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Marketers have reservations about engaging in a high-stakes game called “Trust the Robot,” wherein they relinquish their valuable data and control over how their campaign goals should be achieved to AI systems. 
June 12, 2023

‘Trust issue is the core’: Marketers balance skepticism with utilization in their adoption of AI-media buying on platforms

Marketers have reservations about engaging in a high-stakes game called “Trust the Robot,” wherein they relinquish their valuable data and control over how their campaign goals should be achieved to AI systems.

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  • Tremor International rebrands as Nexxen amid steepening competition in ad tech.
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