"WE7 AI estimates that agentic advertising could produce 2–4x more carbon emissions per impression than traditional programmatic because of the additional AI computing involved."
NEW: OpenAI is testing Sponsored Agents, letting ChatGPT users move from an ad into a clearly labeled conversation with a business-sponsored AI agent.
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Kind of hilarious to see the last 48 hours dominated by “AI could kill us in 10 years,” while the ad industry is like, “Hey, we just launched an agentic campaign in Germany where a bot we spun up over the weekend bought an impression.”
Some are claiming this is a record for the shortest time between a company joining and then exiting the S&P 500.
Not sure if true but a dubious honor, of course.