--- title: Marketing AI Week in Review 9/27/24 description: "Weekly AI news highlights: Sam Altman's vision of AI in education and healthcare, Amazon's new ad features, AI bots in primary care, and Cloudflare's site scraping marketplace." image: https://signal78.ai/hubfs/DALL%C2%B7E%202024-09-25%2020.59.55%20-%20A%20geometric%2c%20low-poly%20style%20background%20image%20with%20no%20people%20or%20objects%2c%20featuring%20a%20distinct%20and%20unique%20texture%2c%20different%20from%20previous%20designs.%20The%20.webp --- [Skip to content](https://signal78.ai/insights/marketing-ai-week-in-review-9/27/24#main) [![Signal78 home](https://signal78.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/signal78-site/logo-signal78.png?width=95&height=30&name=logo-signal78.png)](https://signal78.ai/) [Home](https://signal78.ai/) [Platform](https://signal78.ai/platform) [Services](https://signal78.ai/services) [About](https://signal78.ai/about) [Insights](https://signal78.ai/insights) [Book a demo](https://signal78.ai/insights/marketing-ai-week-in-review-9/27/24#demo) [← Insights](https://signal78.ai/insights) Marketing AISeptember 27, 20242 min read # Marketing AI Week in Review 9/27/24 ![Matt Cyr](https://signal78.ai/hubfs/signal78-site/headshot-matt-cyr.jpg)**Matt Cyr** · Founder & President, Loop ![](https://signal78.ai/hubfs/DALL%C2%B7E%202024-09-25%2020.59.55%20-%20A%20geometric%2c%20low-poly%20style%20background%20image%20with%20no%20people%20or%20objects%2c%20featuring%20a%20distinct%20and%20unique%20texture%2c%20different%20from%20previous%20designs.%20The%20.webp) In this article Share ### Every week, I summarize the week's top AI news, with an emphasis on higher education and healthcare marketing. | Sam Altman's Rose-Colored Glasses Sam Altman of OpenAI this week released a post called "[The Information Age](https://ia.samaltman.com/)," which outlines his view of what AI can do for the world: "Our children will have virtual tutors who can provide personalized instruction in any subject, in any language, and at whatever pace they need. We can imagine similar ideas for better healthcare, the ability to create any kind of software someone can imagine, and much more." The optimist's optimist or an overly rosy pitch for the trillions in investment money he's looking for? | ![part-1](https://signal78.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/part-1.webp?width=706&height=405&name=part-1.webp) | | --- | --- | | Higher Ed 2025: AI Agents, Tutors & Campus Robots? A thought-provoking look at what the [AI-fueled near future of higher ed](https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2024/09/25/near-future-vision-ai-higher-ed) could look like. | ![logo](https://signal78.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/logo.png?width=1500&height=741&name=logo.png) | | **Amazon Ads: From Static to Steam in No Time Flat** Buying ads through Amazon this holiday season? You have some [new AI-driven options](https://www.marketingdive.com/news/amazon-ai-video-ad-generator-holiday-marketing-campaigns/727757/) to choose from, including things like adding rising steam to a formerly static picture of a cup of coffee. ☕ | ![steaming-coffee](https://signal78.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/steaming-coffee.gif?width=400&height=300&name=steaming-coffee.gif) | | 🤖 The Bot Doc Will See You Now According to *Forbes*, health systems are increasingly using [AI bots for primary care](https://www.forbes.com/sites/saibala/2024/09/23/health-systems-are-increasingly-leveraging-ai-bots-for-primary-care/). "Intake and data entry will be done \[in the app\] before patients are assigned to and seen by a physician...allowing clinicians to spend more of their time on patient care." | ![960x0](https://signal78.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/960x0.webp?width=959&height=548&name=960x0.webp) | | Site Scrapers Pay Up! Did you know that AI bots are constantly scraping your site for new content? I didn't either until I read [this article](https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/23/cloudflares-new-marketplace-will-let-websites-charge-ai-bots-for-scraping/), which talks about how Cloudflare is working on a marketplace that will let brands (pay to) decide who scrapes their site and how often. | ![scraperbot-1920w](https://signal78.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/scraperbot-1920w.jpg?width=1200&height=630&name=scraperbot-1920w.jpg) | ![Matt Cyr](https://signal78.ai/hubfs/signal78-site/headshot-matt-cyr.jpg) Founder & President ### Matt Cyr Nearly 30 years leading marketing teams, from Boston’s hospitals and universities to eight years running strategy and new business at a 100-person agency. Founded Loop in 2024. ## More insights. [See all insights→](https://signal78.ai/insights) ### [![](https://signal78.ai/hubfs/Gemini_Generated_Image_tlr2qftlr2qftlr2.jpeg) AI StrategyOctober 6, 2026 It’s Q4 — How’s Your AI Plan Coming? 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