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Around 15 years ago, Taz Patel was slinging pop-under ads at Interclick before it was acquired by Yahoo. Now he’s head of advertising at Perplexity, the generative AI startup – valued at $9 billion – that’s angling to disrupt the search engine market and drink Google’s milkshake. It’s a very different vibe. “The thesis is […]

Traditional data is backward-looking, analyzing content performance only after it has been tested against an algorithm, making it an inadequate tool for anticipating trends. Quantitative data highlights past behaviors, while qualitative insights help marketers understand the motivations behind them.

Five ways to better understand your marketing performance.

Today’s search landscape isn’t just about optimizing for human readers—it’s about ensuring content is machine-readable, AI-indexable and structured for both people and AI.

The Home Depot debuted an artificial intelligence-powered chat feature that can answer shopper questions and suggest products.   Home improvement retail chain The Home Depot debuted artificial intelligence-powered shopping tools on its ecommerce site that will answer how-to and product questions.  The Home Depot trained the tool, dubbed Magic Apron, using a large language model, […]

Increased AI usage carries with it some serious environmental implications. But the team at Scope3 believes that selective, strategic use of AI upfront can reduce emissions down the line, especially when it comes to notoriously inefficient sectors like ad tech.

HUMAN’s Satori Threat Intelligence Team uncovered BADBOX 2.0, a massive escalation in cyber fraud infecting over a million devices worldwide—targeting everything from off-brand smart TVs to Android tablets. In this Q&A, HUMAN’s CISO, Gavin Reid, discusses how cybercriminals have leveled up their tactics, why advertisers should be concerned, and what can be done to fight […]

David’s Bridal aims to shift to an asset-light business model, focused on its retail media network, marketplace and new apparel categories.   Bridal gown retailer David’s Bridal named Kelly Cook, the chain’s former president of brand, technology and finance, as the new CEO effective April 1.    Cook will lead David’s Bridal into an asset-light […]

The CMO Council’s inaugural Marketing Vitality Index has amassed a data lake’s worth of statistics and insights from myriad sources to help marketers navigate through what promises to be a year of flux.

ACIF (Ad Creative ID Framework) is the IAB Tech Lab’s universal identifier for video ads. It aims to solve frequency capping issues, improve performance tracking, and streamline ad operations across platforms. Here’s why it matters.