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Emma Roth

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    Ex-OpenAI researcher has “deep reservations” about its approach to ads.

    In an op-ed for The New York Times, Zoë Hitzig, a researcher who left OpenAI this week, expresses concerns about the company’s move to put ads in ChatGPT, while posing alternatives to a setup that could potentially harm users down the line:

    So the real question is not ads or no ads. It is whether we can design structures that avoid both excluding people from using these tools, and potentially manipulating them as consumers. I think we can.

    Here are the brands bringing ads to ChatGPTHere are the brands bringing ads to ChatGPT
    ChatGPT’s deep research tool adds a built-in document viewer so you can read its reportsChatGPT’s deep research tool adds a built-in document viewer so you can read its reports
    Discord says ‘vast majority’ of users won’t see its new age verification setupDiscord says ‘vast majority’ of users won’t see its new age verification setup
    Google can now help you find and remove your ID from search resultsGoogle can now help you find and remove your ID from search results
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    Emma Roth
    Paramount ups its offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, again.

    Now, Paramount is offering to cover the $2.8 billion termination fee that Warner Bros. Discovery would owe Netflix for abandoning the $82.7 billion merger agreement. It’s also tossing in a $0.25 per share “ticking fee” that it would pay shareholders for every quarter its deal hasn’t closed beyond December 31st, 2026.

    David Ellison Adds New Sweeteners In Hostile Paramount Megadeal Bid For Warner Bros.

    [The Hollywood Reporter]

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