AI brings familiar challenges to marketing strategies

2026-05-29

AI presents new challenges to marketers, but most are variations of long-standing issues such as gaining consumer attention and managing brand consistency, writes J. Walker Smith of Kantar. Smith notes that the fundamental shift will occur when AI becomes the primary audience, requiring marketers to "advertise to algorithms" as consumers delegate purchasing decisions to AI agents.

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