A debate is brewing over the risks and rewards of serving ads to AI agents0

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• August 5, 2026

Ads designed to influence AI agents rather than human consumers are emerging as a new marketing channel. They’re also opening up a new brand safety battleground. The big outstanding question: Once the AI platforms get wise to brands advertising to their crawlers, will they play ball or try to stamp out the practice? Here’s an