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New comment by eswdd in "OpenAI ad partner now selling ChatGPT ad placements based on “prompt relevance”"

eswdd — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:57:02 +0000

Also Google did it over-time - they didn't suddenly become who they are today 10 years ago even.

New comment by eswdd in "OpenAI ad partner now selling ChatGPT ad placements based on “prompt relevance”"

eswdd — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:53:18 +0000

Advertiser's on Google and Meta et al are not really paying for visibility - they are paying to achieve some objective (e.g. sales) that is directly tied to a campaign. That's why digital advertising is so much more powerful than non-digital.

The question is, will LLM's as an interface be worth the spend in relation to converting without throwing users of chatGPT off over-time, all whilst, doing it within the regulatory frameworks. That's difficult to say. OAI will face a lot of scrutiny in EU for sure.

New comment by eswdd in "OpenAI ad partner now selling ChatGPT ad placements based on “prompt relevance”"

eswdd — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:16:41 +0000

Too early to do it. You have to wait until people's behaviour is set in stone to the point they need to be compensated heavily to switch.

This isnt rocket science, its basic game-playing on the economic behaviour of humans.

New comment by eswdd in "OpenAI ad partner now selling ChatGPT ad placements based on “prompt relevance”"

eswdd — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:31:29 +0000

Theyre desperate to meet those lofty revenue objectives they put in their spreadsheet model.

Its kinda comical seeing this play out. I still laugh at the deluded fools who think something even close to AGI is here or coming in the future. If that were true, why haven't we seen genius plays from OAI and Anthropic, progressively over-time, if intelligence rises as compute scales up? If anything we are seeing the opposite.

New comment by eswdd in "OpenAI ad partner now selling ChatGPT ad placements based on “prompt relevance”"

eswdd — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:28:41 +0000

If that\s true then those devs should not complain if people attack them verbally over it - that\s what they are getting paid for, right?

New comment by eswdd in "OpenAI ad partner now selling ChatGPT ad placements based on “prompt relevance”"

eswdd — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:27:14 +0000

They said ads would never come awhile ago. Anyone who trusts their word is so delusional I can't even....

New comment by eswdd in "OpenAI ad partner now selling ChatGPT ad placements based on “prompt relevance”"

eswdd — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:25:57 +0000

Its sad to see what the industry broadly has become.

I get firms need to make money but cmon. If you're an OAI employee you can't truly say you have a soul. The amount of times they gone back on their word.. comical.

They got greedy, wanted to raise a lot of money and promised big things. Well those big things arent ever coming, so they turn to whatever means in order to generate cash flows.

Pathetic and sad.