Why AI is boosting Meta's ad business while hurting Google search

The gap between Meta's ad revenue growth and Google's search expansion was the widest it's been since 2021 in the latest quarter.

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  1. Meta's AI-Driven Ad Performance: Meta has leveraged AI to overcome previous ad-targeting limitations caused by Apple's privacy changes, successfully integrating AI assistants into its Ads Manager to boost conversion rates and advertiser investment.
  2. Google's Search Cannibalization and Monetization Challenges: Google's search revenue growth is trailing Meta's because generative AI chatbots are surfacing direct summaries rather than blue links, reducing the clicks that drive Google's ad revenue. While search queries remain at record highs, this shift toward AI-native discovery creates an ongoing risk of search cannibalization.

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