Soku AIBlog
Insights, tutorials, and updates from the Soku AI team.
Gemini Computer Use Safety: Prompt Injection Rules for Ad Teams
Gemini computer use introduces browser-agent power and prompt-injection risk. Here is the safety model ad teams need before agents touch platform UIs.
9 min read · June 25, 2026
YouTube Shorts vs TikTok vs Reels: AI Creative Testing, Brand Safety, and Measurement
The complete guide to YouTube Shorts for AI ad teams: how to split short-form creative tests across Shorts, TikTok, and Instagram Reels, plus the MRC accreditation context, brand-safety QA gates, and brand-campaign measurement that make Shorts budget defensible.
36 min read · June 24, 2026
Ask Ad Manager: What Google's New AI Agent Means for Ad Teams
Google's Ask Ad Manager is a Gemini-built AI agent for publisher ad operations. Here is what it changes for reporting, troubleshooting, and the next wave of ad-platform agents.
13 min read · June 23, 2026
Google Ad Manager MCP Server: What Publishers Should Prepare Now
Google says Ad Manager developer tools, including REST APIs and an MCP server, are coming later in 2026. Here is the operating model publishers should prepare before the tools arrive.
7 min read · June 23, 2026
We Tested Gemma 4 12B for Ad Automation - What Actually Works
A practical Gemma 4 12B ad automation test: where it works for creative QA and variant briefs, where it fails on causality, and how to use it safely with Soku.
8 min read · June 22, 2026
Gemma 4 12B vs Alternatives, Ranked by Setup Time
A setup-time ranking for Gemma 4 12B versus hosted frontier models, larger local open models, and custom multimodal stacks for AI marketing teams.
17 min read · June 22, 2026
The AI Ads Agency Tech Stack: The Tools You Actually Need in 2026
A buyer's guide to the lean, four-layer tech stack an AI ads agency actually needs in 2026 — creative, ad-platform automation, analytics, and ops — plus where an AI agent replaces a seat so output scales with software, not headcount.
11 min read · June 17, 2026
ChatGPT Ads Conversion Tracking: Set Up User Objects for Accurate Matching
OpenAI is updating ChatGPT Ads conversion tracking to use provided user objects for more accurate matching. Here is what user objects are, why hashed first-party identifiers raise match rates, and how to implement and verify them.
11 min read · June 17, 2026
How to Create ChatGPT Ads Campaigns From Product Feeds
OpenAI's Ads Manager now ingests product feeds and lets you build campaigns straight from your catalog. Here is the step-by-step walkthrough — feed requirements, ingestion, Product Feed campaign setup, and how an AI agent keeps creative fresh at scale.
11 min read · June 17, 2026
How to Get Your First 10 Clients for an AI Ads Agency
A concrete client-acquisition playbook for a brand-new AI ads agency — positioning, a tight target list, the paid-audit-to-retainer motion, outbound templates that work, and how to avoid spray-and-pray. Zero to your first ten clients.
12 min read · June 17, 2026
How to Price an AI Ads Agency (Pricing Models + Margins)
How to price an AI ads agency with real numbers: flat retainer ranges, percentage of ad spend, hybrid base-plus-bonus, value-based logic, and the margin advantage that lets an AI-agent agency price below incumbents and still keep more.
12 min read · June 17, 2026
How to Start an AI Ads Agency in 2026: The Complete Playbook
A practical, operator-grade playbook for starting an AI ads agency in 2026 — the new ad-platform landscape, the AI-agent operating model that changes your margins, niche, offers, stack, pricing, and your first clients.
16 min read · June 17, 2026