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3. But Google, and Oracle, and so many companies have built AI processing data centers and need a return on that investment

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Tue Dec 30, 2025, 05:36 PM

Dec 30

It's one thing to invest in the companies that make the AI chips because they're bringing in revenue. But a lot of other tech companies have invested hundreds of millions if not billions in building AI data centers and they need to recoup those expenses. This has created an AI bubble. So, AI service providers who invested in AI data centers need to recoup those costs. They are going to be passing those costs to service consumers. To avoid charging even more per token, when you use ChatGPT you're probably going to be getting bombarded with advertising content in the responses to your prompts. Advertisers will of course be paying for that. It's not that hard for them to do considering that there are already LLMs used for training data by ecommerce companies to create upselling and cross-selling suggestions to present to users shopping on an eCommerce website.

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What Google did years ago as we all know. underpants Dec 30 #1

Shocking SheltieLover Dec 30 #2

But Google, and Oracle, and so many companies have built AI processing data centers and need a return on that investment ChicagoTeamster Dec 30 #3

There are lots of alternate non-google, non-bing, non-ai search engines and web interfaces erronis Dec 30 #4

I'd love some examples Blackjackdavey Dec 31 #22

A couple of quick answers: Kagi.com and SearX erronis Dec 31 #23

The internet has jumped the shark. IcyPeas Dec 30 #5

I fear there's an inverse relationship between AI use and IQ; snot Dec 30 #6

Makes sense to me. OC375 Dec 30 #7

Free Speech Roy Rolling Dec 30 #8

So, commercial spam. muriel_volestrangler Dec 30 #9

No Way! ruet Dec 30 #10

So, the world-saving Big Shiny Technology Win Race Line Go Up Thing is just another ad pump . . . hatrack Dec 30 #11

And it's an ad pump with way more info about you that advertisers can exploit, and AI that can highplainsdem Dec 30 #12

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We are all being assimilated. James48 Dec 30 #14

I have seen AI enthusiasts post that "Resistance is futile." Hell, no, it isn't... highplainsdem Dec 31 #18

"Step right up and see Doctor ChatGPT's Miracle Tonic!" LudwigPastorius Dec 31 #15

They have to start monetizing it better to justify the over-bloated stock market mdbl Dec 31 #16

As I've said previously, this is how we achieve Idiocracy. hunter Dec 31 #17

Tech Bro Hellscape Prairie Gates Dec 31 #19

They can count on me to never have anything to do with ChatGPT. Martin68 Dec 31 #20

Enshittification is the way of the Tech Bro Sociopaths. usonian Dec 31 #21