Meta Turns AI Chats Into Ad Targeting

Plus: Meta halts all political ads in the EU

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Avinash Duggempudi
October 08, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes

ClickZ Meta Insider

Here's what's happening this week in the world of Meta advertising:
- AI conversations enter Meta’s ad targeting playbook.
- EU political ads go dark across Meta.
- Facebook Reels gets a faster recommendation engine.
- Business AI agents land on brand websites.
- Meta doubles down on creators to sell hardware.

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📌WEEKLY MUST-KNOWS

Starting December 16, 2025, Meta will use conversations with its AI tools to personalize ads and content across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, with notifications beginning October 7. There is no opt-out beyond avoiding Meta AI, and the rollout excludes the EU, UK, and South Korea initially. Expect new cross-app signals via Accounts Center to influence targeting and measurement.

Meta upgraded Facebook’s Reels recommendation engine to surface fresher content, weigh Saves, and speed relevance as video watch time rises 20% YoY in the US. Same-day Reels surfaced are up 50%, with new 'bubbles' prompting private chats from Likes and AI-powered suggestions inside the player. Expect distribution shifts that reward cadence and strong hooks, while a Dutch court ruling pressures easier access to non-profiled feeds.

Aspire launched AI Instagram Discovery built with Meta’s creator marketplace API, enabling conversational search, smart filters, lookalikes and new Reels metrics like hook rate. First-party, authenticated creator data promises faster, higher-fit matches at scale. Brands can cut prospecting time and anchor influencer spend to verified performance signals.

⚡QUICK READS

Meta Launches Business AI Sales Agent: Meta is rolling out a free, customizable AI agent that trains on a brand’s site and catalog to answer questions, guide shoppers and surface conversion insights, adding a new on-site conversion lever tied to Meta’s ecosystem.(More)

Meta Debuts New Generative AI And Creator Tools: Meta introduced additional generative AI and creator capabilities aimed at helping brands, advertisers and agencies scale globally, signaling further automation in creative production and collaboration.(More)

Meta To Personalize Ads From AI Chats: Meta will use AI chat interactions to retarget and tailor content across apps starting December 16, with no opt-out and regional carveouts, prompting fresh privacy and compliance checks for brands.(More)

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