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Does ad copy still belong to us now that AI Max can rewrite the headlines?

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Neil Ashworth Asked Aug 10, 2026
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Working through what AI Max means for how we write, and the headline generation is the part I keep circling. In a regulated profession the copy is not a creative decision, it is a compliance one. There are claims we cannot make, comparatives we cannot use, and phrasings that our regulator would take an interest in. If the system can assemble a headline from the page content, then something we did not write and did not approve can appear over our name. I'm not assuming the worst - I would rather ask people who have had it running longer. Two questions: Has anyone seen a generated headline they wouldn't have signed off? Not merely worse than yours, actually unacceptable. Is there a practical way to keep the copy to what was approved while keeping the matching benefits, or are the two things sold as one package?

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G Greg Pallister · Aug 11, 2026
You're asking the right question and you may be the first person in this thread's subject area to ask it out loud, which tells you something about who these features are designed for... What I would say from a general practice standpoint: treat anything generated as copy you have published, because legally that is what it is. The system's confidence that a headline is a fair summary of your page isn't a defence you would want to test. If your regulator cares, the answer is almost certainly to keep the generation off and accept whatever matching benefit you forgo. That's an unsatisfying answer and it's the one I would give in writing.

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