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Media Unbounded: The Revolutionary Power of Gen AI in Advertising

blogJuly 3, 2024

In the ever-evolving world of digital advertising, capturing and converting audiences is both a challenge and an opportunity. At the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, dentsu's Hamish Kinniburgh led a panel with industry leaders to explore how Gen AI is revolutionizing advertising.

Kinniburgh emphasized dentsu's innovative approach: "We’re not just a media agency—we integrate media with data, content, commerce, and culture to build an agency fit for today's world." This concept, dubbed Media ++, reflects dentsu's holistic strategy to media.

The panel featured insights from:

    - Jenny Chau, Chief Solutions Officer at Channel Factory
    - Dave Surgan, Emerging Platforms Lead at Meta
    - Sam Temis, MD of Audience, Data and Programmatic Media at Google
    - Chris Yorro, Head of Agency Development at Yelp

These experts discussed the transformative power of AI in delivering personalized, contextually relevant ads. Kinniburgh urged advertisers to embrace AI: "Test, iterate, verify, and start using AI—it’s an ever-changing tool."

Explore the future of AI in advertising with the full panel discussion: