I can see it easily making that much money in ads. LLMs have been making people fall in love, superglueing the peperoni on pizzas, making mustard gas at home. The ads won’t be in the form of a banner or a pop up, but in the responses. Drive to target.
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cron@feddit.org 1 day ago
They’re currently burning more than a billion USD each month, it’s fully understandable that they are trying to earn more money. I seriously doubt that ad revenue will even come close to what they need to financially survive.
jnod4@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
cron@feddit.org 1 day ago
Surely things like product comparisons are a great target for ads. But still, the typical ad revenue per user is probably significantly lower than the cheapest ChatGPT subscription.
skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
ChatGPT subscriptions are significantly cheaper than what they cost the company anyway.
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 day ago
I once accidentally made mustard gas at home trying to unclog a drain. I had bleach and ammonia on hand, and I ended up sleeping outside on the sofa on the porch of the main house after the hell I went through with my throat.
cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
I have this scary vision where they somehow do a more or less successful IPO and gain 100 billion or more. Than this idiocy will never stop.
morto@piefed.social 1 day ago
Let’s hope so!