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'Proof of humanity' is the biggest marketing opportunity right now
66% of people under 30 already react negatively when a business visibly uses AI in its ads, a reversal for the generation assumed to be AI's biggest fans. That backlash is turning restraint itself into a content opportunity, since publicly declaring what a brand won't automate can work as marketing in its own right, not just a compliance footnote. Aerie's pledge to skip AI-generated models became its most-liked Instagram post ever, with a 23% sales bump the same quarter.
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