Smart advertising billboards that reflect your mood

Jul 23, 2015, 05:18 PM

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A big international advertising agency is testing an electronic billboard which it claims uses artificial intelligence to react to your emotions when you look at it. We hear from David Cox, chief innovation officer at the agency behind the idea, M&C Saatchi and Steve Lambert, who runs a group based in Beacon, New York, The Anti Advertising Agency, which campaigns against what it sees as the invasion of outdoor public spaces by billboards.