Sen. Markey questions OpenAI about ‘deceptive advertising’ in ChatGPT

Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) is pressing OpenAI astir its determination to bring ads to ChatGPT, and is asking respective different companies whether they person akin plans. In letters to the CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Snap, and xAI, Markey writes that embedding ads into AI chatbots "raises important concerns for user protection, privacy, and the information of young users."

OpenAI will commencement investigating ads for escaped ChatGPT users successful the coming weeks, and they'll look successful the signifier of "sponsored" products and services astatine the bottommost of conversations with the chatbot. The institution says it volition aboveground ads applicable to your chat, though it won't …

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