Artificial Intelligence

LAS VEGAS — Artificial intelligence can reshape advertising from disruptive interruption to emotional complement by matching ad tone to surrounding content, preventing jarring transitions that produce negative attention as opposed to the good kind. “Let’s say someone was watching Good Will Hunting. It’s the iconic scene where Ben Affleck’s in the bar in Boston; it’s […]

LAS VEGAS — Artificial intelligence models trained on low-quality data risk generating meaningless insights that then degrade further as models train on their own flawed outputs, creating a destructive cycle that obscures actual campaign performance. “One thing that I fear, especially with all the excitement around AI, is that the quality of the training data […]

LONDON — Retail media is evolving from a transaction-focused performance channel toward brand building as companies leverage data and signals to shape customer connections across multiple touchpoints. “Companies can actually use the data in two ways. One is obviously the transaction that will always be there, will remain strong, but also brand building,” Luis Martinez, […]

LONDON — The ad industry is far past the “experimental stage” of artificial intelligence use cases, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the messy complexity associated with the transition is over. “You have to wallow in the mud, which is there’s so much change happening and it’s such transformative change,” Ramsey McGrory, President of Mediaocean’s omnichannel […]

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIF. — Best Buy can tie almost all its transactions back to individual customers, an ability the company considers market leading that’s based on precise measurement and attribution across the complex consumer electronics purchase path. “We have a 93% revenue identification rate. So what that means is 93% of our transactions we […]

In-store retail media is maturing beyond pilot programs toward enterprise-wide networks as national brands commit repeat investments and standardized measurement becomes urgent rather than aspirational. “We’re seeing that national brands are shifting real media dollars [from online] to in-store with repeat investments. That demand for standardized KPIs has really become urgent, and that’s causing a […]

LONDON — Advertisers have faced the perennial issue of balancing identity-focused ad targeting with the need to respect these same consumers’ demand for privacy. The promises of agentic AI seem to grow on a daily basis, but the still-emerging tech just may be the one to solve this targeting dilemma for marketers and media buyers. […]

Publishers facing traffic declines from artificial intelligence-powered search summaries might have one engaging tool to fight back. “Video can’t that easily be replaced by an AI summary. Even if you do video to text and you can summarize it, it doesn’t replace the experience of watching a video,” Shachar Orren, co-founder, CRO and CMO at […]

ORLANDO, FLA. — Artificial intelligence functions as a tool that handles mechanical and repetitive tasks, freeing human creators to focus on imagination, storytelling, and artistic expression that only humans can deliver. “AI is an enhancer, not a replacement of the human,” Denise Colella, VP, Global Digital Strategy Group at Adobe, told Beet.TV contributor David Kaplan […]

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIF. — Among advertisers’ hopes for artificial intelligence is the ability to shape and reshape creative moments within scenes streaming on CTV to bring more emotionally resonant ad experiences at scale. “Every piece of content that we all watch elicits a different emotional reaction or an association. So why shouldn’t the creatives […]

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIF. – For all the talk about artificial intelligence impact on creativity, the data use cases are quickly coming into view among various parts of the ad industry. For example, the ability to autonomously generate audience segments in real time rather, than relying on predefined demographic or behavioral categories, could fundamentally change […]

Artificial intelligence is generating new interactive data signals from creative content that enable moment-based messaging, fundamentally changing how brands reach audiences beyond traditional television daypart structures. “I think if you can provide signals based on moments, and that’s what AI is going to do in creative and content, you can have more powerful dynamic messaging,” […]

Pretty much everyone acknowledges artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping competitive dynamics in ad tech. But how are these new capabilities playing out practically? “AI allows brands and marketers to really compete at all levels. Independent agencies now have an opportunity to level the playing field against many of the bigger partners,” Bill Todd, general manager […]

Marketers need to demand more of artificial intelligence than just seeing it as a tool to find the lowest-cost ad prices. “AI shouldn’t be just finding cheap CPMs. No one wins at that. It’s about connecting the sellers and the buyers,” Rebecca Bonell, senior director, Business Development at OpenX, told Beet.TV contributor David Kaplan. This […]

LAS VEGAS — After years of ad industry striving, the convergence of identity resolution with artificial intelligence tools is finally delivering on the practical promise of brands crafting truly personalized, real-time marketing at scale.  “Missing pieces, like the identity layer and AI, are coming together in ways that enable both the scale and the speed […]

AMENIA, NY — Advertisers continue to rely on general metrics that may offer the value of industry-wide standardized comparisons across media channels, but provide little actionable insight while the identity resolution landscape rapidly shifts toward first-party data strategies and privacy-safe collaboration environments. “I definitely still see some advertisers focusing on those ‘vanity metrics,’ which are […]

AMENIA, NY — The ability to seize the greatest opportunities in this early stage of the artificial intelligence era would seem to belong to the larger holding companies, with their vast array of talent, access to data, and economies of scale versus comparatively smaller independent shops. But indies might actually have one critical advantage that […]

AMENIA, NY — When it comes to media operations, artificial intelligence may be “democratizing” everything between competitors. However, the playing field may be anything but level when AI is used internally with media operators.  “There’s a quote that I really like: ‘The future’s already here. It’s just not equally disseminated.’ That’s a hundred percent true […]

AMENIA, NY — Does the world need another demand-side platform in 2025? Keith Gooberman, CEO and co-founder of DSP Pontiac Intelligence is ready to make that case. “The old DSPs are like a battleship. There are entire departments of people running around the decks,” Gooberman told Beet.TV contributor David Kaplan at the Beet Retreat Berkshires […]

AMENIA, NY — The gap between data collection and actionable insights in programmatic advertising is collapsing as artificial intelligence transforms campaign optimization from a weeks-long process into real-time decision making. “The applications that are driving better outcomes for clients are really our trading agent,” Marion Hargett, chief revenue officer at MiQ, told Beet.TV contributor David […]