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DoorDash: outside AI agents have placed only several hundred orders so far
DoorDash's CEO says third-party AI agents barely register in order volume, a data point for marketers weighing how fast agentic commerce will arrive.
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Zocdoc opens its healthcare booking platform to AI agents
Zocdoc now lets AI agents search providers, check insurance, and book visits, a shift that matters for healthcare marketers and anyone selling through marketplaces.
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ChatGPT Ads now rewrites advertiser creative on its own unless you opt out
OpenAI turned on automatic ad changes for ChatGPT Ads accounts, and marketers who want control over copy and links must check their settings.
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Shopify will pay AI agent developers commissions on promoted products
Shopify's new preview rewards the companies behind shopping agents for promoted sales, which raises disclosure questions for merchants and marketers.
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Agencies start rethinking staffing as AI fluency becomes a baseline skill
At Digiday's Media Buying Summit, agency leaders said training, junior roles and tool access are the first levers for fitting AI into team structures.
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Google says AI Mode queries are longer and discovery is moving earlier in the funnel
A Google Ads Decoded episode points to conversational, exploratory search, and advertisers planning for 2027 get ideas but no conversion data.
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Amazon bets on its Ads Agent as ad revenue nears $20 billion
Amazon's Q3 ad sales rose to about $19.6 billion, and its new AI buying agent is central to growth plans, raising transparency questions for advertisers.
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Alphabet's Q3 drop puts AI Mode ad costs and reporting under scrutiny
After Alphabet's stock fell on Q3 results, advertisers are asking what AI Mode placements deliver, since Google does not report them separately.
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Report: OpenAI safety check can block sites from ChatGPT browsing with no appeal
A Search Engine Journal contributor says a hidden OpenAI site-safety layer can lock out legitimate publishers, and marketers have no clear way to check or contest it.
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WPP's decline eases in Q3 as media unit returns to growth
WPP posted a smaller underlying revenue drop in the third quarter, and its media arm grew for the first time in six quarters, which matters to clients and agency partners.
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HubSpot lost most of its blog traffic and still grew revenue. Here is how
HubSpot's CMO explains why an 80% organic traffic drop did not hurt revenue, and what marketers should measure now that AI answers are taking clicks.
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Google takes AI Mode ads global as Search growth slows to 12%
Alphabet widened ads in AI Mode beyond the U.S. and added follow-up question ads, while Search revenue growth cooled for a second straight quarter.