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Why AI is boosting Meta's ad business while hurting Google search
Google and Facebook have dominated the internet for the past two decades, turning billions of eyeballs into trillions in advertising dollars over that stretch.
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Google and Facebook have dominated the internet for the past two decades, turning billions of eyeballs into trillions in advertising dollars over that stretch. But with the ChatGPT era altering how consumers engage online, the companies are diverging. In the third quarter , Meta's ad business grew more than twice as quickly as Google's Search and other unit, backing up Mark Zuckerberg's claim that his company's investments in artificial intelligence are leading to better targeting tools for brands to promote goods and services across Facebook and Instagram.
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