A third of UK consumers believe that most online ads are AI generated

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Independent research conducted by CensusWide for Menlo Security, a specialist in cloud security, has revealed that one in three UK consumers believe that over half of all advertisements on websites or social media sites are generated by AI.

Menlo Security is warning of an increase in ‘malvertising’, a form of highly evasive threat where malware is embedded into online or social media ads – due to the rise in convincing fake ads created by AI tools like ChatGPT...

19 June 2023 | Advertising

The CMO and CISO: Assessing the evolving intersection

The world has changed – from Betamax to Netflix, HMV to Spotify, and everything to mobile – and the relentless pace of transformation has put us in a constant state of flux. In a bid to keep up, businesses have increased their focus on digital transformation, propelling the chief information security officer (CISO) from the IT periphery to the very heart of decision-making. 

In parallel, technological evolution has driven a change in customer behaviour. If the purchasing of...

15 February 2021 | CMO