Just what you didn't ask for
Show of hands: Does anyone here want ads on ChatGPT? (Don't raise them if you work in the ad biz.)
Did you want them in Amazon searches? How about Google's before that?
Expect ChatGPT to become just as enshittified.
And now, naturally, we have ICE Explores Big Data, Ad-Tech Tools to Power Investigations. Why? "ICE said it is primarily interested in how technology solutions can help identify individuals, entities, or locations." Also, "Ad-tech location data is collected from apps, websites, and connected devices. It is then aggregated and sold by data brokers for uses beyond advertising, including analytics and research."
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