The speed at which marketers are adopting AI-powered tools is moving faster than rules and regulations can keep up. Inadvertently or not — the ad industry at-large has put concerns over intellectual property, brand misuse and other long-term risks in the rearview as it chases speed and scale.
Additional coverage:
- YouTube has taken its first steps to regulate AI-generated content. Marketers welcome the move, but some creators fear its impact on their bottom line.
- In ad circles most of the AI chatter has centered on media — how it's bought, sold and optimized. But the conversation is starting to shift. According to Publicis Groupe CEO Arthur Sadoun, creative is now coming into focus.
- In strategy decks, licensing talks, research reports and closed-door meetings, publishers are navigating a flood of new terms, including “zero-click traffic,” “RAG agents,” and “Model Content Protocol.” Here’s a jargon buster to help make sense of the emerging vocabulary of AI-media economics, what these terms mean, and why they matter now.
- From sister site, Glossy: Rent the Runway is the latest retail company to raise its prices while citing inflationary pressures and tariffs.
- Our most-read story this week: Zero-click search is changing how small brands show up online — and spend.
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Despite concerns around brand misuse and IP, most marketers are sticking to traditional strategies.
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Despite the potential crackdown, both creators and marketers broadly view YouTube’s updated policies as a positive move. They believe it indicates that the platform is paying attention to the ways creators are using AI — and that it’s open to AI tools that don’t result in the propagation of so-called “AI slop” videos.
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Here’s a breakdown of the emerging vocabulary of AI-media economics, what these terms mean, and why they matter now.
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