The AI Edge Podcast · 2026-07-13 · 1h 2m
AI-generated content is back on the rise in ad inventory - and it's not just MFA farms anymore. Reddit deleted 25,000 spammy AI posts in Q1. Google took down 50,000 AI slop networks. And the ANA's latest brand safety report shows the problem is getting worse after years of improvement. Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg logged onto X for the first time in years to announce a frontier AI model, an image generator, a video generator, and a cloud compute business - all in one week. This week, Shiv and Myles sit down with Sam Bloom - founder of Camelot Strategic Marketing and Media, now Head of Partnerships at PMG - for a conversation that spans brand safety, Meta's AI ambitions, the future of the agency business, and why the most interesting real estate in AI right now might be something nobody is talking about. Sam breaks down why AI slop isn't a new problem - it's a new weapon in a very old arms race - and why the best defense is still doing basic things well, going deep with trusted partners, and de-averaging your data to find where the fraud is actually hiding. He also makes the sharpest observation in the episode: everyone knows who owns the search box. Nobody owns the voice box.
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