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How Brands Are Navigating the AI Ad Dilemma

While some fashion labels are starting to experiment with using AI-generated imagery in campaigns, others are taking a firm stance against it. Both approaches reveal how brands are evolving their creative identities and who they are trying to reach.
Aerie's "100% Aerie Real" campaign is an extension of the brand's commitment to never retouch images of models.
Aerie's "100% Aerie Real" campaign is an extension of the brand's commitment to never retouch images of models. (Aerie)

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Aerie’s No-AI Promise

The intimates brand said it’s sticking to real people, breaking from the growing number of brands using AI for content, while OpenAI’s new checkout within ChatGPT and its Sora 2 video app are set to have implications for fashion businesses.

How AI Is Already Changing Marketing

With an array of new AI tools on hand, fashion marketers need to balance automating rote tasks and maintaining their creative vision to ensure brand integrity.

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Haley Crawford
Haley Crawford

Haley Crawford is Marketing Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. She is based in New York and covers the marketing and public relations industries.

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