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A pressing question that comes into mind is what this means for users who didn't sign up to be a part of this ad ecosystem. OpenAI's US privacy policy (updated on April 30) now formally states that it receives purchase data back from advertisers and shares limited user identifiers outside marketing partners. The language, as expected, is careful, but the direction certainly isn't very clear. This should matter for users, as most users are unlikely to read a privacy policy and its subsequent updates. A significant and growing number of young adults, and even the elderly are turning to AI platfo
I didn't realize ChatGPT was serving ads until I dug into how it actually worksIs it worth sticking with ChatGPT?
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