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Advanced Agentic Fit Explorer

An expert analysis of 98 IAB use cases, viewed through the dual lenses of agentic fit and GenAI vs. ML contribution.

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Total Use Cases

98

Avg. GenAI Fit

42%

Avg. ML Fit

58%

Strong Agentic Fit

33

Moderate Agentic Fit

39

Weak Agentic Fit

26

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Agentic fit measures how well a task aligns with an AI agent's core capabilities: perceiving, reasoning, and acting to achieve goals. This definition is adapted from the "rational agent" concept in Russell & Norvig's "Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach" and Andrew Ng's work on "Agentic AI."

Distribution by Category

Fit Distribution

An Expert's View: From Strategy to Production

The Data Engineering Foundation

Every use case here is predicated on a massive data engineering foundation. Without clean data, reliable pipelines, and low-latency processing, even the most advanced agent is rendered ineffective.

Agentic vs. AI Agent

Agentic AI is the broader concept of solving issues with limited supervision, whereas an AI agent is a specific component within that system that is designed to handle tasks and processes with a degree of autonomy.

Agentic AI vs. Generative AI - IBM →

Day-Two Operational Challenges

  • Monitoring & Guardrails: Autonomous agents require real-time alerting and automated kill-switches to prevent unintended consequences like overspending.
  • Retraining & Drift: Models need continuous evaluation to detect performance drift and trigger retraining to adapt to new market dynamics.
  • Auditability: Deploying agents at scale requires a robust governance framework—an "AI constitution" or a secure chain of reasoning—to ensure every decision is aligned, safe, and auditable.
Showing 98 of 98 use cases.
Creative & Personalization
established Strong Fit

Generative Creative (Copy, Image, Video)

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to generative creative (copy, image, video).

AI Contribution Split

90%

GenAI Components

multimodal content generation

ML Components

quality assessment optimization
View Expert Rationale

Pure content generation across all modalities - the core strength of GenAI.

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Creative & Personalization
emerging Strong Fit

Synthetic Voice & Audio Generation

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to synthetic voice & audio generation.

AI Contribution Split

95%

GenAI Components

voice synthesis audio generation

ML Components

quality optimization
View Expert Rationale

Almost purely generative content creation for audio and voice.

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Creative & Personalization
emerging Strong Fit

AI-Assisted Creative Briefing

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to ai-assisted creative briefing.

AI Contribution Split

85%
15%

GenAI Components

brainstorming concept generation

ML Components

idea evaluation similarity
View Expert Rationale

Core creative ideation and conceptualization with minimal analytical support.

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Creative & Personalization
emerging Strong Fit

Interactive Content Creation (AR/VR)

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to interactive content creation (ar/vr).

AI Contribution Split

85%
15%

GenAI Components

interactive content conversational ai

ML Components

user behavior prediction
View Expert Rationale

Heavy content generation and interaction design with some behavioral optimization.

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Creative & Personalization
emerging Strong Fit

AI-Powered Virtual Product Placement

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to ai-powered virtual product placement.

AI Contribution Split

85%
15%

GenAI Components

visual synthesis integration

ML Components

placement optimization
View Expert Rationale

Advanced visual content generation and seamless media integration.

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Creative & Personalization
emerging Strong Fit

AI-Assisted Campaign Activation

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to ai-assisted campaign activation.

AI Contribution Split

65%
35%

GenAI Components

content adaptation brief interpretation

ML Components

qa automation performance prediction
View Expert Rationale

Blends generative content adaptation with ML for QA and performance prediction.

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Creative & Personalization
emerging Strong Fit

Real-Time Creative Personalization

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to real-time creative personalization.

AI Contribution Split

60%
40%

GenAI Components

dynamic assembly

ML Components

multi armed bandits optimization
View Expert Rationale

Combines GenAI for dynamic element assembly with ML for selecting the best combination.

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Creative & Personalization
established Strong Fit

Dynamic Creative Channel Adaptation

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to dynamic creative channel adaptation.

AI Contribution Split

70%
30%

GenAI Components

content adaptation reformatting

ML Components

optimization performance prediction
View Expert Rationale

Content transformation and adaptation with performance optimization.

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Owned & Earned Media
emerging Strong Fit

AI-Native Content Visibility Optimization

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to ai-native content visibility optimization.

AI Contribution Split

65%
35%

GenAI Components

prompt engineering response analysis

ML Components

performance tracking
View Expert Rationale

Heavy on interacting with and adapting to LLM responses, a GenAI-native task.

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Owned & Earned Media
emerging Strong Fit

Autonomous Social Media Agents

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to autonomous social media agents.

AI Contribution Split

85%
15%

GenAI Components

content generation engagement

ML Components

performance optimization
View Expert Rationale

Autonomous content creation and engagement with minimal optimization.

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Owned & Earned Media
emerging Strong Fit

Brand Representation Monitoring in AI Chat

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to brand representation monitoring in ai chat.

AI Contribution Split

50%
50%

GenAI Components

query generation

ML Components

response classification sentiment analysis
View Expert Rationale

Even split between generating test queries (GenAI) and classifying the responses (ML).

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Owned & Earned Media
emerging Strong Fit

Automated Reputation Management

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to automated reputation management.

AI Contribution Split

55%
45%

GenAI Components

response generation

ML Components

risk detection sentiment analysis
View Expert Rationale

Blends ML for detecting reputation risks with GenAI for drafting responses and counter-messaging.

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Owned & Earned Media
emerging Strong Fit

Crisis Prediction & Mitigation

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to crisis prediction & mitigation.

AI Contribution Split

40%
60%

GenAI Components

scenario generation

ML Components

anomaly detection signal detection
View Expert Rationale

Heavy on ML for anomaly and signal detection, with GenAI helping to generate mitigation scenarios.

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Measurement & Analytics
emerging Strong Fit

Conversational Analytics Assistants

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to conversational analytics assistants.

AI Contribution Split

60%
40%

GenAI Components

natural language interface

ML Components

data retrieval analysis
View Expert Rationale

Combines GenAI's conversational ability with ML-powered data retrieval and analysis.

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Measurement & Analytics
established Strong Fit

Automated Anomaly Detection

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to automated anomaly detection.

AI Contribution Split

25%
75%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

anomaly detection root cause analysis
View Expert Rationale

A classic ML task to find outliers, with GenAI helping to explain the potential cause.

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Measurement & Analytics
emerging Strong Fit

Automated Post-Campaign Analysis

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to automated post-campaign analysis.

AI Contribution Split

30%
70%

GenAI Components

report generation

ML Components

statistical analysis performance metrics
View Expert Rationale

Primarily an ML analytics task, with GenAI generating the final report narrative.

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Measurement & Analytics
emerging Strong Fit

AI-Powered Sponsorship ROI Modeling

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to ai-powered sponsorship roi modeling.

AI Contribution Split

25%
75%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

brand lift modeling econometrics
View Expert Rationale

Uses ML to model complex factors like brand lift and media value equivalency.

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Media Strategy & Planning
established Strong Fit

Automated Media Budget Allocation

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to automated media budget allocation.

AI Contribution Split

20%
80%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

optimization algorithms performance forecasting
View Expert Rationale

Core task is optimization based on predictive performance models, a classic ML strength.

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Media Strategy & Planning
established Strong Fit

Dynamic Media Mix Modeling

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to dynamic media mix modeling.

AI Contribution Split

15%
85%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

econometric modeling causal inference
View Expert Rationale

Advanced statistical modeling to determine channel impact, a deeply ML-native task.

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Media Strategy & Planning
emerging Strong Fit

Emerging Channel Opportunity ID

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to emerging channel opportunity id.

AI Contribution Split

35%
65%

GenAI Components

reporting

ML Components

signal detection trend analysis
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Primarily an analytical task of identifying signals in data, with some generative reporting.

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Media Buying & Activation
established Strong Fit

Autonomous Pacing & Spend Agents

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to autonomous pacing & spend agents.

AI Contribution Split

15%
85%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

reinforcement learning optimization
View Expert Rationale

A classic ML optimization problem, adjusting spend based on predictive models.

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Media Buying & Activation
emerging Strong Fit

Cross-Channel Orchestration Agents

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to cross-channel orchestration agents.

AI Contribution Split

35%
65%

GenAI Components

message adaptation

ML Components

sequencing optimization reinforcement learning
View Expert Rationale

Uses ML for sequencing and timing optimization, with GenAI for adapting messaging.

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Media Buying & Activation
established Strong Fit

Real-Time Bidding Optimization

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to real-time bidding optimization.

AI Contribution Split

90%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

real time prediction bidding algorithms
View Expert Rationale

Purely an ML-driven task, using predictive models to set bids in milliseconds.

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Media Buying & Activation
established Strong Fit

Ad Fraud Detection & Prevention

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to ad fraud detection & prevention.

AI Contribution Split

90%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

anomaly detection classification
View Expert Rationale

Relies on ML for anomaly detection and classification of fraudulent patterns.

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Media Buying & Activation
emerging Strong Fit

Audience Fatigue Prediction

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to audience fatigue prediction.

AI Contribution Split

30%
70%

GenAI Components

creative suggestions

ML Components

predictive modeling engagement scoring
View Expert Rationale

Predictive ML models identify decline in engagement, with GenAI suggesting creative refreshes.

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Media Buying & Activation
established Strong Fit

AI-Driven Supply Path Optimization

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to ai-driven supply path optimization.

AI Contribution Split

15%
85%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

optimization algorithms efficiency modeling
View Expert Rationale

An optimization problem solved with ML models that predict path efficiency.

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Media Buying & Activation
established Strong Fit

Dynamic Pricing & Merchandising

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to dynamic pricing & merchandising.

AI Contribution Split

20%
80%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

dynamic pricing models demand forecasting
View Expert Rationale

Uses ML to predict market demand and set optimal prices.

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Brand Assurance, Compliance & Responsible AI
emerging Strong Fit

Automated Compliance QA Agents

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to automated compliance qa agents.

AI Contribution Split

50%
50%

GenAI Components

rule interpretation

ML Components

content classification
View Expert Rationale

Balances GenAI's ability to understand rules with ML's ability to classify content against them.

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Brand Assurance, Compliance & Responsible AI
emerging Strong Fit

AI Ethics Monitoring & Governance

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to ai ethics monitoring & governance.

AI Contribution Split

45%
55%

GenAI Components

report generation

ML Components

breach detection
View Expert Rationale

Uses ML to detect ethical breaches, with GenAI for creating governance reports.

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Brand Assurance, Compliance & Responsible AI
established Strong Fit

Automated Competitive Separation

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to automated competitive separation.

AI Contribution Split

20%
80%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

brand classification real time detection
View Expert Rationale

Relies on ML classification to identify competitor ads in real-time.

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Brand Assurance, Compliance & Responsible AI
established Strong Fit

Account Takeover Detection

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to account takeover detection.

AI Contribution Split

90%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

anomaly detection behavioral analysis
View Expert Rationale

A classic ML use case involving anomaly detection on user behavior data.

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Content Protection & IP Licensing
established Strong Fit

Autonomous IP Violation Detection

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to autonomous ip violation detection.

AI Contribution Split

15%
85%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

image matching content fingerprinting
View Expert Rationale

Relies on ML models for large-scale image and content matching.

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Content Protection & IP Licensing
emerging Strong Fit

Smart Contracts for Licensing

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to smart contracts for licensing.

AI Contribution Split

25%
75%

GenAI Components

contract generation

ML Components

validation
View Expert Rationale

Uses GenAI for contract creation, but the automation relies on deterministic rules and data feeds, with ML for validation.

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Audience Insights
emerging Moderate Fit

Voice of Customer Analysis

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to voice of customer analysis.

AI Contribution Split

70%
30%

GenAI Components

nlp insight generation

ML Components

classification sentiment scoring
View Expert Rationale

Heavy focus on natural language understanding and generating actionable insights from customer feedback.

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Audience Insights
emerging Moderate Fit

Synthetic Audience Testing

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to synthetic audience testing.

AI Contribution Split

80%
20%

GenAI Components

persona generation scenario creation

ML Components

performance validation
View Expert Rationale

Primarily about generating realistic test audiences and scenarios for campaign testing.

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Audience Insights
established Moderate Fit

Real-Time Trend & Sentiment Analysis

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to real-time trend & sentiment analysis.

AI Contribution Split

60%
40%

GenAI Components

insight generation

ML Components

sentiment scoring classification
View Expert Rationale

Balances NLP for insight generation with ML for sentiment scoring and trend classification.

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Audience Insights
emerging Moderate Fit

AI-Powered CX Journey Optimization

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to ai-powered cx journey optimization.

AI Contribution Split

40%
60%

GenAI Components

journey mapping

ML Components

pattern detection optimization
View Expert Rationale

Combines generative journey mapping with ML-based friction point detection and optimization.

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Audience Insights
emerging Moderate Fit

Alternative Data Discovery

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to alternative data discovery.

AI Contribution Split

30%
70%

GenAI Components

summarization

ML Components

feature engineering quality assessment
View Expert Rationale

Uses GenAI for summarization but relies on ML to evaluate data quality and predictive power.

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Audience Insights
established Moderate Fit

AI-Powered Identity Unification

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to ai-powered identity unification.

AI Contribution Split

20%
80%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

entity resolution probabilistic matching
View Expert Rationale

Relies heavily on ML for probabilistic matching and entity resolution.

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Creative & Personalization
emerging Moderate Fit

Cultural Adaptation & Localization

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to cultural adaptation & localization.

AI Contribution Split

80%
20%

GenAI Components

cultural adaptation localization

ML Components

cultural sensitivity scoring
View Expert Rationale

Primarily about adapting and generating culturally appropriate content.

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Creative & Personalization
established Moderate Fit

Automated Social Content Generation

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to automated social content generation.

AI Contribution Split

80%
20%

GenAI Components

content creation scheduling

ML Components

timing optimization engagement prediction
View Expert Rationale

Primary content generation with some timing and engagement optimization.

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Creative & Personalization
emerging Moderate Fit

AI-Generated Product Detail Page (PDP) Content

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to ai-generated product detail page (pdp) content.

AI Contribution Split

75%
25%

GenAI Components

content generation localization

ML Components

performance optimization ab testing
View Expert Rationale

Content creation and localization with performance optimization and testing.

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Creative & Personalization
emerging Moderate Fit

AI-Powered Music Selection for Ads

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to ai-powered music selection for ads.

AI Contribution Split

60%
40%

GenAI Components

music analysis

ML Components

recommendation mood classification
View Expert Rationale

Uses GenAI to describe music mood, and ML to match it against audience and creative goals.

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Creative & Personalization
emerging Moderate Fit

Multimodal Competitive Creative Analysis

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to multimodal competitive creative analysis.

AI Contribution Split

55%
45%

GenAI Components

multimodal description

ML Components

classification pattern detection
View Expert Rationale

Uses GenAI to describe and summarize creative, and ML to classify and find patterns.

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Creative & Personalization
established Moderate Fit

Automated Creative Testing

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to automated creative testing.

AI Contribution Split

40%
60%

GenAI Components

variant generation

ML Components

statistical analysis performance prediction
View Expert Rationale

Relies on ML for statistical analysis of tests, though GenAI can create the variations.

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Owned & Earned Media
established Moderate Fit

AI-Powered Content Repurposing

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to ai-powered content repurposing.

AI Contribution Split

80%
20%

GenAI Components

content transformation adaptation

ML Components

performance optimization
View Expert Rationale

Content transformation and reformatting with minimal optimization.

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Owned & Earned Media
established Moderate Fit

Automated SEO Content Optimization

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to automated seo content optimization.

AI Contribution Split

45%
55%

GenAI Components

content rewriting

ML Components

keyword analysis ranking prediction
View Expert Rationale

Blends GenAI for content rewriting with ML for keyword analysis and ranking prediction.

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Owned & Earned Media
established Moderate Fit

Automated Earned Mention Monitoring

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to automated earned mention monitoring.

AI Contribution Split

30%
70%

GenAI Components

summarization

ML Components

classification sentiment analysis topic modeling
View Expert Rationale

Primarily an ML task of classification and sentiment analysis, with GenAI for summaries.

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Measurement & Analytics
emerging Moderate Fit

Natural Language Data Querying

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to natural language data querying.

AI Contribution Split

65%
35%

GenAI Components

text to sql nl understanding

ML Components

query optimization
View Expert Rationale

Heavy GenAI focus on translating natural language to structured queries (e.g., text-to-SQL).

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Measurement & Analytics
emerging Moderate Fit

Emotion-Based Creative Measurement

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to emotion-based creative measurement.

AI Contribution Split

45%
55%

GenAI Components

insight summarization

ML Components

emotion detection computer vision
View Expert Rationale

Uses computer vision (ML) to detect emotions, with GenAI to interpret and summarize the findings.

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Measurement & Analytics
established Moderate Fit

AI-Powered Engagement Dashboards

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to ai-powered engagement dashboards.

AI Contribution Split

40%
60%

GenAI Components

narrative generation

ML Components

data analysis visualization
View Expert Rationale

Uses GenAI to generate narrative insights from ML-driven data analysis.

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Measurement & Analytics
emerging Moderate Fit

Creative Effectiveness Scoring

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to creative effectiveness scoring.

AI Contribution Split

35%
65%

GenAI Components

explainability

ML Components

predictive scoring multimodal analysis
View Expert Rationale

ML models predict effectiveness, with GenAI providing explanations for the scores.

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Measurement & Analytics
emerging Moderate Fit

Cross-Campaign Learning

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to cross-campaign learning.

AI Contribution Split

25%
75%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

transfer learning meta learning
View Expert Rationale

Uses ML to extract and transfer learnings (features, patterns) between campaigns.

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Media Strategy & Planning
emerging Moderate Fit

AI-Assisted Campaign Briefing

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to ai-assisted campaign briefing.

AI Contribution Split

75%
25%

GenAI Components

brief generation creative planning

ML Components

data analysis targeting
View Expert Rationale

Heavy focus on creative ideation and campaign planning with supporting data analysis.

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Media Strategy & Planning
emerging Moderate Fit

AI-Driven Knowledge Search

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to ai-driven knowledge search.

AI Contribution Split

80%
20%

GenAI Components

search summarization synthesis

ML Components

relevance ranking retrieval
View Expert Rationale

Primarily about content understanding, summarization, and knowledge synthesis (RAG).

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Media Strategy & Planning
emerging Moderate Fit

Automated Keyword Expansion

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to automated keyword expansion.

AI Contribution Split

70%
30%

GenAI Components

semantic understanding generation

ML Components

relevance scoring optimization
View Expert Rationale

Language understanding and semantic generation with performance optimization.

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Media Strategy & Planning
emerging Moderate Fit

AI-Based Contextual Targeting

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to ai-based contextual targeting.

AI Contribution Split

60%
40%

GenAI Components

contextual understanding topic modeling

ML Components

classification
View Expert Rationale

Leverages LLMs for deep contextual understanding, moving beyond simple keyword matching.

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Media Strategy & Planning
established Moderate Fit

Dynamic Inventory Performance Summaries

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to dynamic inventory performance summaries.

AI Contribution Split

55%
45%

GenAI Components

nl summarization

ML Components

performance analysis
View Expert Rationale

Combines ML for performance analysis with GenAI for creating natural language summaries.

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Media Strategy & Planning
established Moderate Fit

Competitor Spend & Creative Analysis

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to competitor spend & creative analysis.

AI Contribution Split

40%
60%

GenAI Components

creative summarization

ML Components

pattern detection spend estimation
View Expert Rationale

Blends GenAI for summarizing creative themes with ML for spend pattern recognition.

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Brand Assurance, Compliance & Responsible AI
emerging Moderate Fit

Cultural Sensitivity Analysis

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to cultural sensitivity analysis.

AI Contribution Split

75%
25%

GenAI Components

cultural analysis adaptations

ML Components

sensitivity scoring pattern detection
View Expert Rationale

Heavy cultural content analysis and adaptation with sensitivity scoring.

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Brand Assurance, Compliance & Responsible AI
emerging Moderate Fit

AI-Powered Bias & Sensitivity Detection

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to ai-powered bias & sensitivity detection.

AI Contribution Split

65%
35%

GenAI Components

nuance understanding explanation

ML Components

bias classifiers
View Expert Rationale

Leverages GenAI's nuanced understanding of language to identify potential bias that simple classifiers might miss.

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Brand Assurance, Compliance & Responsible AI
established Moderate Fit

AI-Enabled Creative Accessibility

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to ai-enabled creative accessibility.

AI Contribution Split

70%
30%

GenAI Components

accessibility enhancements alt text

ML Components

compliance checking accessibility scoring
View Expert Rationale

Content generation for accessibility features (e.g., alt text) with compliance checking.

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Brand Assurance, Compliance & Responsible AI
emerging Moderate Fit

AI-Powered Influencer Content Pre-Screening

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to ai-powered influencer content pre-screening.

AI Contribution Split

55%
45%

GenAI Components

brand voice analysis

ML Components

compliance classification
View Expert Rationale

Uses GenAI to check for brand voice alignment, and ML to screen for compliance issues.

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Brand Assurance, Compliance & Responsible AI
emerging Moderate Fit

AI Hallucination & Misinformation Detection

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to ai hallucination & misinformation detection.

AI Contribution Split

45%
55%

GenAI Components

fact checking

ML Components

classification natural language inference
View Expert Rationale

A meta-task where ML models are trained to detect failures in GenAI models.

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Brand Assurance, Compliance & Responsible AI
emerging Moderate Fit

Bias Detection in Targeting & Creative

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to bias detection in targeting & creative.

AI Contribution Split

40%
60%

GenAI Components

mitigation strategies

ML Components

bias detection algorithms
View Expert Rationale

Relies on ML to find statistical bias, with GenAI to help explain and mitigate it.

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Brand Assurance, Compliance & Responsible AI
emerging Moderate Fit

Regulatory Compliance Monitoring

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to regulatory compliance monitoring.

AI Contribution Split

35%
65%

GenAI Components

legal text analysis

ML Components

compliance checking
View Expert Rationale

Uses GenAI to parse legal text, and ML to monitor ads for compliance.

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Brand Assurance, Compliance & Responsible AI
emerging Moderate Fit

Deepfake & Synthetic Media Detection

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to deepfake & synthetic media detection.

AI Contribution Split

30%
70%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

classification artifact detection
View Expert Rationale

Relies on ML classifiers trained to spot the artifacts of generative models.

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Content Protection & IP Licensing
emerging Moderate Fit

AI-Powered Content Valuation

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to ai-powered content valuation.

AI Contribution Split

60%
40%

GenAI Components

quality analysis novelty detection

ML Components

valuation modeling
View Expert Rationale

Uses GenAI to analyze content novelty and quality, with ML to model market value.

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Content Protection & IP Licensing
emerging Moderate Fit

Content Watermarking & Fingerprinting

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to content watermarking & fingerprinting.

AI Contribution Split

55%
45%

GenAI Components

watermark generation

ML Components

watermark detection
View Expert Rationale

GenAI can be used to create novel watermarks, while ML is used to detect them.

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Content Protection & IP Licensing
emerging Moderate Fit

Automated Licensing Workflows

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to automated licensing workflows.

AI Contribution Split

40%
60%

GenAI Components

agreement drafting

ML Components

asset management
View Expert Rationale

Uses GenAI to draft licensing agreements, with ML for managing and tracking assets.

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Content Protection & IP Licensing
established Moderate Fit

AI-Powered Advertiser Asset Protection

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to ai-powered advertiser asset protection.

AI Contribution Split

35%
65%

GenAI Components

notice generation

ML Components

infringement detection
View Expert Rationale

Relies on ML for detecting unauthorized use, with GenAI to help draft takedown notices.

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Content Protection & IP Licensing
emerging Moderate Fit

Content Authentication Chains (Blockchain)

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to content authentication chains (blockchain).

AI Contribution Split

30%
70%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

authenticity verification
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Primarily a data structure/security task, with ML used to verify content authenticity.

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Audience Insights
established Weak Fit

Lookalike & Behavioral Cohort Prediction

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to lookalike & behavioral cohort prediction.

AI Contribution Split

90%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

classification clustering scoring
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Almost entirely a predictive ML task to identify patterns and score new users.

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Audience Insights
established Weak Fit

Cross-Sell/Upsell Recommendations

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to cross-sell/upsell recommendations.

AI Contribution Split

15%
85%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

recommendation engines collaborative filtering
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Classic recommendation engine problem, heavily reliant on collaborative filtering and other ML models.

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Audience Insights
established Weak Fit

Predicting Customer Value

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to predicting customer value.

AI Contribution Split

15%
85%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

predictive modeling regression
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Classic predictive modeling (CLV) based on historical user data.

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Audience Insights
established Weak Fit

Customer Value & Engagement Modeling

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to customer value & engagement modeling.

AI Contribution Split

20%
80%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

predictive modeling classification
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Core task is predictive modeling based on historical data, a classic ML strength.

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Audience Insights
emerging Weak Fit

Synthetic Data Generation

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to synthetic data generation.

AI Contribution Split

85%
15%

GenAI Components

data generation privacy preservation

ML Components

statistical validation
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Core task is generating realistic artificial data - quintessential GenAI application.

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Owned & Earned Media
established Weak Fit

AI-Optimized Content Scheduling

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to ai-optimized content scheduling.

AI Contribution Split

20%
80%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

predictive modeling optimization
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Classic optimization problem based on historical engagement data.

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Owned & Earned Media
established Weak Fit

Content Authority & Expertise Scoring

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to content authority & expertise scoring.

AI Contribution Split

25%
75%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

scoring models graph analysis
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Relies on ML models to weigh various signals (links, authorship) to produce a score.

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Owned & Earned Media
established Weak Fit

AI-Powered Influencer Identification

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to ai-powered influencer identification.

AI Contribution Split

25%
75%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

performance prediction audience analysis
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ML models predict influencer performance and audience match, a primarily analytical task.

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Owned & Earned Media
emerging Weak Fit

Predictive PR Outreach

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to predictive pr outreach.

AI Contribution Split

35%
65%

GenAI Components

copy personalization

ML Components

interest prediction network analysis
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Uses ML to predict journalist interest, with GenAI assisting in personalizing outreach copy.

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Measurement & Analytics
established Weak Fit

AI-Driven Attribution Modeling

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to ai-driven attribution modeling.

AI Contribution Split

15%
85%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

causal inference probabilistic models
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Advanced statistical and ML modeling to assign credit to touchpoints.

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Measurement & Analytics
established Weak Fit

Performance Forecasting

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to performance forecasting.

AI Contribution Split

20%
80%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

time series forecasting regression
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Core time-series and regression modeling based on historical performance.

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Measurement & Analytics
established Weak Fit

Automated Marketing Data Cleaning

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to automated marketing data cleaning.

AI Contribution Split

20%
80%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

error detection data imputation
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Uses ML models to identify and correct errors, a data pre-processing task.

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Measurement & Analytics
established Weak Fit

Automated Data Collection & Integration

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to automated data collection & integration.

AI Contribution Split

15%
85%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

schema mapping
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Largely an engineering and data pipeline task, with ML for schema mapping.

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Measurement & Analytics
emerging Weak Fit

Federated & Clean Room Model Training

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to federated & clean room model training.

AI Contribution Split

90%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

federated learning privacy enhancing tech
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A specialized ML technique for privacy-preserving model training.

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Measurement & Analytics
established Weak Fit

Automated Data Quality Monitoring

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to automated data quality monitoring.

AI Contribution Split

20%
80%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

data drift detection anomaly detection
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Uses ML to detect data drift and quality issues over time.

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Media Strategy & Planning
established Weak Fit

Seasonality & Market Predictions

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to seasonality & market predictions.

AI Contribution Split

15%
85%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

time series forecasting anomaly detection
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Classic time-series forecasting, a core ML discipline.

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Media Strategy & Planning
emerging Weak Fit

Audience Attention Prediction

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to audience attention prediction.

AI Contribution Split

25%
75%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

predictive modeling computer vision
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Predictive models based on creative and contextual features to score attention.

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Media Strategy & Planning
established Weak Fit

Privacy-Safe Audience Targeting

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to privacy-safe audience targeting.

AI Contribution Split

25%
75%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

predictive targeting privacy techniques
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Relies on ML for predictive targeting on aggregated data, with minimal generative input.

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Media Buying & Activation
established Weak Fit

Rules-Based Media Execution Agents

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to rules-based media execution agents.

AI Contribution Split

20%
80%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

predictive modeling
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Relies on ML to set the rules, but the execution itself is less complex.

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Media Buying & Activation
established Weak Fit

Send-Time & Channel Optimization

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to send-time & channel optimization.

AI Contribution Split

20%
80%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

predictive modeling optimization
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A predictive modeling task based on historical user engagement patterns.

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Media Buying & Activation
established Weak Fit

Inventory Forecasting

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to inventory forecasting.

AI Contribution Split

25%
75%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

time series forecasting
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A time-series forecasting problem, core to ML.

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Brand Assurance, Compliance & Responsible AI
emerging Weak Fit

Campaign Carbon Footprint Measurement

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to campaign carbon footprint measurement.

AI Contribution Split

30%
70%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

estimation models
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Uses ML models to estimate carbon output based on various campaign factors.

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Brand Assurance, Compliance & Responsible AI
established Weak Fit

Automated Content Rights Verification

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to automated content rights verification.

AI Contribution Split

25%
75%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

content fingerprinting matching algorithms
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Uses ML for content fingerprinting and matching against rights databases.

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Brand Assurance, Compliance & Responsible AI
established Weak Fit

Malvertising & Cloaking Detection

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to malvertising & cloaking detection.

AI Contribution Split

15%
85%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

classification behavioral analysis
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Relies on ML classifiers to detect the sophisticated patterns of malicious ads.

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Brand Assurance, Compliance & Responsible AI
emerging Weak Fit

IP Risk Detection for AI-Modified Assets

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to ip risk detection for ai-modified assets.

AI Contribution Split

25%
75%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

image similarity style analysis
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Uses ML for image similarity and style analysis to detect potential IP infringement.

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Content Protection & IP Licensing
established Weak Fit

Yield Forecasting & Monetization

Official Summary

An AI-driven approach to yield forecasting & monetization.

AI Contribution Split

20%
80%

GenAI Components

N/A

ML Components

yield prediction forecasting
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A predictive ML task to forecast revenue based on inventory and market data.

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