Agents of Change: Human in the Loop
Conversations with people acting as agents of change, and those tracking its ripple effects in real time.Across media, technology, and AI, we unpack what’s real, what’s overhyped, and where human judgment still matters most.
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From Amazon Ads to Fixing Enterprise Data: Joe Luchs on What AI Readiness Actually Takes (opens the original)
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Joe Luchs, Founder and CEO of Datalinx AI, joins Agents of Change to explain why he calls his company an "AI data refinery," using the analogy of crude oil needing to be refined into gas before it can fuel your car, and why he thinks the biggest lie in AI right now is that good tools can replace good data. Joe walks through a real case study with LiveRamp, where Datalinx took a data-onboarding process from a two-week job down to two minutes, and breaks down what his specialized AI agents actuall
2026 Hot Takes on the Croisette: Why Creative Is the Hardest Thing to Hand to an Agent | Matic Tribušon (opens the original)
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We wrap our Hot Takes on the Croisette series with Matic Tribušon, Chief Product Officer at Celtra, on one of the toughest workflows to hand over to agents: creative. Recorded café-side in Cannes, lunch rush and all. Matic argues that agentic AI doesn't change what good creative requires — it just makes weak brand guidelines and loose review processes break faster. He walks through how Celtra pairs generative AI with codified brand guidelines to let non-designers produce more, why human judgment
2026 Hot Takes on the Croisette: Why Salesforce Isn't Shipping Hundreds of Agents Out of the Box | Chinmayi Bettadapur (opens the original)
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Where is Salesforce actually trusting agents with work today? On this episode of Agents of Change, we sit down with Chinmayi Bettadapur, VP and General Manager for Agentforce Media at Salesforce, to talk about building agents that meet the real needs of media and entertainment companies. Chinmayi shares how agents are fast-tracking her own product and engineering teams — letting them prototype and ship roadmap items faster than ever — and why she'd currently describe it as "agents in the loop" m
2026 Hot Takes on the Croisette: Agents Can Run Slack, But Not Your Bank Account Yet | Ben Williams (opens the original)
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Where do you actually trust an AI agent today — and where do you still hold the line? On this episode of Agents of Change, we sit down with Ben Williams, Founder and Managing Director of Kiln, a technology agency focused on the media sector, to talk trust, governance, and what AdCP means for the future of ad tech. Ben shares where agents already run autonomously in his own agency (platform integrations like Anthropic, Workspace, and Slack), and where he draws a hard line today (agents don't get
2026 Hot Takes on the Croisette: How Advertible Is Scaling Creative with Agentic AI | Priti Ohri (opens the original)
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At Cannes Lions, I sat down with Priti Ohri, CEO & Co-Founder of Advertible, to discuss what agentic AI actually looks like inside a growing advertising business. Rather than replacing people, Priti shares how her team is using AI agents to eliminate busy work, amplify creative at scale, and free humans to focus on higher-value strategic thinking. She also explains why trust and governance remain non-negotiable, how multiple agents verify each other's work, and why native advertising may be one
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