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Wow I did not expect to see actual ads. The answers could just be commercially manipulative instead.
They're explicitly differentiating from modifying the search results as a reason why the ads are transparent. I figure in one year they'll start to insert ads into the answer proper with a disclaimer, and then next fully integrate it.
This is what I'm hoping for. That way, when the dumbest person we know copies content from ChatGPT, we'll see the ads too and know they're a dumbass!
"Look it says right here that trump never raped anyone because his penis is so large from taking these special dick pills. I'm gonna get me some so I can have a big dick too!"
Why not both?
OpenAI: "Hire that Lemmy user now!"
Nah, just scrape his comment history and dump it into the machine.
That would just not bring in enough. Remember that this is their last resort to prevent collapse.