Marketers grapple with Google’s new suite of AI-powered ad agents

May 16, 2026

Why brands need to fix their processes before they build their agents

The most important AI lesson senior marketers are learning: start with the process, not the agent. Buried beneath all the noise about agents and autonomous workflows is something that actually cuts to the heart of why there are so many conflicting views about where AI adoption really is right now — and more importantly, why

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Why brands need to fix their processes before they build their agents | The Gradient