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Ah.. the day OpenAI turned into an Ad company. We all knew it would happen someday.

by siva7 1y ago

ranger_danger 1y ago
Who even thought this would happen? Got any sources?
- rhetocj23 1y ago
  Erm their recent hire of Simo and acquisition of Statsig made this obvious.
  - testfrequency 1y ago
    Can’t believe it took me this long to see this buried mention of Simo. Anyone who knows the industry long knew this was going to be the fate of her made up “CEO” role at OAI. It’s one of the (many) reasons I do not trust OAI with anything.
    - rhetocj23 1y ago
      Lol Im also surprised nobody else has seemingly clocked this. Its clear as day.
- ziml77 1y ago
  Who? Those of us who were paying attention to how tech companies have operated for the past 25 years. They start out subsidized by investors and then once they have enough users and can no longer pay for them with the invested cash, they push more and more ads onto users. And it was easy to see that LLMs are an especially devious place the inject ads because they can flow right into the the response and not even look like an ad, but rather feel like a casual recommendation.
- nitwit005 1y ago
  I've seen multiple prior conversations about the idea on this site. It's easy to find similar reddit discussions with a search: https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1ljv78j/sam_altman_says_ads_in_chatgpt_are_not_off_the/ https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1ljv78j/sam_altman_... It's a fairly obvious way for them to make money, as people are using it as a replacement for search engines, and that's how search engines have made money.
- 7thpower 1y ago
  It’s all Ben Thompson has talked about for the past couple years.
- bloomca 1y ago
  It is literally a highway at this point for any B2C tech product. All the info they are collecting surely can be used for very targeted ads. Not hard to predict at all.
- SethMLarson 1y ago
  Many, many people expected this. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42008569#42008733 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42008569#42008733

Ah.. the day OpenAI turned into an Ad company. We all knew it would happen someday.

by siva7 1y ago

Ah.. the day OpenAI turned into an Ad company. We all knew it would happen someday.

ranger_danger 1y ago

Who even thought this would happen? Got any sources?

rhetocj23 1y ago
Erm their recent hire of Simo and acquisition of Statsig made this obvious.
- testfrequency 1y ago
  Can’t believe it took me this long to see this buried mention of Simo. Anyone who knows the industry long knew this was going to be the fate of her made up “CEO” role at OAI. It’s one of the (many) reasons I do not trust OAI with anything.
  - rhetocj23 1y ago
    Lol Im also surprised nobody else has seemingly clocked this. Its clear as day.
ziml77 1y ago
Who? Those of us who were paying attention to how tech companies have operated for the past 25 years. They start out subsidized by investors and then once they have enough users and can no longer pay for them with the invested cash, they push more and more ads onto users. And it was easy to see that LLMs are an especially devious place the inject ads because they can flow right into the the response and not even look like an ad, but rather feel like a casual recommendation.
nitwit005 1y ago
I've seen multiple prior conversations about the idea on this site. It's easy to find similar reddit discussions with a search: https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1ljv78j/sam_altman_says_ads_in_chatgpt_are_not_off_the/ https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1ljv78j/sam_altman_... It's a fairly obvious way for them to make money, as people are using it as a replacement for search engines, and that's how search engines have made money.
7thpower 1y ago
It’s all Ben Thompson has talked about for the past couple years.
bloomca 1y ago
It is literally a highway at this point for any B2C tech product. All the info they are collecting surely can be used for very targeted ads. Not hard to predict at all.
SethMLarson 1y ago
Many, many people expected this. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42008569#42008733 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42008569#42008733