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Brand Strategy for AI Agents 2026: The Algorithm is Your Brand
AI agents now mediate brand discovery—before any campaign, any search result, any human decision. This biweekly essay covers IBM's finding (45% of consumers use AI in buying journeys), the AMA-NY 40-point optimism gap, Salsify's 14% trust stat, Adobe's AI transparency demand, and Kantar/Gartner/BCG frameworks for AI-era brand infrastructure. RDLB's argument: the brands that win aren't the ones with the best AI stack—they're the ones whose brand story is clear, consistent, and
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R* Briefing: Trust Architecture - From Broadcast to Community Credibility
The 2026 Edelman Trust Barometer documents a new trust crisis: insularity. Seven in ten people globally distrust those with different values. RDLB's R* Briefing Issue 003 analyzes what this means for brand trust strategy 2026—why broadcast is failing, how community credibility compounds, and why the creator mechanism now matters more than reach.
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