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> I imagine soon enough this too will become enshittified. I mean, its already happening: https://openai.com/chatgpt/search-product-discovery/ https://openai.co
by swores 1y ago
> I imagine soon enough this too will become enshittified. I mean, its already happening: https://openai.com/chatgpt/search-product-discovery/ https://openai.com/chatgpt/search-product-discovery/
For now, at least, OpenAI claim that those product suggestions (almost tempted to leave in my typo / phone's autocorrect of "subversions") are not ads, and that it's purely a feature designed to be useful for ChatGPT users.
Although this from the FAQ is a bit strange, and I do wonder if there's any business relationship between OpenAI and the "third party providers" that happens to involve money passing from the latter to OpenAI in commercial deals that are definitely not ad purchases...
> How Merchants Are Selected
> When a user clicks on a product, we may show a list of merchants offering it. This list is generated based on merchant and product metadata we receive from third-party providers. Currently, the order in which we display merchants is predominantly determined by these providers. We do not re-rank merchants based on factors such as price, shipping, or return policies. We expect this to evolve as we continue to improve the shopping experience.
> To that end, we’re exploring ways for merchants to provide us their product feeds directly, which will help ensure more accurate and current listings. If you're interested in participating, complete the interest form here, and we’ll notify you once submissions open.
( https://help.openai.com/en/articles/11128490-improved-shopping-results-from-chatgpt-search https://help.openai.com/en/articles/11128490-improved-shoppi... )