OpenAI is Broke… and so is everyone else

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“It is clear to us that a lot of people want to use a lot of AI and don’t want to pay…,”  Sam Altman explained. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/technology/chatgpt-free-access-ending-openai-introduces-ads-q6duzo34?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ChatGPT #OpenAI #Advertisements #TechNews

Log Cabin Motel Office, San Leandro, California. (1978) by John Margolies, from John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive.

Source: Library of Congress

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/86ce09a4-6be6-484d-8a2c-b3ab3dc9c064

#america #storefronts #advertisements #americana #advertising #windmills #motels #signage #architecture #roads #art #publicdomain

The Adventures of Captain Horn by Frank R. Stockton, Charles Scribner's Sons publishers [1899]
1 print (poster) : color. | Head-and-shoulders portrait of man behind vines.

#FrankRStockton #CharlesScribners #CaptainHorns #FRSTOCKTON #bookcovers #advertisements #prints #color #photopgraphy #LibraryOfCongress

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/93500963/

Wall Drug final billboard, Wall, South Dakota. (1987) by John Margolies, from John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive.

Source: Library of Congress / Flickr: The Commons

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/43e040b7-e79a-4475-a6a3-dc2b205f92b9

#america #advertisements #messages #buildings #americana #advertising #sky #roads #art #publicdomain

The Battle of San Juan Hill by Richard Harding Davis ... October Scribner's [18]98.
1 print (poster) : color. | Poster illustrated with Cavalry officer looking through binoculars.

#RichardHardingDavis #Scribner #Cavalry #ArthurHLee #SanJuanHill #theUnitedStates #WorldWarI #color #prints #advertisements #american #periodicals #sanjuanhill #battleof #photopgraphy #LibraryOfCongress

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/93504051/

Since the beginning careful Ford owners have used Mobiloil--The new Mobiloil is here [1929]
1 print (poster) : color. | An 1898 Ford and a 1929 Ford.

#Mobiloil #Mobil #prints #advertisements #posters #american #color #automobiles #photopgraphy #LibraryOfCongress

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/96507305/

#Meta altered its #adtransparency tools to reduce the visibility of #scam #advertisements, particularly in response to regulatory scrutiny in #Japan. Instead of implementing universal #advertiserverification, which could have significantly reduced #scamads but also revenue, Meta focused on #manipulating search results to make #fraudulentads less discoverable. https://interestingengineering.com/culture/meta-scam-ads-ad-library-regulatory-scrutiny?eicker.news #tech #media #news
Meta used a 'global playbook' to adjust ad transparency tools: Report

Internal documents show how Meta adjusted ad transparency systems to limit regulatory scrutiny of AI-driven scam advertising.

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Brilliant 1967 Volkswagen commercial has people longing for the days when ads felt more honest

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/1967-volkswagen-ad-creates-nostalgia