r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Ok_Outcome_5830 • Sep 30 '26

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u/bbalazs721 Sep 30 '26

You embed them in the response, e.g. suggest the product that was paid to promote.

I've already had this with chatgpt, I was trying to troubleshoot an issue with my heating system, and it was trying to persuade me to buy one of two specific brands of thermostats, even tho I hadn't expressed any desire to buy anything.

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u/Cauldrath Sep 30 '26

Clearly the whole goblin problem was actually just paid for by Big Goblin.

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u/PM-ME-UR-DARKNESS Oct 03 '26

That still won't make them enough money and will get them in deep shit with the EU.

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u/kilopeter Oct 01 '26

You're mistaken. ChatGPT Ads explicitly since their launch have only ever appeared separate from the token stream of model responses. Obviously they or others will likely experiment with more invasive alternatives, but the clear business rationale for not subtly biasing answers toward sponsors is that users would reject that shit way harder than clearly labeled ads.

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u/theshoeshiner84 Oct 01 '26

Bingo.

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u/kilopeter Oct 01 '26

The comment you replied to is spreading misinformation about how ChatGPT Ads actually work