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Digiday Programmatic Marketing Summit

Coverage from Digiday’s summit for programmatic leaders.

Digiday Programmatic Marketing Summit

Marketers put up guardrails as AI agents reshape programmatic buying

As AI agents enter programmatic advertising, marketers are adding guardrails to maintain oversight, transparency and control.

May 14, 2026

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