Your AI Chatbot Would Rather Sell You Something Than Help You
Princeton researchers tested 23 LLMs with advertising conflicts of interest. Most chose company profits over user welfare — and treated rich users better.
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Luma's AI Agents Just Replaced a $15 Million Ad Campaign With 40 Hours of Robot Work
The startup's new Unified Intelligence platform coordinates multiple AI models to produce complete creative campaigns. Agencies are celebrating the efficiency gains. The people who used to do that work are not.
The AI Business Model Split: Why Your Chatbot Wants to Sell You Things
OpenAI launched ChatGPT ads this month. Perplexity abandoned them. Anthropic ran a Super Bowl campaign mocking the whole concept. The business model divergence reveals deeper questions about what AI assistants are actually for.
ChatGPT Now Has Ads. Here's What That Actually Means for Your Privacy
OpenAI started showing ads in ChatGPT conversations on February 9. Ad personalization is on by default, targeting uses your conversation topics, and opting out may cost you message limits. The era of ad-funded AI is here.
The Super Bowl Became an AI Battleground. The Real Fight Is Over Your Data.
AI companies spent millions on Super Bowl LX ads. Anthropic mocked OpenAI's plan to put ads in ChatGPT. A crypto CEO launched an 'AGI' platform. And Svedka aired the first AI-generated commercial. What it all means for users.