Duck Duck Go’s New AI, Investing in Newsletters, Using AI for SEO, & Ad Spending Sees an Increase

Tyler Bishop and Whitney Wright are back to discuss Duck Duck Go’s new generative AI “Duck Duck Assist”, Slack’s involvement in the AI race, and expectations for AI’s use as an SEO tool to grow 5x in 2023. Additionally, they cover “ad-flation” as major brands report increased ad spending in 2023. Find more episodes and leave podcast feedback and suggestions on https://www.publisherlab.org/ TheLatest.Ezoic.com is up! TheLatest.Ezoic.com is a ‘what’s new’ product page to help publishers stay informed about the newest features of Ezoic so that they can use the products to their full advantage and educate potential Ezoic publishers about the products. 0:00 - Welcome back to The Publisher Lab 0:16 - Happy International Women’s Day 0:55 - AI and the next few years in tech 2:26 - Duck Duck Go launches Duck Duck Assist 3:20 - AI and Search Engines 5:58 - Slack announces partnership with OpenAI 7:06 - Newsletters as an area for investment in 2023 10:50 - AI for SEO expected to grow 5x this year 12:50 - Preventing AI hallucinations 15:20 - Major brands report increased ad spend in 2023 16:23 - “Ad-flation” 19:59- Episode wrap up