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Re: Our approach to advertising

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Post by TacticalCoder »

joedevon wrote: post #154
wrs wrote: post #19

This sounds exactly like what Google used to say about search results. Just a few ads, clearly separated from organic results, never detracting from the core mission of providing the most effective access to all the world’s information. (And certainly not driven by a secret profile of you based on pervasive surveillance of your internet activity.)

Google is googley. Very different than any other company ever. You can trust us. With Search results. Your private emails. Your private documents. Remember our motto, do no evil. We will never change.

Yup but I still trust Google way more than Microsoft (this company should just die an horrible death) and way, way, way more than OpenAI.

Now you may say that sucking less than Microsoft and OpenAI really isn't an high bar at all. And I fully agree with that.

Re: Our approach to advertising

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Post by Marsymars »

nerdsniper wrote: post #135
drusepth wrote: post #9

"Ads are always separate and clearly labeled." I've heard this before...

These promises are worth nothing without a contract that a consumer can sue them for violating. And hell will freeze over before megacorps offer consumers contracts that bind themselves to that degree.

As a consumer, I'd rather just have regulation that mandates that ads be separate and clearly labelled.

Re: Our approach to advertising

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Post by ed_mercer »

Lots of negative comments here. OpenAI has to make a move, they are not profitable and have massive costs and debt. I think this one of the least bad moves, given all data that they have on users. They could have monetized their data so much more, and sooner.

Re: Our approach to advertising

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Post by falloutx »

rm445 wrote: post #162

People are reacting negatively to the ads, but there's a bigger point. This is bearish as heck for AGI. If OpenAI were recursively improving their general-computer-using agent, who was going to be superhuman at every job, they wouldn't need to be messing around with things like this. ChatGPT is a useful product, which they're monetising in a well-travelled internet company way. The bad news is you're going to have ad…

$20/month product with ads, you would have to be an exec to think thats a good idea. Can they even push enough ads to ever make profit? Like the best care scenario for openAi at this point is to declare bankruptcy.

Re: Our approach to advertising

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Post by beAbU »

ed_mercer wrote: post #173

Lots of negative comments here. OpenAI has to make a move, they are not profitable and have massive costs and debt. I think this one of the least bad moves, given all data that they have on users. They could have monetized their data so much more, and sooner.

But agi

Re: Our approach to advertising

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Post by odo1242 »

iamdelirium wrote: post #123
guelo wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

YouTube premium being $14 a month is a scam. I very much doubt that they earn $14/month out of my ad viewing.

The secret is you are probably worth MORE than $14/m in ads.

Based on data, this would require you to watch between 1,000 and 3,000 videos per month.

Re: Our approach to advertising

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Post by falloutx »

Anon1096 wrote: post #166

Interesting that OpenAI is trying to hammer the point that they won't sell user data to advertisers. That's how all the major ads platforms work. I don't personally agree that it constitutes "selling your data" but certainly people describe it that way for Google/Meta ads which function the same way. By framing it this way they're clearly trying to fool users who really bought into the messaging that Google et al lit…

I refuse to believe OpenAI wont sell the data. They will add the ads then couple days later you will "Change to our privacy policy". Thats how every company did it.

Re: Our approach to advertising

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Post by LaundroMat »

wrs wrote: post #19

This sounds exactly like what Google used to say about search results. Just a few ads, clearly separated from organic results, never detracting from the core mission of providing the most effective access to all the world’s information. (And certainly not driven by a secret profile of you based on pervasive surveillance of your internet activity.)

They even used to say ads were a bad idea [0].

[0] https://indieresearch.net/2014/03/30/advertising-and-mixed-m...

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