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Google Ads Strategists Are Contacting Advertisers Under AI-Generated Names and Photos

By Eric MandellReported by Paid Media News
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Google Ads strategists who are part of the Google Extended Workforce are reportedly reaching out to advertisers using AI-generated profile photos and names that cannot be verified as real people.

SERoundtable reports that Google Ads strategists, who belong to the Google Extended Workforce, are using AI-generated profile photos and names when contacting advertisers. The outlet cites an email from a Google sender to an advertiser that looked legitimate, but searching for the sender turned up no record of that person.

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