Ads and mass surveillance. That is the goal of big tech and llms.
Comment on X plans to show ads in Grok chatbot's answers
TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
This was inevitable. LLM chatbots were always going to end up as vectors for ad delivery.
The surprising part is that it took this long for a company to do it.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yup. Ask it about Elon’s hair transplants and it will give you a link to purchase your next holiday in Turkey. This is what it was always designed for.
LiveLM@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Exactly what I was thinking!
Sincerely surpised the more “search engine-y” offerings like Perplexity or Bing Chat (Copilot? Whatever) aren’t doing it alreadygrrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
I think it’s because they’re still trying to get people locked in, or at least feeling like they can’t operate without it.
Twitter must just be more desperate for cash.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
well you gotta get people hooked on it first.
miraclerandy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yup, same thing happened with social media and search engines. Get people using your product then start running ads