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Highlights from today’s newsletter
🤖 Google’s AI Mode will ‘fundamentally redefine’ digital ad industry
🧠 How Meta’s AI superintelligence effort is different from others in the industry
🛒 Do humans still buy? Or are machines already making the decisions?
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AI IN SEARCH
AI Search Shifts Are Redrawing the Map for Digital Advertising
Search is no longer Google’s game alone.
Google’s AI Mode—powered by Gemini—now serves answers directly in conversational summaries, cutting clicks to websites by more than half in some cases. Ads are being stitched into these AI responses, and Google’s new AI Max campaigns let the algorithm pick creatives and match intent without keywords, leaving marketers with less control but higher reported performance.
Meanwhile, Meta is testing AI-powered search across Instagram and Facebook, turning its feeds into intent engines, while TikTok is doubling down on search ads that brands say deliver lower CPAs and lift Google search downstream.
Discovery is being rewritten by AI. Brands that adapt early—across Google’s AI Mode and emerging social search—will win the next wave of intent.
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GENERATIVE AI MARKETING Emphasis is on traditional SEO and GEO techniques to boost visibility in AI-driven platforms, impacting LLMs which are trained now for future relevance. |
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AI INTEGRATION STRATEGY This approach aims to equip individuals with advanced AI tools to aid in personal goal achievement and creativity, offering an alternative direction to the industry’s broader automation strategy. |
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THIS WEEK IN TECH Additionally, regulatory conversations highlight a growing concern, with Trump’s AI action plan advocating against perceived ‘bias’ and a UN tech chief urging global cooperation for AI regulation. |
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