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Re:OpenAI dropped the price of o3 by 80% by jazzyjackson on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @10:38AM (#44248117)
You're thinking ads are to advertise products. Ads are to modify behavior to make you more likely to buy products.

ChatGPT has the capacity to modify behavior more subtly than any advertising ever devised. Aggregating knowledge on the person on the other end of the line is key in knowing how to nudge them toward the target behavior. (Note this target behavior may be how to vote in an election, or how to feel about various hot topics.)

Re:OpenAI dropped the price of o3 by 80% by ethbr1 on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @04:45PM (#44251627)
> Aggregating knowledge on the person on the other end of the line is key in knowing how to nudge them toward the target behavior.

It also, as Google learned, enables you to increase your revenue per placement. Advertisers will pay more for placement with their desired audience.