Let the OpenAI Ads Tests Begin; Why Everything Is Annoying Now | AdExchanger
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Let the OpenAI Ads Tests Begin; Why Everything Is Annoying Now | AdExchanger
"Regardless of whether a user opts in or out, ads will be tailored to the content of the current chat conversation; it's just a question of how much other user data influences the choice of ad. OpenAI is adamant that advertisers will not be able to see users' chat history, IP addresses or other personal data. Although, are they able to those data fields? Looks like there's still plenty of room for speculation."
"The Ad-noyance Economy The result, though, is an entire economy incentivized to bother, delay, mislead and outright purloin from customers, often to prevent people churning from a business. The Atlantic extends the metaphor to government services - where basic things like tax preparation are forced through intermediaries rather than handled directly, as the government easily could manage. "Airlines and gyms and multilevel marketing companies and landlords and time-share businesses and auto companies and banks and telecoms swindle their customers with fine print," per the report."
Ads will be tailored to the content of each chat conversation regardless of whether users opt in or out; additional user data influences how personalized those ads become. OpenAI states advertisers will not be able to see users' chat histories, IP addresses, or other personal data, though questions remain about potential access to those fields. An "Annoyance Economy" incentivizes businesses and intermediaries to frustrate or extract value from customers via fine print and forced intermediaries. Large language models empower consumers to challenge unfair terms and enable companies to scale AI-driven customer service and personalized pricing. A lawsuit alleges removal of contextual safety data ties amid regulatory pressure.
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