AI also plays an increasingly integral role in ad automation, helping advertisers test, iterate, and optimize performance. Still, many envision a grander future — one in which AI can manage ad campaigns independently.Though that future is possible, today, it’s just hype. Even AI pioneers only entrust the AI systems with specific problems. In the advertising industry, AI is mostly used for quantitative analysis because it cannot grasp human emotion or creativity. Until it is, the best advertising will rely on a marriage of AI and human ingenuity.

Over the years, programmatic advertising has become brands’ go-to technology to reach people with relevant messaging across channels and devices. Yet, it’s largely been powered by third-party cookies, which are falling out of favour as consumer privacy preferences continue to shift.
Growth rates in several APAC markets could easily accelerate with a push from publishers or advertisers. As these markets develop, the efficiency and effectiveness gains achieved by advertisers, agencies, and publishers elsewhere will become more apparent and fuel growth in APAC. It’s a defining point in time for