The “Mad Men” era is over, AI is taking over advertising

The “Mad Men” era is over, AI is taking over advertising

By Daniel Thomas
Publication Date: 2026-05-12 04:47:00

The era of mad Men is now well and truly over, and the instantaneous responses of chatbots are now replacing the fast-talking advertising creatives of New York’s Madison Avenue as the industry’s focus.

The enormous budgets, well-stocked liquor cabinets and hot filmmakers on speed dial – all famous for the long-running TV series – have given way to programming teams whose AI models reproduce the work in minutes but at a fraction of the cost.

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Financial Times