
OpenAI adds ads to it's business model
I, for one, am eagerly awaiting next month's follow-up article titled "OpenAI adds ads to it's business model".
Cynical, moi?
OpenAI has ruled out running adverts on its platforms, for now at least, Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar has told The Register. While distasteful for users accustomed to the lofty ideals espoused by OpenAI during its early years, the move would make sense, considering reports the AI developer is trying to restructure as a …
The bigger money earner is PII and marketing lists based on that information. Companies that many think are ad supported do make money from advertising as a healthy source of their income, but the vast majority is trading in the information they glean from their users in one form or another.
Technologically, it is definitely feasible. And it would be kind of funny too when someone tries to pass LLM-generated stuff as their work/homework/etc.
So, although I am generally annoyed by ads of any kind, I am making an exception here. Please insert ads to all LLM outputs. Not even necessarily real, hallucinated ones would work equally well.