The Marketing AI Glossary

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  1. Agentic AI: AI systems designed to plan, sequence, and execute multi-step tasks with a degree of autonomy. In marketing, agentic AI is emerging in workflow orchestration, campaign execution, and cross-tool coordination.
  2. AI Agents: AI-powered entities that can take actions, use tools, and interact with systems or data sources to complete tasks. In marketing, AI agents are used for research, content operations, campaign setup, and optimization.
  3. AI Assistants: AI systems embedded in tools or platforms to support users with recommendations, generation, and analysis. Marketing teams commonly use AI assistants for writing, insights, and operational support.
  4. AI Governance: The frameworks, policies, and controls that guide how AI is selected, deployed, monitored, and evaluated. In marketing, governance ensures brand safety, ethical use, and alignment with business objectives.
  5. AI Hallucination: When an AI system produces outputs that appear confident but are factually incorrect or not grounded in source data. For marketing, hallucinations pose risks to accuracy, trust, and compliance.
  6. Answer Engine Optimization (AEO): The practice of optimizing content so it can be accurately retrieved and cited by AI-powered answer engines and conversational interfaces, rather than ranked only in traditional search results.
  7. Artificial Intelligence (AI): Machine-based systems that generate outputs such as predictions, recommendations, decisions, or content based on data and defined objectives. AI underpins modern marketing automation, analysis, and personalization.
  8. Bias in AI: Systematic distortion in AI outputs caused by biased data, model design, or assumptions. In marketing, bias can impact audience targeting, personalization, and fairness.
  9. Computer Vision: A field of AI that enables systems to interpret and analyze visual data such as images and video. Marketing use cases include brand monitoring, creative analysis, and visual content evaluation.
  10. Customer Segmentation (AI-Driven): The use of machine learning to dynamically group customers based on behavioral, demographic, or predictive signals, enabling more precise targeting and personalization.
  11. Deep Learning: A subset of machine learning using multi-layer neural networks to model complex patterns. Deep learning powers many advanced marketing capabilities, including generative models and perception-based AI.
  12. Embeddings: Numeric representations of text, images, or other data that capture semantic meaning. In marketing, embeddings support search, recommendation systems, and retrieval-based AI applications.
  13. Explainable AI (XAI): Techniques that make AI decisions and predictions interpretable to humans. In marketing, XAI supports trust, transparency, and responsible use of AI-driven insights.
  14. Foundation Models: Large, general-purpose AI models trained on broad data sets that can be adapted to many tasks. Foundation models underpin most modern generative and language-based marketing tools.
  15. Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs): Generative models composed of two neural networks trained in opposition to create realistic synthetic data. In marketing, GANs are primarily used for image and video generation.
  16. Generative AI: AI systems that create new content such as text, images, audio, or video based on learned patterns. Generative AI is widely used in marketing for content creation, ideation, and variation.
  17. Generative Engine Optimization (GEO): The practice of shaping content, structure, and authority signals so brands are accurately represented in AI-generated responses and generative search environments.
  18. Large Language Models (LLMs): AI models trained on massive text corpora to generate, summarize, classify, and transform language. LLMs power most conversational and content-focused marketing AI tools.
  19. Machine Learning (ML): A subset of AI where algorithms learn from data to make predictions or decisions. Marketing use cases include forecasting, personalization, attribution, and optimization.
  20. Model Drift: The degradation of AI model performance over time as data, behavior, or environments change. In marketing, drift can affect predictions, recommendations, and targeting accuracy.
  21. Multimodal AI: AI systems that process and generate multiple data types such as text, images, audio, and video together. In marketing, multimodal AI supports richer content creation and analysis.
  22. Natural Language Processing (NLP): AI techniques that enable machines to understand, interpret, and generate human language. NLP supports chatbots, sentiment analysis, search relevance, and content analysis in marketing.
  23. Personalization (AI-Driven): The use of AI to tailor content, messaging, or experiences to individuals based on data signals, enabling personalization at scale across channels.
  24. Predictive Analytics: The application of machine learning and statistical models to estimate future outcomes based on historical data. Marketing teams use predictive analytics for lead scoring, churn prediction, and demand forecasting.
  25. Prompt Engineering: The practice of designing and refining inputs to guide generative AI outputs. In marketing, prompt engineering affects content quality, consistency, and efficiency.
  26. Recommender Systems: AI systems that predict user preferences and suggest products or content. Recommender systems are foundational to personalization in commerce and media platforms.
  27. Reinforcement Learning: A machine learning approach where models learn through interaction and feedb