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jarfil@beehaw.org 5 weeks agoRather market penetration among the gullible, which leads to more ad impressions, which lead to ad income, which leads to market cap.
I bet they have an alternative plan in the back burner to slash that AI the moment they see it reduce ad income in their A/B testing… but right now the AI buzzword is strong in the air, it’s 2024’s main attractor for the most ad-targetable customers.
InternetUser2012@midwest.social 5 weeks ago
They’re using it now to train it. Once it gets real good and people like and rely on it, it’ll get paywalled.
cooljacob204@kbin.social 5 weeks ago
It won't get paywalled. Instead they will let it get useful then start injecting ads into it once people trust it.