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Generative AI in Marketing & Advertising

Brands, agencies, ads, content and search marketing.

  • 37 stories this week
  • Steady vs last week (43)
  • 27 outlets

This week at a glance

Updated Nov 4

  1. Pennsylvania enacted the Artificial Intelligence Deceptive Advertising Act, introducing disclosure requirements for AI-generated advertising.

    Consumer Finance Monitor

  2. Reply reports that Like Reply and Symrise used generative AI to personalize seasonal B2B campaigns, lifting click rates more than fourfold.

    Reply

  3. Travel Manitoba’s campaign aims to appeal to AI chatbots, while Coty aims to use AI for brand discovery and visibility.

    Winnipeg Free PressMass Market Retailers

  4. Japan’s Cross Marketing Group plans to make generative AI developer Chotto a wholly owned subsidiary in December.

    BigGo Finance

Stories per day, last 14 days

Oct 23: 3 storiesOct 24: 2 storiesOct 25: 1 storyOct 26: 10 storiesOct 27: 7 storiesOct 28: 10 storiesOct 29: 10 storiesOct 30: 13 storiesOct 31: 0 storiesNov 1: 2 storiesNov 2: 5 storiesNov 3: 12 storiesNov 4: 4 storiesNov 5: 1 story
Oct 23Nov 5

Last week This week

Most active outlets this week

  • Adweek7
  • The Tribune3
  • Digiday2
  • Skift2
  • FindArticles1
  • CIO1

Industry Spotlight

Video · Nov 2Marketing & Advertising: AI Creative, Agents, Discovery—and the Value GapAn evidence-led look at AI-related developments in advertising creative, agent access and brand discovery, with practical guidance on separating adoption from business value and three observable signals to monitor.Watch the Spotlight →

Where things stand

Week of Oct 19 · reviewed by our editor

Chime is using AI tools to bring research, creative and media in-house, while Fox is adding agency partners using AI agents and expanding into linear television buying. Ad AgeAdweek

Kling AI showcased Kling 4.0 at Advertising Week New York as generative video moves toward enterprise production. Macau Business

Chief Marketer reports that generative AI platforms recommend the same handful of brands, putting concentration in AI recommendations on the marketing agenda. Chief Marketer

New AI transparency requirements have been enacted for advertisers and deployers, while Dan Ilic’s deepfake of Anika Wells forms part of a campaign calling for an AI advertising ban. Inside Global TechMumbrella

The supplied evidence documents AI use in marketing and demonstrations of generative video, but does not establish measured improvements in campaign returns from these developments. Ad AgeAdweekMacau Business

Outlook Our take

Scenario 1

Analysis: Broader production and buying use

Brands could bring more marketing work in-house as generative video tools move beyond demonstrations, while media sellers expand buying through AI agents. Adoption could broaden without yet establishing better campaign returns.

Watch for
  • Brands announce in-house AI workflows spanning research, creative and media.
  • Advertisers publish campaign results from enterprise generative-video deployments.
  • Fox announces further agency partners or expanded television buying through AI agents.
Scenario 2

Analysis: AI recommendation visibility becomes a service

Concentrated brand recommendations could encourage agencies to combine conventional search optimisation with generative AI search services. Whether those services broaden brand visibility or mainly reinforce established names would remain an open question.

Watch for
  • Agencies launch services explicitly combining organic search and generative AI search.
  • Repeated recommendation studies show whether the range of brands appearing in AI answers changes.
  • Brands publish referral or conversion results from AI search activity.
Scenario 3

Analysis: Disclosure and review slow expansion

Transparency requirements and opposition to AI advertising could lead brands to expand more cautiously, with additional disclosure and human review before synthetic creative reaches audiences.

Watch for
  • Regulators publish implementation guidance or enforcement actions concerning advertiser AI transparency.
  • Brands announce disclosure and approval policies for synthetic advertising.
  • Advertisers pause or revise AI-generated campaigns following public objections.

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