OpenAI is reportedly mulling a new form of ads on ChatGPT called “sponsored content,” which could influence your buying decisions.
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OpenAI's ChatGPT ads will allegedly prioritize sponsored content in answers
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lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 1 day ago
DoctorPress@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
Enshittified means it got shitty overtime, but chatgpt was always a shit.
OpenStars@piefed.social 1 day ago
It happened so fast though! (Almost like their only concern was ever profits)
fox2263@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Of course they will. It was inevitable the second it was rumoured.
It’s the new age of PPC
cron@feddit.org 1 day ago
It would be kinda odd if you asked ChatGPT for advice on buying anything and your answer would be a mix of cheap amazon/aliexpress style crap. How would ChatGPT highlight ads in this context?
You asked to compare these Bose and Sony headphones. But let me tell you about BIUUBIIX premium headphones first:
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
That’s the neat part, they won’t highlight the ad content. The entire plan, from the start, was to weave ads in seamlessly.
cron@feddit.org 1 day ago
I guess that regulators will require disclosing what is an ad and what isn’t.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 20 hours ago
just gotta get the AI to parrot obscene, distasteful or political talking points next to the ads.
Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 16 hours ago
Can this shit possibly be any more useless?
Billy_fuccboi@lemmy.world 1 day ago
What a surprise
rafoix@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
No shit.
It’s not intelligent.
Shanmugha@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Well, this took then long enough
Gsus4@mander.xyz 1 day ago
haha, this is the beginning of the end, good for them
myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
One sure fire way for me to stop using your product. I mean, they will be like “fuck yeah! We have true agi!” It could be a real claim as well. But means fuck all when the content it returns is ads.
someacnt@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
Wonder if this makes the business profitable, are there enough traffic for this?
Cloudstash@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
That’s true. In most developed countries we still have the free choice to pick different products, no questions asked unless the obivious. The “AI this, AI that” hype is starting to feel exhausting.
Frankly, AI is the new thing and it’s going to stay and advance for as long as humans continue to exist. Future generations will grow up with it and never know about a time without AI.
The people opposing it are the same group that said the internet would disappear, that it was just temporary hype, and the simple fact that many couldn’t even imagine why having a PC at home would be useful. Just a glorified calculator, right?
stray@pawb.social 6 hours ago
ChatGPT already shills products; it just does so semi-randomly and usually at the behest of the user. I think this could actually push users away if it prioritizes paid content over tailoring itself to the user, which would be a weirdly positive outcome.
To make a simplistic example, take someone who’s into aluminum foil to block mind control waves. If ChatGPT won’t shut the fuck up about Reynolds Wrap and links to where you can buy Reynolds Wrap, that might be a tipping point that gets them to close the app. Which won’t make them all better, but at least they wouldn’t be using AI to get worse.
ChatGPT might finally be made incapable of discussing harmful topics if advertisers don’t want negative associations, giving Sam Altman the monetary incentive he needs to pretend he gives a shit about human lives.