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ChatGPT is getting ads. Sam Altman once called them a 'last resort.' (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Anyone else remember the company Loopt? Of course not, because no one used it.

That didn't stop Altman from getting eight figures for it. Later comes out that they have under 1000 active users.

He's a con man and the above is probably the least icky part of his story.