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Meta's ads tools started switching out top-performing ads with AI-generated ones

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Re: Meta's ads tools started switching out top-performing ads with AI-generated ones

#11

there will be a chapter some day on the link or limit between human involvement and emotion, and the economic value of something for 2000 years we removed some hardship to improve everything but everything automated seems like an economic blackhole

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Re: Meta's ads tools started switching out top-performing ads with AI-generated ones

#12

there will be a chapter some day on the link or limit between human involvement and emotion, and the economic value of something for 2000 years we removed some hardship to improve everything but everything automated seems like an economic blackhole

Because there is an obsession re. Financial wealth as opposed to the creation of real wealth.

The two are not the same. The connection between the two has seemingly been lost.

Re: Meta's ads tools started switching out top-performing ads with AI-generated ones

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post #3

this might be a submarine advertisement. someone is pitching their startup near the bottom of the article

I don't think so. It goes against their sponsored content policies https://www.businessinsider.com/sponsor-posts Specifically, it should be labelled, and editorial staff are not involved in making it.

Re: Meta's ads tools started switching out top-performing ads with AI-generated ones

#16
post #3

this might be a submarine advertisement. someone is pitching their startup near the bottom of the article

Submarine? It says Advertising at the top.

That's just the category of news this is. It doesn't mean it's an ad.

Re: Meta's ads tools started switching out top-performing ads with AI-generated ones

#18
I think that's nice! Now my ad-blocker and their ad-generator can have a loving relationship without me being involved. The circle is complete!

Seriously though, every bit of ad-tech news I've heard for the last decade explains why even my 70 year old mother knows what an ad-blocker is and uses it religiously. Meanwhile paywalls are popping up everywhere and you know... I prefer them to ads; they were always used as a bogeyman by ad-tech bros, but truly they're not bad at all. For one thing a paywall really helps you to stop and think how much you care about a site.

Re: Meta's ads tools started switching out top-performing ads with AI-generated ones

#19
> Three advertisers also said they'd encountered a problem where Meta automatically switched those toggles to "on," even when they'd explicitly turned them off — meaning they inadvertently spent their budgets on AI-generated ads they didn't intend to run.

Goodness, such uncharacteristic behavior for Facebook apps :-|

Re: Meta's ads tools started switching out top-performing ads with AI-generated ones

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post #13

That’s a bit risky. When AI starts swapping proven ads, you often end up with more volume but lower quality lots of junk leads. If something is already working, replacing it automatically can hurt real results, not just the metrics.

But just think of how much money Meta could make by slopping fetish-bait over your brand and charging you for every click!
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