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ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector

764 points · 395 comments · lmbbuchodi

mavsman · 1789923911 · focus · HN ↗
To me, this quote just about sums it up:
> The mechanism is standard adtech. What has no precedent is running it on an AI chat product.
As someone who has been well aware of this mechanism for quite some time, I still feel icky anytime I re-read the details of it.
What a time to be alive.
1. jsrozner · 1789925147 · focus · HN ↗
  People think they're interacting with an "intelligence," when actually they're just getting a maximally optimized Weizenbaum feed. We're living through the sloppification of the human mind.
  See e.g., <a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/ai-chatbots-are-becoming-experts-changing-people-s-minds-what-s-their-secret" rel="nofollow">https://www.science.org/content/article/ai-chatbots-are-beco...
  1. gxs · 1789931041 · focus · HN ↗
    Or both, you know. An intelligence that also spies on you
    Why is it so black and white?
    spying_lg_tv · 1789931919 · focus · HN ↗
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    gxs · 1789937229 · focus · HN ↗
    Create a new account to be able to say what you just said
    Your kind is what makes the internet shit, not AI
    spying_lg_tv · 1789961926 · focus · HN ↗
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