Ad Tech Briefing: AI is changing programmatic buying faster than who controls it

A survey released last week found widespread use of AI for campaign optimization, though caution remains around fully autonomous trading, with recent updates to Google’s pricing rules underscoring why publisher control remains paramount.

A recent IAB report shows AI is already embedded in programmatic advertising, but giving an agent the authority to buy and sell media is a bigger step than asking it to optimize a campaign. That gap runs through a new survey of Europe’s digital advertising industry.

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Here’s what OpenAI needs to do to reach its billion-dollar ad ambitions

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OpenAI has billion-dollar goals for its ChatGPT ads by the end of this year. The question is: Can execs woo advertisers enough to make good on those ambitions?

Just seven months after its initial launch, OpenAI’s ad business is running at a $1 billion annualized revenue run rate. By the end of the year, the tech company projects its ads business will rake in $25 billion in ad revenue. That projection surges to $100 billion by 2030.

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