{"id":10661,"date":"2025-12-19T18:39:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T00:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/attentionmedia.io\/?p=10661"},"modified":"2025-12-19T18:39:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T00:39:48","slug":"most-ad-agencies-are-planning-for-ai-but-few-are-putting-it-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/attentionmedia.io\/?p=10661","title":{"rendered":"Most ad agencies are planning for AI, but few are putting it to work"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/New-MarTech-Charts2-800x427.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"771\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-05-at-9.49.44-AM-771x600.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-404750\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Source: AIDigital\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aidigital.com\/genai-media-benchmark-report-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The State of AI Maturity<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Most ad agencies are talking about AI \u2014 but few are doing it at scale, according to a AIDigital\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aidigital.com\/genai-media-benchmark-report-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The State of AI Maturity<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report shows agencies are deep into the exploratory phase when it comes to adopting AI, with a wide gap between intent and execution. A third of organizations say they\u2019re still drafting a roadmap, while another third are in ad-hoc experimentation mode. That leaves just 16% who say AI is embedded across all teams \u2014 proof that full integration is still the exception, not the rule.<\/p>\n<p>For agencies, the tooling gap is especially clear. More than half say they don\u2019t yet have licensed marketing or advertising-specific AI platforms in place. That likely means many are leaning on general-purpose tools or free versions \u2014 and suggests there\u2019s still a sizable opening for vendors that can offer more specialized, enterprise-ready options.<\/p>\n<p>In short: the AI era in marketing is underway, but most companies are still figuring out how to take the first real steps.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START INLINE FORM --><\/p>\n<div class=\"nl-inline-form border py-2 px-1 my-2\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center nl-inline-container\">\n<div class=\"col-12 pb-1\">\n<p class=\"inline-form-text text-center mb-0\">Fuel up with free marketing insights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-auto pb-2 pb-lg-0\">\n<p class=\"inline-form-text text-center mb-0\">Email:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-8 pe-lg-0\">\n<div class=\"form-nl-inline\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-auto\">\n<p class=\"text-center mb-0\"><a class=\"nl-terms\" href=\"https:\/\/martech.org\/terms-of-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"opens in a new tab\">See terms.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END INLINE FORM --><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/martech.org\/most-ad-agencies-are-planning-for-ai-but-few-are-putting-it-to-work\/\">Most ad agencies are planning for AI, but few are putting it to work<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/martech.org\/\">MarTech<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: AIDigital\u2019s The State of AI Maturity Most ad agencies are talking about AI \u2014 but few are doing it at scale, according to a AIDigital\u2019s \u201cThe State of AI Maturity.\u201d The report shows agencies are deep into the exploratory phase when it comes to adopting AI, with a wide gap between intent and execution. &hellip; 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