October 29th, 2024

Meta's AI Abundance

Meta is leveraging generative AI to enhance its advertising business, improving efficiency and profitability while adapting to digital advertising changes, particularly after Apple's App Tracking Transparency policy.

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Meta's AI Abundance

Meta is increasingly positioned to leverage generative AI in its advertising business, potentially making it one of the most valuable companies globally. Historically, Meta has thrived during investor panic, and despite concerns about its AI spending and ad pricing, it has shown resilience and efficiency. The company has adapted to changes in digital advertising, particularly following Apple's App Tracking Transparency (ATT) policy, which forced a shift to probabilistic ad models. This transition has allowed Meta to maintain profitability while serving a diverse range of advertisers, particularly smaller, internet-native companies. Generative AI enhances Meta's advertising capabilities by enabling the rapid testing of numerous creative ad variations, optimizing performance based on real-time feedback. This technology not only improves ad effectiveness but also increases Meta's margins by allowing it to operate more efficiently. Additionally, Meta's unique text-to-message ad format, which facilitates direct interactions between consumers and businesses, is expected to grow, particularly in markets with lower labor costs. Overall, Meta's strategic focus on generative AI and operational efficiency positions it favorably in the competitive digital advertising landscape.

- Meta is well-positioned to capitalize on generative AI in advertising.

- The company has adapted successfully to changes in digital advertising due to ATT.

- Generative AI allows for rapid testing and optimization of ad creatives.

- Meta's operational efficiency has improved profitability despite revenue challenges.

- The text-to-message ad format is expected to grow, enhancing consumer-business interactions.

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By @michaelbuckbee - 6 months
It's in there but buried, I think it's really hard to overstate that Gen AI is Meta (and Amazon's and Apple's) opportunity to wrest search away from Google.
By @paulpauper - 6 months
It's the ads, less so the AI. Meta makes an absolute killing with ads by dominating much of the internet now, usurping the throne from google. Instagram + Facebook +WhatsApp is probably easily going to be worth $2+ trillion even if the Metaverse does not work. AI is the icing on the cake or long shot that can catpult Meta to even more riches.
By @dkrich - 6 months
This is a well thought out bull case for AI paying off at Meta. I just wonder what the upper limit is on ad spend in this economy from that long tail of advertisers, especially to Meta users which seem to be mostly focused on consumer goods. Surely Meta is already tapping into an enormous portion of that limit.
By @te_chris - 6 months
So many well thought out words and almost none about product, users or the people who actually provide the asset being monetised.

The products they make are sugar and if you wean yourself off you find they’re not actually important to you. There may be a strong hold, but switch focus and it’s easily broken.

There’s vulnerability there just waiting to be exploited.

By @dantyti - 6 months
>the more of a black box Meta’s advertising becomes the better the advertising results, even as Meta makes more margin

this one screams 'citation needed' and is not what I'm hearing from people in the field. Would anyone care to share their experience?

By @RyanShook - 6 months
I sold in 2022 when they went full metaverse on us... one of my mistakes was believing Zuckerberg when he said he would bet the company on VR.