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  • The fact that it requires a user action to initiate is better than the previous solution, but that's a pretty low bar to have
    by khalic
  • How else are they to monetize text outputs? This was always the plan and it's going to get much worse (or better depending on which side of the fence you're on). Google did the same thing when it controlled web indexation: ads, sponsored results and SEO. All of these things will be coming to agents: you will be monetized or you will be paying not to be.
    by pluc
  • The problem with ads in AI, is that they're incredibly creepy. People have told the apps all kinds of sensitive information that they never would have told a normal service. Obviously the advertisers are creaming themselves at that, but it's a new level of creeping.

    It also allows them to subtly influence the messaging. It would be like if somebody tried to not bring out the Heinz at a family gathering. It just wouldn't be the same, because of the subtle messaging that has been inserted into the content. How could you trust them?

    by MisterMunchkin
  • This sounds awful. AI Chatbots will be everywhere Shopify is. I just see a lot of popups in our future with fake names and faces pretending to be people asking us how they can help us.
    by datakan
  • >Ads in ChatGPT help people find what they’re looking for or discover something they hadn’t considered.

    Here I foolishly thought that that was the job of ChatGPT itself.

    by Imnimo
  • None of this would be necessary if they thought they were actually anywhere near AGI...hmm.
    by grey-area
  • As usual with AI customer interaction, I have to ask who is liable for misleading advertising or unmet promises? The advertiser who isn't really in control of the chatbot, or OpenAI?

    (Law on this goes all the way back to Carbolic Smoke Ball)

    by pjc50
  • Who actually wants this?

    I guess we’re about to find out if this helps put out the massive pile of burning cash that OpenAI is trying to deal with, but I know nobody that wants this.

    OpenAI claims we’re near AGI and this is the best strategy they have? Oy vey!

    by cmiles8

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