ChatGPT Is Already Exploring Bold New Ways To Sell You Out - Kotaku

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"A hypothetical example includes asking for recommended ibuprofen dosages for headaches and being recommended an Advil ad instead. Basically, the shitty version of Google, except you have to pay a subscription to access it. "As ChatGPT becomes more capable and widely used, we're looking at ways to continue offering more intelligence to everyone," a spokesperson for OpenAI told The Information this month. "As part of this, we're exploring what ads in our product could look like. People have a trusted relationship with ChatGPT, and any approach would be designed to respect that trust.""

OpenAI explored inserting sponsored ads and 'sponsored' bots into ChatGPT responses that could recommend products instead of neutral answers. A hypothetical example included asking for recommended ibuprofen dosages and receiving an Advil advertisement as the response. Riot Games' League of Legends fighting game 2XKO will launch on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on January 20 after early access on PC. River City Ransom: Underground (2017) is scheduled to be delisted from digital storefronts. Rhea Seehorn once starred in a Magic: The Gathering tutorial CD-ROM sold at Best Buy. Concerns arose about turning a trusted conversational platform into a monetized advertising-driven service. The moves underscore tensions between expanding AI capabilities and monetization priorities. Players and observers expressed concern about preserving user trust and answer quality if advertising becomes embedded in conversational outputs.

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