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Why AI is agencies’ frenemy

Why AI is agencies’ frenemy

The Digiday Podcast · Digiday

August 26, 202554m 4s

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Show Notes

This week’s episode recaps xAI’s lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI (3:58), retail media’s recent boom that could be a bubble (11:11), and publishers’ push to usage-based pricing in their AI deals (15:23).

Then (18:50) Digiday editors Seb Joseph and Michael Bürgi join the show to discuss how generative AI technologies could spur agencies to lose client relationships or push brands to rely on agencies even more for AI access.

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