OpenAI now enables marketing cookies by default for free ChatGPT users, expanding off-platform ad tracking via IDs and cookies.
The policy says chats stay private, but @WIRED found free accounts auto-opted into ad measurement while paid tiers were not. 🔍

🔗 https://www.wired.com/story/openai-enables-cookies-by-default-for-free-chatgpt-users/

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They should really start with the 'I'

I Am Begging AI Companies to Stop Naming Features After Human Processes | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/i-am-begging-ai-companies-to-stop-naming-features-after-human-processes/

#AI #anthropomorphism #Wired

#Wired headphone sales are up 68%, and I think I know -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/infotech.html#32

Becerra a ‘pillar of the #Democratic establishment’ -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/politics.html#14

It Ships "Complete" #Games, Former President Says -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/infotech.html#43

Here’s Where To #Travel For Less Than $600 Round-Trip -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/rd.html#6

Barack #Obama Declines to Endorse Stephen Colbert for -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/media.html#7

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Valve blocked a demo from a Japanese INDIE dev Daikichi, moderation flagged a self-reference as potential IP infringement 😬

Inside WIRED TOKYO 2007 are «dinosaur card games», a clear callback to Dinostone (released 2023). Steam is asking for license papers or a legal opinion, but the previous title was published under a pseudonym so proving authorship is messy and hiring a lawyer is out of budget. Daikichi wrote and signed a document...

#SteamAndEpic #Daikichi #WIRED #TOKYO #Steam #Dinostone

Yeni tür veri merkezleri ülkelerden daha çok sera gazı üretebilir

#Wired dergisinin analizine göre, doğalgazla çalışan yalnızca 11 veri merkezi projesi, bazı orta ölçekli ülkelerden daha fazla sera gazı salımına neden olabilir #DataCenter #Emisyon #SonDakika

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Feed: All Latest | OpenAI Enables Marketing Cookies by Default for Free ChatGPT Users by Reece Rogers, Maddy Varner

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OpenAI has updated its U.S. privacy policy to allow the use of cookies and limited user identifiers for advertising its products on third‑party sites, a change aimed at converting free‑tier ChatGPT users into paying subscribers. The company says conversations with ChatGPT remain private and are not shared with marketers, but data such as email addresses or cookie IDs may be sent to marketing partners to track ad effectiveness and promote services like ChatGPT and Codex. These marketing settings are enabled by default for free accounts, while paid accounts have them off, and users can opt out anytime via the “Marketing Privacy” control in the app’s settings. The revision also clarifies that OpenAI does not sell personal data, but it may share limited information with select marketing partners for targeted advertising, a shift from its previous policy that barred such sharing.

Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/openai-enables-cookies-by-default-for-free-chatgpt-users/

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