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dfsegoat | 5 months ago

> Expect to see a lot of ads 2 years from now

I think I am just slow today - but could you please elaborate?

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I wrote about this idea here: https://digitalseams.com/blog/the-ai-lifestyle-subsidy-is-go...

Quick summary, I believe consumer AI experiences will feature ads because the profit opportunity is too large and company valuations depend on it. The hiring of Fidji Simo (ads at Facebook) at OpenAI + and just this week, Vijaye Raji/Statsig also point that way.

rhubarbtree|5 months ago

We’re in a golden period where AI results are ad-free.

One thing I’ve been doing is querying and storing results. For example, “what are the best books on X topic” for every topic I can possibly think that I may want to read about in the future.

I’ve found the results to be amazing if you give a sufficiently detailed prompt. I have enough reading to see me through to exit.

bobbiechen|5 months ago

(me again) and Drew Breunig just posted about the tensions of actually getting those ads in: https://www.dbreunig.com/2025/09/02/considering-ad-models-fo...

rjh29|5 months ago

ChatGPT is already returning lists of products (with photos and rating) saying they are impartial, I guess to collect affiliate fees. It's not a big jump to have sponsored products showing up first.

seabombs|5 months ago

Insightful article, thanks for writing/sharing!

dfsegoat|5 months ago

Very good catch. For all my interest this space, it's embarrassing that I did not remotely see this coming...

joaogui1|5 months ago

Ads on ChatGPT as a way to extract more money from users

SchemaLoad|5 months ago

And I'm betting they won't be shown as a clearly marked box that says "Ad". It'll be woven directly in the response like normal content.

jamesbrek98|5 months ago

They are next. Perplexity's Comet browser tracks the ** out of you already because ads.