Discussion

• @markriedl Mark Riedl on bluesky

  This makes sense and is probably a separate AI peeking at chatGPT web search api calls or parsing outputs www.wired.com/story/openai...  Would we know if an LLM company was injecting secret product preferences into the LLM prompt?  I write about that in my agents+law paper arxiv.…

• @carl.fish Charles Miller on bluesky

  I don't know why anyone is acting surprised about this.  How else were they going to monetize?  People chat with these things like they're a friend.  Tell it their plans.  Ask for advice.  This is a goldmine for advertisers.  [embedded post]

• @moonalice.com Roger McNamee on bluesky

  Best sign yet that generative AI is not going to deliver the value promised by its promoters: OpenAI is embracing surveillance capitalism.  Having stolen all the personal data they could get their hands on, OpenAI is positioned to do as much harm as FB.  —  www.wired.com/story/op…

• @chappelltracker Chappell Ellison on bluesky

  crazy how much faster the AI companies have gone from “what if we helped people find information” to “let's just sell stuff” than the original internet [embedded post]

• @proflhunter Larry Hunter on bluesky

  My prediction from 2 years ago that advertising is the only credible monetization route for ROI for multibillion dollar investments in gen AI companies is holding up nicely.  [embedded post]

• @andrewhinton Andrew Hinton on bluesky

  The more I think about this the more I'm like ya know?  Go with god.  —  Ad-tech & ChatGPT are kinda made for each other.  [embedded post]

• @emilytav @emilytav on bluesky

  Just your regular reminder that past is prologue... none of this is surprising.  It has all happened before, and it will happen again.  —  techpolicy.press/sure-no-one- ...  [embedded post]

• @eryk Eryk Salvaggio on bluesky

  Remember last week, when AI was going to transform the world and end all labor? [embedded post]

• @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on bluesky

  OpenAI is rolling out product recommendations that will send you to merchant websites to purchase items.  Interestingly they aren't ads or sponsored.  —  For now.  —  The endgame will be for these to become paid if usage gets high enough.  Ads came to Amazon & Netflix.  They'll c…

• @oldpappythomas @oldpappythomas on bluesky

  well the upside is the enshittification is already starting.  bsky.app/profile/tech...  [embedded post]

• @beny23.github.io Gerald Benischke on bluesky

  Ah, so that's why it'll take longer to get to AGI, it's the ad breaks... sure! [embedded post]

• @kimberleelynn Kimi on bluesky

  All the hype about how it's going to change the world, and AI turns out to be nothing more than a button to buy more shit from Amazon.  Great work, y'all.

• @numb.comfortab.ly @numb.comfortab.ly on bluesky

  lmao OpenAI's “organic” recommendations come from Google product search, which is as sponsored as it gets.  [images]

• @tcarmody Tim Carmody on bluesky

  Sooner or later, everybody stops building superintelligent connections to all the the world's knowledge when they realize they can just make a pretty nice app and website that sorta gives you what you want in exchange for money [embedded post]

• @johndellaporta John Dellaporta on bluesky

  Feels like we got to this stage of enshittification faster than usual! [embedded post]

• @mikesbarnes Mikes Barnes on bluesky

  can't find it now but this very much reminds of some poll asking people why they used chatgpt for search over google and they said: no ads  —  the more things change...  [embedded post]

• @ens0.me Thorne on bluesky

  Reminder that it's very practical to run local models yourself and avoid all this bullshit.  —  Also Claude doesn't do this — at least for now.  [embedded post]

• @lontar @lontar on bluesky

  Whatever good will that existed for chatgpt will evaporate completely just like it has for every single tech start up that eventually can't afford to keep servicing their debt [embedded post]

• @bedform.org Robert Mahon on bluesky

  “hey!  I've got an idea to make people stop hating our product!  Let's inject advertisement into it!”  - every fucking businessman tech bro [embedded post]

• @justicar.xyz Glenn White on bluesky

  Heyyyyy.  Guess who called this years ago.  —  How much you think OpenAI is charging for paid placement?  How much you think it costs to tank your competitor's reputation in the corpus?  How much does it cost to sell products that don't actually exist? [embedded post]

• @edzitron.com Ed Zitron on bluesky

  Just an astonishingly empty paragraph, fully accepting everything that OpenAI wants them to, even as it screams “this isn't going to make them any money for their money-losing company.”  [embedded post]

• @quinnypig.com Corey Quinn on bluesky

  Surely this won't impact user trust negatively.  [embedded post]

• @hypervisible @hypervisible on bluesky

  “If you say that you prefer only buying black clothes from a specific retailer, then ChatGPT will supposedly store that information in its memory the next time you ask for advice about what shirt to buy, giving you recommendations that align with your tastes.”

• @caseynewton Casey Newton on bluesky

  OpenAI says that these are organic recommendations rather than paid ones, but I can't imagine that state of affairs will hold [embedded post]

• @openai @openai on x

  Shopping We're experimenting with making shopping simpler and faster to find, compare, and buy products in ChatGPT. ✅ Improved product results ✅ Visual product details, pricing, and reviews ✅ Direct links to buy Product results are chosen independently and are not ads. [video]

• @openai @openai on x

  We're excited to announce we've launched several improvements to ChatGPT search, and today we're starting to roll out a better shopping experience. Search has become one of our most popular & fastest growing features, with over 1 billion web searches just in the past week 🧵

• @openai @openai on x

  Improved Citations ChatGPT can now include multiple citations for a given response, allowing you to learn more or verify information across more sources. We've also added a new ‘highlight’ UI to more clearly show which part of the answer the citation refers to. [video]

• @openai @openai on x

  Trending and Autocomplete You can search faster with trending searches and autocomplete suggestions. [image]

• @841io Fernando Diaz on x

  If you're interested in OpenAI including shopping results, you might also be interested in @TEKnologyy's paper relating retrieval diversity/fairness and generation by downstream RAG models. This has implications for individuals selling products online. https://arxiv.org/...

• @adamhfry Adam Fry on x

  We're excited to share that more people than ever are using ChatGPT to get up to date information from the web - 1 billion web searches in just the past week. Starting today, we're launching shopping in ChatGPT to make it easier to find, compare and buy products! I recently

• @andrewcurran_ Andrew Curran on x

  Memory will influence product selection. [image]

• @annetgriffin Anne T. Griffin on x

  Especially with tariffs, I can see how valuable shopping in ChatGPT will be come as customers will use ChatGPT to feature and price compare for things like electronics and appliances.

• @paul__walsh Paul Walsh on x

  Anything that challenges Google is a good thing — but I'm not sure about this move. Surely they'll prioritise recommending products that generate revenue for them.

• r/technews r on reddit

  OpenAI Adds Shopping to ChatGPT in a Challenge to Google

• @openai @openai on x

  Search in WhatsApp You can now send a WhatsApp message to 1-800-ChatGPT (+1-800-242-8478) to get up-to-date answers and live sports scores. Accessible everywhere ChatGPT is available. https://wa.me/... [image]

• @om @om on x

  This is how the Google empire goes. Death by invisible cuts. Search becoming a feature was the start. And now commerce. Yes, things are going to be very interesting.