AI advertising glossary

Ad review

Ad review is the check an ad platform runs on an ad, and often on its landing page and advertiser, before the ad is allowed to serve.

Facts verified Also: ad approval, ad policy review, creative review

What it means

Every channel Admux sells reviews ads before they serve, but each one checks different things and moves at a different speed. Google reviews every new or edited ad against Google Ads policies, and most reviews finish within one business day.

OpenAI requires ChatGPT ads to pass review before serving. Review is mostly automated, using machine learning, LLMs and classifiers with human oversight, and covers the advertiser, the creative, the landing page and the placement. Editing creative, changing the brand name (which pauses serving) or legal name, and branding changes trigger re-review. Business verification can take up to 7 business days and may be required after a spending threshold.

Gravity reviews each new campaign before delivery and shows the status Processing during setup; activating a campaign again can send it back to review. Categories such as weapons, pharma, alcohol, dating and licensed gambling need explicit Gravity authorization.

When you buy ads

Plan launch dates around the slowest review in your mix, and avoid editing creative close to a launch since edits restart review. Admux adds a screening step before submission: it checks your creative against each channel’s rules, then submits it to the channel for that channel’s own review. Admux reports two review states per leg, its own and the provider’s, and keeps acceptance, approval and serving separate. If a human reviewer is looking at a leg, you can send context with a review note, which reaches the reviewer but never clears review on its own. A rejection on one channel never stops the other legs.

Sources

  1. About the ad review process - Advertising Policies HelpGoogle Ads Help · checked 10 Nov 2026
  2. Frequently asked questions | OpenAI Help CenterOpenAI Help Center · checked 10 Nov 2026
  3. Ad policies | OpenAIOpenAI · checked 10 Nov 2026
  4. Campaign ManagementOpenAI developer docs · checked 10 Nov 2026
  5. Troubleshooting Common Onboarding and Policy Issues | OpenAI Help CenterOpenAI Help Center · checked 10 Nov 2026
  6. Advertiser quickstart - Gravity docsGravity docs · checked 10 Nov 2026
  7. Dashboard API - Gravity docsGravity docs · checked 10 Nov 2026
  8. Brand Safety | GravityGravity · checked 10 Nov 2026