OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he’s open to a “tasteful” form of advertising in ChatGPT.

I don’t know if others would agree, but I don’t believe there even is a way to make an invasive ad “tasteful.” Unsolicited ads in a conversation give me the same slimy vibe as unsolicited advice, except worse. Advice-givers usually intend the best for the person they’re advising, and sometimes back down when they realize their advice was unwanted. Meanwhile, ad-givers have no sense of embarassment to stop them when what they say isn’t helpful, and crucually, they have a clear profit motive corrupting the usefulness of their suggestions.

Like most AI models, Alexa+ is not immune to hallucinations. Before advertisers agree to make Alexa+ a spokesperson for their products, Amazon may have to come up with some ways to ensure that its AI will not offer false advertising for a product.

Lol have fun with that.

I am convinced that pretty much every tech CEO jerks off fantasizing about putting ads everywhere, even in fantasies.

The obvious answer to this of course is: Amazon and its CEO can gargle my balls.

"Guys, I just realized there are whole minutes of time where people aren't being bombarded with advertisements, we gotta fix that!"

WTF is an Alexa+? Do people actually use these products?

Go ahead? I haven't seen an Alexa in about a year, and at least Alexa owners will indisputably know ðeir place in ðe Amazon ecosystem.