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> A podcast about AI and advertising

It's going to be fine. Probably_

Sean Halpin and Cameron Armstrong work out what AI is actually changing in advertising, and what that means for the people doing the work. News on Mondays. A guest on Fridays.

16episodes since July
8guests, Omnicom to PubMatic
10 hrson the record
> The show

You spent years getting good at this. Now AI does a lot of it.

So what is the job now? Every Monday we take the week's news and ask what actually changed. Every Friday, someone who is doing the work tells us how they're handling it.

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> Monday

The week's news

Recent episodes: Meta's consumer AI push, testing ChatGPT ads, and Nielsen buying DoubleVerify.

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> Friday

The guest

Guests so far have worked at Meta AI, Apple, Omnicom, PubMatic, Kayzen, Yolodex, ViVV Labs + more…

> Hosts

Nobody knows yet. Especially us.

Sean Halpin

Built Sentient Talent through content. Also hosts Programmatic Pulse and runs Ad Tech Connect.

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Cameron Armstrong

Started in advertising at 17 as an apprentice. Works at VCCP as Addressable Director. First in the UK to put an agentic workflow live in a campaign, through PubMatic.

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> Episodes

16 episodes so far. Newest first.

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  1. Is Meta Winning the Consumer AI Race?LatestChris Williamson and ElevenLabs, AI filmmaking, and testing ChatGPT ads40:39
  2. Inside PubMatic’s Agentic Advertising Strategywith Harry Tong, PubMatic46:50
  3. AI & Advertising News Roundup: OpenAI, Meta, Jev and H3Sponsored agents, and who your AI assistant is really working for32:19
  4. The Three Human Skills AI Can’t Replacewith Dr Cecilia Dones, lecturer, researcher and AI transformation adviser46:07
  5. Building the AI Agencywith Brandon Keenan, ViVV Labs48:51
  6. Is VibeCoding a Dirty Word?Watermarking AI text, model routing, and Lovable as the Shopify of software33:58
  7. Creative Strategy Is the Futurewith Zaeem Bhanji, Yolodex45:21
  8. We Put Higgsfield to the Test… It PassedCinematic scenes, personalised videos and full product ads from simple prompts30:09
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> Be a guest

Come on the show.

We want people who are doing the work and will say what they actually think, including what didn't work. Message us on LinkedIn and we'll come back to you.

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