ChatGPT and Ads

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Summary

A user noticed ads appearing inside the ChatGPT app and jokes about how interruptions like McDonald's and Ro Sparks promos will break up AI-generated answers, sparking discussion about OpenAI's ad-driven monetization of its consumer app.

I was using ChatGPT the other day and noticed an ad pop up at the bottom of the app. It had me thinking that the app is really going to have kids working much harder to cheat in school. They’re about to ask it to explain The Renaissance era and be hit with ‘McDonald’s’ and ‘Ro Sparks’ ads throughout the text. The Renaissance was a… ‘Ba-da-ba-ba-ba. - McDonald’s) …major cultural, artistic, and intellectual movement in Europe that bridged the gap… ‘Who can say no to longer sex? - Ro Sparks’ …between the Middle Ages and modern civilization.
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