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OpenAI Researcher Quits over Fears that ChatGPT Ads Could Manipulate Users
Zoë Hitzig warned that ChatGPT ads risk user manipulation and privacy erosion, citing parallels to Facebook; OpenAI began ad tests for free and low-tier users in January.
- On Wednesday, Zoë Hitzig published a guest essay in The New York Times announcing she resigned from OpenAI on Monday after two years shaping its AI models.
- Hitzig warned that OpenAI's advertising strategy risks repeating Facebook's mistakes by exploiting users' sensitive disclosures, calling it `an archive of human candor that has no precedent`.
- OpenAI announced in January that it would test ads in the U.S. for free and $8-per-month 'Go' users, with ads clearly labeled at the bottom of ChatGPT responses and no ads for paid tiers.
- Hitzig's resignation arrives as AI industry debate grows after a week of sparring, with Federal Trade Commission findings on Facebook highlighting potential regulatory scrutiny for chatbot ads.
- Despite not condemning ads outright, Hitzig warned that subsequent iterations could override rules because OpenAI is building an economic engine that creates incentives to do so.
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OpenAI has started inserting ads into the basic versions of its chatbot ChatGPT, but hopes that they won't be too annoying for users.
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OpenAI introduces ads for free and Go users of ChatGPT
OpenAI has begun testing ads on the Free and Go subscription tiers in the United States. Its chief executive Sam Altman had long expressed his dislike for advertising, citing concerns that it could create distrust about ChatGPT's content.
·Mumbai, India
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