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ChatGPT head Nick Turley said he’s “humble enough not to rule it out categorically,” but hedged that OpenAI would need to “be very thoughtful and tasteful” about how ads could be integrated into ChatGPT.

You can tastefully go fuck yourself.

In fairness, I don't know that any AI service that starts barfing ads can be said to enshittify, since it was already shitty to begin with. I guess the ads are par for the course...

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[-] flandish@lemmy.world 43 points 10 months ago

if it’s free, you’re the product.

if it’s paid, you’re still the product because capitalism says so.

[-] Peppr@sh.itjust.works 33 points 10 months ago

It's very obvious that they are going for the ad market. It's the only way their business model makes any amount of sense, especially now that they're intentionally tanking (commoditizing) the API market under Anthropic's feet.

[-] MountainOyster@piefed.world 14 points 10 months ago

ChatGPT head Nick Turley

Misread that as Neck Turkey. I think I'm gonna use that.

[-] ramble81@lemmy.zip 11 points 10 months ago

Yes please! Make the bubble pop faster and get people to see it’s not the AGI everyone pans it for.

[-] Visstix@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Well now I'm not gonna use it even more.

[-] HeartyOfGlass@piefed.social 8 points 10 months ago

I cannot wait for everything from research papers to grade school reports to have product placement based on whoever's paying OpenAI the most.

[-] turdburglar@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

it’s got electrolytes

[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

This is paying specifically for a company to generate ads for you in particular, directly.

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

hopefully it’s only for hallucinated products

[-] dumbass@leminal.space 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Ten finger glove ads coming in.

[-] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

There it is

[-] LordCrom@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Do it!!!!!!! Maybe it will start the end of all this AI bullshit

[-] C1pher@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Well, once that happens people wont be using it anymore.

[-] Mwa 1 points 10 months ago

I bet all the ads will be other chat bots (but a scam)

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Enshittification

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The phenomenon of online platforms gradually degrading the quality of their services, often by promoting advertisements and sponsored content, in order to increase profits. (Cory Doctorow, 2022, extracted from Wikitionary) source

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