OpenAI researcher quits over ChatGPT ads, warns of "Facebook" path
Summary
Ars Technica reports that OpenAI researcher Zoë Hitzig resigned and published a New York Times guest essay criticizing OpenAI's plan to test advertisements in ChatGPT. She warns that ads could create incentives to manipulate user data and draws a parallel to Facebook’s data practices, describing potential risks to privacy and trust. The article also covers OpenAI's ad rollout details, responses from competitors, and proposed governance mechanisms to mitigate risks.