A staggering 85% of respondents were worried their brand is not being used correctly within their organisation. Given the huge levels of investment that businesses make into their brand, this may be seriously jeopardising the integrity of Marketing's efforts.
When AI tools started taking off, Google faced a serious problem: the risk of its search results being flooded with AI-generated spam. If left unchecked, the world's most-used search engine would lose trust - and with it, revenue. Search drives almost 57% of Alphabet's income, totaling over $198bn annually. And that revenue was at risk. AI spam isn't like old-school SEO spam. It's better written, harder to detect, and convincing enough to fool algorithms.