Google is quietly testing ads in AI chatbots

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joeismailyan · 20h ago

What would really suck is if chatbots recommend products/services that they're paid to recommend. They can basically be used as a salesperson. I'm not sure if ads are going to be the winning method of monetizing these AIs or if paid access is going to be the way.

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Google is quietly testing ads in AI chatbots

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