How AI Will Change...
How AI Will Change the Consumer Ad Experience
Claire BeDell
September 10, 2025
In the second edition of our new series How AI Will Change, we zoom out from the minutiae of the industry to how advertising is actually experienced. We’re already seeing massive shifts play out in the world of search with the shift towards AI summaries. The contest isn’t for the first click but the second, if there is any click at all. AI also has the potential to completely upend media consumption, maybe affording us the opportunity to look up from our tiny pocket computers. It will force brands to confront a basic question: what, exactly, is the value of our presence in someone’s day?