{"id":2190,"date":"2026-01-24T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/get-ready-for-the-ai-ad-pocalypse\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T15:00:00","slug":"get-ready-for-the-ai-ad-pocalypse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/get-ready-for-the-ai-ad-pocalypse\/","title":{"rendered":"Get ready for the AI ad-pocalypse"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"Of course ad agencies love AI commercials, this Kalshi ad only cost $2,000 to make.\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/Kalshi-AI-ad-hed.png?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tOf course ad agencies love AI commercials, this Kalshi ad only cost $2,000 to make.\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">I&rsquo;ll confess, with no shame whatsoever, that I really love ads. Artsy ones, funny ones, weird ones, emotional ones &#8211; TV commercials were my childhood TikTok before any of us were using terms like \u00ab\u00a0short-form video.\u00a0\u00bb But like most creative things in my life, AI is sucking the joy out of it. And it&rsquo;s only going to suck harder this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Ads are mini-movies, posters, illustrations, and photoshoots with an underlying purpose: to burn whatever product they&rsquo;re flogging into your brain as quickly as possible. It requires a great deal of creativity, and in some cases, a substantial production budget. And while the creative in me loves to see the fr \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/report\/866775\/ai-generated-ads-slop-human-creativity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of course ad agencies love AI commercials, this Kalshi ad only cost $2,000 to make. 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