alt Hacker News"Ads that support free access and don’t change ChatGPT answers."
I understand what they're trying to say but this statement is factually incorrect. Answers never used to have ads, and now they do.
In the very first example, if ChatGPT wasn't running ads Heirloom Groceries wouldn't show up, therefore it is a different answer.
OpenAI is splitting hairs and implying that the ad and the 'answer' are two separate components making up a response, but that is not how users will see things, and OpenAI will have ever increasing incentives to blur the two.
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doesnt it just mean the ad isnt part of the context? that they are isolated from each other and the ad cant steer the conversation?
I get what youre saying, but I do think its important for them to point out the ad is sandboxed.
It's correct in the same way as saying ads in the New York Times don't change the articles. Seems fair.