Agentic AI is the new buzzword. The ad industry is embracing the technology, which goes a step further than generative AI, able to autonomously handle complex decision-making. But is it actually ready to run the show? The year of agentic [...]

This week’s stories spotlight a week of fierce competition from regulators, challenging Big Tech on safety, to media giants battling  AI companies in  court. In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover Netflix and Amazon teaming up to boost CTV ads, UK [...]

Index Exchange Inc., one of the world’s largest independent supply-side platforms (SSPs), and Chalice AI, have announced a strategic partnership with dentsu’s Media Practice. The two companies will form a core part of dentsu’s NextGen initiative, a company-wide transformation designed [...]

In this column for ExchangeWire, Shirley Marschall grapples with the brand safety quandary, and how AI technology could be leading the industry down the path of weaponised addiction. We need to talk about brand safety. No, we actually need to rethink [...]

In today’s Digest, we discuss Google being hit with €2.95bn EU fine, Anthropic’s class action payout, and Midjourney’s DC image lawsuit. We also discuss Roblox adding a video feed, AI tools, and tightening age checks.

Omnichannel advertising platform Azerion is pushing to democratise AI as it rolls out its Azerion Intelligence AI platform over 2025 and beyond. The initiative recognises that AI is increasingly required for effective and innovative business operations, but in-depth deployment is [...]

In today’s Digest, we discuss the Arc browser maker being acquired, Apple preparing a Siri search tool, OpenAI launching an AI hiring platform, and smartphones pushing streaming past linear TV in Germany.

It’s been a big week in ad tech; tech giants faced regulators, media firms scaled up, while AI hit new speeds. In today’s Madtech Daily, we cover Google facing a USD$425m privacy payout and a USD$381m fine in France over [...]

Mark Smith takes a look at the development of ad tech across the MENA region, and why predictions of growth seem well founded… 

In this MadTech Sketch, Ciaran O'Kane outlines fundamental changes across the ad tech stack, amounting to the unbundling of core elements across the supply chain. The dog days of Summer are over. European ad tech emerges from its slumber, readying itself [...]