
Brand Governance in the AI Era (Part 5 of 6)
In the AI era, inconsistency is a visibility killer. AI engines cross-check signals across every channel and deprioritize sources that contradict themselves. Governance is no longer optional for the CMO.

In the AI era, inconsistency is a visibility killer. AI engines cross-check signals across every channel and deprioritize sources that contradict themselves. Governance is no longer optional for the CMO.

LLM citations of press releases grew roughly 5x in the second half of 2025. The release format that captures the lift looks different from the one most teams still ship - tighter, more numeric, and machine-readable in ways the legacy newswire template never required.

On April 23, 2026, Google's security team published evidence of a 32% rise in adversarial prompt injection across the open web. The line between legitimate GEO and the tricks Google is now actively detecting is wider than the marketing-tools market lets on. Real GEO is the opposite shape: transparent, signaled through documented update channels, and durable for that reason.