Brand Safety 2026

AI Is Multiplying Risk—and Helping Manage It

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AI is reshaping brand safety by amplifying risks around placement, accuracy, and authenticity while offering new tools to control them. As automation scales, marketers face a growing tradeoff between performance gains and trust.
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AI is reshaping brand safety by increasing risks in relation to content adjacency, misinformation, and authenticity while simultaneously improving control tools. As automation scales, marketers must balance performance gains with trust, taking more ownership amid inconsistent platform governance.

Key Question: How is AI helping and hindering advertisers in their brand safety endeavors?

Key Stat: Nearly 60% of US digital advertising professionals actively avoid advertising next to content that contains inaccuracies or hallucinations.

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Bill Fisher

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Erika Huber
Director, Report Editing
Emma Noyes
Senior Graphic Designer, Data Visualization
Heather Sprung
Senior Editor
Tracy Tang
Matt Torpey
Senior Data Visualization Editor
Jherr Daven Velasco
Data Visualization Editor
Max Willens
Yoram Wurmser
Principal Analyst
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