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Re:A car dealership added an AI chatbot to its site. Then al... by mdekkers on Monday December 18, 2023 @10:38PM (#38691522)
“All hell broke loose” is some fine hyperbole. Someone found that the bot was just a ChatGPT frontend, due to the prominent “Powered by ChatGPT” label right on top of the chat window, and got it to write some python script. Other people went and got the bot to talk about some stuff, and engaged in some not-very-interesting chatting. The End. Nothing broke, nothing was lost, nothing happened.

Saved you a click.

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Re:A car dealership added an AI chatbot to its site. Then al... by Jimmc414 on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @02:46AM (#38692958)
Their API bill will likely be several thousand dollars this month.
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Re:A car dealership added an AI chatbot to its site. Then al... by friendlynokill on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @03:44AM (#38693280)
Right, but they definitely got more than several thousand dollars worth of advertising from the publicity.
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Re:A car dealership added an AI chatbot to its site. Then al... by jedrek on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @05:06AM (#38693822)
What's the name of the dealership? Cause I have no idea, it's just "that dealership with the chatgpt chatbot"
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Re:A car dealership added an AI chatbot to its site. Then al... by willcipriano on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @11:02AM (#38697267)
If it was local to you you'd probably remember.
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