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How Meta's AI push is changing ad creation
Meta is pushing toward fully automated advertising, with a reported goal of letting businesses simply input a credit card and a goal by the end of 2026. In practice, media buyers say the platform is far from ready. The new Andromeda ad retrieval system incentivizes uploading diverse creative to broad audiences rather than targeting fixed segments, which has dramatically increased production demands. Advantage+ campaigns now account for 60-70% of spending at some agencies, but recurring issues with low-quality placements and overspend in weak demographics mean significant human oversight is still necessary. Most large brands remain unwilling to use Meta's generative AI for ad creative due to legal concerns and brand control.
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