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They have already introduced ads btw. “The "Enshittification" has arrived I asked ChatGPT about the impact of the current tarrifs on inventories over the next

They have already introduced ads btw. “The "Enshittification" has arrived I asked ChatGPT about the impact of the current tarrifs on inventories over the next few months. It returned a long list of links to toiletries I might want to buy. I asked it why it did that. It replied: "As of April 28, 2025, OpenAl introduced new shopping features to ChatGPT, enhancing its capabilities to provide product recommendations complete with images, reviews, and direct purchase links. These features are available to all users, including those on Free, Plus, and Pro tiers, and even to users not logged in. The recommendations are generated organically, without paid advertisements or commission- based incentives, relying instead on structured metadata from third-party sources such as pricing, product descriptions, and reviews. This update aims to offer a more personalized and streamlined shopping experience directly within the ChatGPT interface, allowing users to explore products across various categories like fashion, beauty, electronics, and home goods. If you have any specific preferences or need tailored recommendations, feel free to let me know!"

grey-area 1y ago
Are you able to link the chat, I would like to see that.
- conception 1y ago
  https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1kan9c1/the_enshittification_has_arrived/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1kan9c1/the_enshit...
tsimionescu 1y ago
And did that actually happen, or is it just some garbage that it generated? It sounds plausible, of course, but that's exactly what LLMs are best at.
- malfist 1y ago
  Talk to it and find out. Seriously. I'd say 40% of my conversations end with it suggesting I ask it to find products for me. For example I was trying to determine if I need to screw down stair nosing or if glue and nails were enough and it wanted to help me find screws
  - hiimkeks 1y ago
    Oh yeah, it also did that for me recently when I asked how I would go about designing a PCB that takes M.2 daughterboards. It recommended stems and threads I should buy. Unfortunately all the product links were dead.
    - malfist 1y ago
      I was asking it about lotions for my roseca, and it continually hallucinated products or recommended discontinued ones

grey-area 1y ago

Are you able to link the chat, I would like to see that.

conception 1y ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1kan9c1/the_enshittification_has_arrived/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1kan9c1/the_enshit...

tsimionescu 1y ago

And did that actually happen, or is it just some garbage that it generated? It sounds plausible, of course, but that's exactly what LLMs are best at.

malfist 1y ago
Talk to it and find out. Seriously. I'd say 40% of my conversations end with it suggesting I ask it to find products for me. For example I was trying to determine if I need to screw down stair nosing or if glue and nails were enough and it wanted to help me find screws
- hiimkeks 1y ago
  Oh yeah, it also did that for me recently when I asked how I would go about designing a PCB that takes M.2 daughterboards. It recommended stems and threads I should buy. Unfortunately all the product links were dead.
  - malfist 1y ago
    I was asking it about lotions for my roseca, and it continually hallucinated products or recommended discontinued ones