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ChatGPT Introduces Lower-Priced Subscription Tier, Ads Coming Soon
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Here's one more. Ask ChatGPT and Claude if cherry leaves calm the bees.
zarmanto
macrumors 65816
Even this advice assumes more trust of these companies than many people are willing to grant them. If you use it at all, than you're still the product... and it's not at all far fetched to assume that they can still figure out who you are, even with following all of these suggestions.
Taq'aix
macrumors 6502
jeroenvip
macrumors regular
Grrmblllle..... Ublock origin.... Grrmblleee Brave Browser... Grrrmmblllee....
turbineseaplane
macrumors Penryn
Yeah that's just bare minimum advice. Should be using a good VPN (not a free one), a DNS encryptor, etc.
BornAgainMac
macrumors 604
They need to have other ChatGPT higher than ChatGPT Pro.
- ChatGPT Pro: $200/month
- ChatGPT T1 Terminator: $500/month
- ChatGPT B-9 Robot: $1,000/month
- ChatGPT Number 5: $50,000/month
- ChatGPT C-3PO/R2-D2 Combo: $100,000/month
- ChatGPT Jarvis: $250,000/month
- ChatGPT Commander Data: Call for quote
Even if they do, that'll just give Gemini more market share. AI isn't going anywhere
TwoBytes
macrumors 68040
Note when go to switch plans you see a different list of features,
Plus is the tier that has
'Remember goals and past conversations' and go does not.
For me, using any AI is heavily limited when it doesn't remember what you said. It's like talking to (an even worse) Finding Dory.
EDIT:
I just asked ChatGPT what the difference is and it said
Go = every conversation is mostly a fresh start
Plus = selective long-term notes
Plus is the tier that has
'Remember goals and past conversations' and go does not.
For me, using any AI is heavily limited when it doesn't remember what you said. It's like talking to (an even worse) Finding Dory.
EDIT:
I just asked ChatGPT what the difference is and it said
Go = every conversation is mostly a fresh start
Plus = selective long-term notes
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2026 is going to be the year of the AI ad and AI e-commerce.
And if Apple can resist putting ads in Gemini Siri, they could really profit.
Although given that this is the company that nags you if you haven't go a card in Apple Pay, or an iCloud sub, music sub, Apple TV+ sub, and ads in the App Store (paid for by developers) etc. my hope is faint. Very faint.
But surely they must realise that after their disasterpiece AI rollout so far, they could really gain by producing (via Google) an unsullied by dirty commerce AI assistant.
And if Apple can resist putting ads in Gemini Siri, they could really profit.
Although given that this is the company that nags you if you haven't go a card in Apple Pay, or an iCloud sub, music sub, Apple TV+ sub, and ads in the App Store (paid for by developers) etc. my hope is faint. Very faint.
But surely they must realise that after their disasterpiece AI rollout so far, they could really gain by producing (via Google) an unsullied by dirty commerce AI assistant.
I am in the minority in that AI has not appealed to me from the get go (due the the cognitive, emotional, social and environmental implications) and I have not willingly used it. I am hoping that this (predictable) move at least begins to make it unappealing to more people. It seems many people can at least agree on not wanting to use technology riddled with ads in which the user becomes the product (which is arguably the case with all plans anyways).
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everlast3434
macrumors 6502a
What’s with all the negativity toward ChatGPT or AI in general? Is it really so inconceivable for some people that you can find real use for these tools, as long as you are mindful of their limitations? I was never interested in AI, but I tried ChatGPT a couple of months ago and have been using it a lot since then. Even if it’s not perfect (nothing is), I can’t imagine how jaded you must be not to be at least slightly impressed with what’s possible today, and to be unable to imagine genuine uses for the technology…
Marshall73
macrumors 68030
Sadly, we are all paying for this slop through tax breaks, increased RAM and Storage prices which will increase device costs not to mention increased energy pricing and increased pollution.
code-m
Suspended
Absolutely correct, the data will be “anonymize” to train present and future AI builds.
jayducharme
macrumors 601
I wonder if OpenAI ever asked ChatGTP whether it's a good idea to have ads in a service that you already pay for? Although they state that currently ads will not affect ChatGTP responses, it's only a matter of time (and money).
I expect Google to adopt this since their main business (and massive revenue) is selling ads. If people shift to AI this is where all the ads will follow. No matter paid or not.
You can be objectively impressed by the technology and find uses for it and still be critical of it and decide that it is not for you. I'll rephrase something I wrote in another thread.
Arguments for the few "beneficial" use cases of various social and productivity technologies (AI, automation, social media etc) are rarely weighed against the downsides as they pertain to both the individual, the environment and society at large. The entities in control can't afford to allow us to just let some use cases trickle in and ignore the rest, they need to create a flood, and we repeatedly open the gates for them.
Unfortunately, because the majority don't have enough of an understanding of capitalism and the way it is wedded with tech to draw a line in the sand with this stuff (or, they don't care, or they embrace capitalism etc.).
Tech fetishists at worst embrace it all or, at best, say "I am skeptical of a lot of uses of AI, but I champion the few, individual benefits we can get from it."
The trajectory is not in the hands of the consumer, and for those who are in charge, they cannot afford to just let small use cases trickle in through the cracks, they need to open the floodgates. And of course, we open the gates for them.
For me, the few conveniences that AI could bring to my life do not outweigh the cons that the march of technology are unleashing on the environment, society and individuals. Further, and more importantly, I would argue whether they are conveniences in the long run, I am not a proponent of "cognitive offloading" of small tasks, which I think are beneficial to our learning and psyche, building new pathways of thinking, building various psychological resiliences and opening room for meditative time in your day to day life.
I don't use any of it and have drawn my line with technology. At this point, with the experiences, perspective and knowledge that I have now, I wish I had drawn that line when the smartphone came out, and then again when social media started taking the shape of Facebook and then Instagram. Won't make the same mistake again with this next wave of "innovation", none of which has the best interests of people or the planet in mind, only capital. A life intertwined with capitalism, consumerism and warped views of "productivity" is one I would prefer to distance myself from.
