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AI gets it wrong 40% of the time. Marketers are publishing anyway.
Vas Bakopoulos 2/24/26 Vas Bakopoulos 2/24/26

AI gets it wrong 40% of the time. Marketers are publishing anyway.

NP Digital tested 600 prompts across six LLMs. No model passed.

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The 3% problem: While top performers scale AI, everyone else holds steady.
Vas Bakopoulos 2/18/26 Vas Bakopoulos 2/18/26

The 3% problem: While top performers scale AI, everyone else holds steady.

Top performers are increasing tech budgets aggressively while most firms stand still. The gap isn’t experimentation, it’s embedded infrastructure.

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Anthropic spent $8M on ads to say they don't do ads
Vas Bakopoulos 2/11/26 Vas Bakopoulos 2/11/26

Anthropic spent $8M on ads to say they don't do ads

The most interesting play from Super Bowl LX wasn't a product demo.

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AI Is Moving from Experiments to Systems
Vas Bakopoulos 2/4/26 Vas Bakopoulos 2/4/26

AI Is Moving from Experiments to Systems

From agentic browsing to creative intelligence, AI spend is shifting from pilots to infrastructure that actually scales.

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Signals structural change, not tactics
Vas Bakopoulos 1/28/26 Vas Bakopoulos 1/28/26

Signals structural change, not tactics

As AI collapses discovery into decisions, entire verticals face disintermediation and customer relationships become the only moat.

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When AI Becomes the Interface, Who Controls Outcomes?
Vas Bakopoulos 1/21/26 Vas Bakopoulos 1/21/26

When AI Becomes the Interface, Who Controls Outcomes?

Google and OpenAI are turning AI into the decision layer. Ads, agents, and measurement are shifting with it.

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AI Is Rewiring Commerce, Creative, and Search. All at Once.
Vas Bakopoulos 1/14/26 Vas Bakopoulos 1/14/26

AI Is Rewiring Commerce, Creative, and Search. All at Once.

From autonomous commerce to companion devices, AI is scaling across the stack, and the winners are moving from testing to execution.

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The Trust Gap Is Becoming AI’s Biggest Risk
Vas Bakopoulos 1/7/26 Vas Bakopoulos 1/7/26

The Trust Gap Is Becoming AI’s Biggest Risk

Executives are confident, the public is cautious, and no major AI company scores above a C+ on safety. Here’s why that gap matters now.

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AI Has Moved from the Lab to the Balance Sheet
Vas Bakopoulos 12/29/25 Vas Bakopoulos 12/29/25

AI Has Moved from the Lab to the Balance Sheet

CMOs and CFOs are done funding experiments. We break down how AI is being repriced as infrastructure—and what now proves value.

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The AI You Use vs. the AI You’re Seen Using
Vas Bakopoulos 12/23/25 Vas Bakopoulos 12/23/25

The AI You Use vs. the AI You’re Seen Using

Behind the Disney deals and Hollywood headlines, a quieter truth emerges: people outsource execution to AI, but protect judgment, taste, and identity.

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$37B Later, Enterprise AI Is Officially Business-Critical
Vas Bakopoulos 12/17/25 Vas Bakopoulos 12/17/25

$37B Later, Enterprise AI Is Officially Business-Critical

Budgets are shifting from models to outcomes. We break down where enterprise AI money is landing and why it matters.

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AI Has a Credibility Problem. Here’s the Fix.
Vas Bakopoulos 12/10/25 Vas Bakopoulos 12/10/25

AI Has a Credibility Problem. Here’s the Fix.

Trust is now the real bottleneck. We break down why AI over-promises, how users react, and the positioning shift that actually restores confidence.

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AI Search Just Made You Invisible. Now What?
Vas Bakopoulos 12/3/25 Vas Bakopoulos 12/3/25

AI Search Just Made You Invisible. Now What?

AI answer engines now bypass the homepage entirely. Here’s how visibility, trust, and distribution are being rebuilt in real time.

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The Quiet AI Power Shift No One’s Talking About
Vas Bakopoulos 11/26/25 Vas Bakopoulos 11/26/25

The Quiet AI Power Shift No One’s Talking About

This week we’re tracking a quiet power shift in AI, a pricing reckoning, and the platforms racing to catch up.

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Your Agency’s Workload Is Falling by a Third: Where Will the Value Go?
Vas Bakopoulos 11/19/25 Vas Bakopoulos 11/19/25

Your Agency’s Workload Is Falling by a Third: Where Will the Value Go?

BCG data shows marketing leaders expect agency contribution to fall up to 14 percentage points as Agentic AI and tech take over. Plus: The browser is now an autonomous decision-maker.

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AI Agents Flop the Freelance Test. Now What?
Vas Bakopoulos 11/12/25 Vas Bakopoulos 11/12/25

AI Agents Flop the Freelance Test. Now What?

This week: Why top AI tools failed 97.5% of real-world tasks, how marketers are actually using them, and the $60B ad engine rewriting B2B playbooks.

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