Google Ads adds AI voice-over to Performance Max video ads

Google is enrolling advertisers in an AI voice-over program that will automatically narrate their video ads — unless they opt out by March 20.

Google is enrolling advertisers in an AI voice-over program that will automatically narrate their video ads — unless they opt out by March 20.

OpenAI’s privacy updates let advertisers run personalized ads without accessing users’ chats, keeping targeting safe and privacy-friendly.

An email from the Accelerate with Google program inviting entries to the Google Ads Impact Awards shared the date GML 2026 is happening.

Mobile apps drive most activity as ChatGPT, Gemini and others push AI discovery to 45B monthly sessions, new analysis finds.
A study of U.S. workers finds 14% report « brain fry » from AI overuse. Marketing had the highest rate at 26%.
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Automation and AI are changing PPC roles. Winning teams now control data infrastructure, measurement, analysis, and experimentation.
Publishers are losing ground with younger audiences as creators, video, and platform-native content reshape how news is discovered and trusted.
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If consumers start shopping through AI prompts, ChatGPT could rival search as a demand-capture channel—redirecting ad budgets.
Discover how AI visibility to eligibility marketing is reshaping strategies in fast-changing digital advertising.
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Two years after the DMA took effect, user experience is worse, business metrics are down, and Google’s monopoly remains intact.