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AI Agents and the Art of Not Buying the Wrong Thing
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AI Agents and the Art of Not Buying the Wrong Thing

The advertising industry has spent the better part of a century trying to prevent human beings from making expensive mistakes with other people's money. Now it must figure out how to extend the same courtesy to software. As artificial intelligence agents begin to take on media buying tasks that were once the exclusive province of junior planners and

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Subway Stairs, and a Campaign Built on Chivalry
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Subway Stairs, and a Campaign Built on Chivalry

The New York City subway system, that great democratic leveler where hedge fund managers and hot dog vendors alike are reduced to waiting on a

Quality as a Selling Point Returns to Fashion
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Quality as a Selling Point Returns to Fashion

There was a time, not so long ago, when advertisements for consumer products routinely made claims about how well those products were made. The stitching