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Re: Our approach to advertising

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Post by j_maffe »

calepayson wrote: post #2

> In the coming weeks, we’re also planning to start testing ads in the U.S. for the free and Go tiers, so more people can benefit from our tools with fewer usage limits or without having to pay. This single sentence probably took so many man-hours. I completely understand why they’re trying to integrate ads but this feels like a generational run for a company founded with the purpose of safely researching superintell…

You could tell the article is written in a way to try to calm against the major concerns without actually bringing those concerns up. "We won't share your chats and you can turn off personalization!" Hmm yeah there's a missing piece of info here...

Re: Our approach to advertising

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Post by metalliqaz »

10xDev wrote: post #20

It is over. Edit: they made sure to use the word "trust" 5 times because nothing is more trustworthy than someone telling you how trustworthy they are.

it was over when they committed to spending more than they could make back even with growth that outpaced any company ever

Re: Our approach to advertising

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Post by j_maffe »

halitkabasakal wrote: post #10

no company can survive without advertising. when google first launched, it was the same. chatgpt will follow a similar path, and half a century from now, the cycle will still continue in the same way. advertising, regardless of scale, is the art of turning data into revenue. even if this planning seems insignificant for a company’s future today, it will most likely become its greatest advantage.

>advertising, regardless of scale, is the art of turning attention into revenue.

FTFY

Re: Our approach to advertising

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Post by metalliqaz »

1970-01-01 wrote: post #4

Enshittified, the bright golden AI age began to brown, and regression to the mean once again cast another bleak spell onto humanity. And with that, just as quickly as it broke, another AI winter began. As it turns out, those datacenters were just there to generate shareholder value.

> As it turns out, those datacenters were just there to generate shareholder value.

I can't imagine what else anyone could have thought they were there for

Re: Our approach to advertising

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Post by EA-3167 »

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.)

To be fair the open with a big lie about how useful agents and AI in general are, which helps to set the tone for what comes next. Part of me wonders if it’s intentional, a way to weed out the non-marks before getting to the punchline that they’re rolling out the most predictable attempt at monetizing ever.
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