Bots are clicking your ads, and AI is making buying decisions you never approved. How do you benefit from AI agents without losing control of your ad budget?
In this episode of The AI Marketing Companion, Sandy Carter talks with Brad Wardell, founder and CEO of Stardock and creator of Clairvoyance AI, about bot traffic, click fraud and what happens when Google, Microsoft and Meta turn AI-run ad buying on by default. Brad explains how bots differ from agents, why suspicious clicks deserve a closer look, and where marketers should keep a human in the loop.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN - The difference between AI bots and AI agents - How bot traffic wastes ad budgets, and how to spot it - How agents can monitor campaigns, reviews and lead quality - When to let AI work alone and when a human should approve - Why human-written content still matters, and why attention is marketing's scarcest resource - How to plan for AI costs rising
THE BIG TAKEAWAY Automation without oversight introduces new risks. The goal isn't to give AI more control. It's to know what you're delegating, monitor the results and keep your tools working toward real business outcomes.
Are you using AI to improve your marketing decisions, or handing it control without knowing what it's doing? Tell us in the comments.
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Guest: Brad Wardell | Host: Sandy Carter Sponsored by DaVinci Commerce, an agentic commerce platform that helps brands get discovered and bought inside LLMs.
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