role in improving their experiences with brands. Experience with AI. It’s not that consumers are out of the loop — 61%…