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Websites serve secret ads to influence AI bots' brand mentions

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Websites are now serving text-based advertisements specifically designed to influence AI bots. The goal is to shape how AI services like ChatGPT discuss brands, with the hope that positive ad copy will lead these AI models to promote the advertiser. This emerging strategy aims to leverage AI's content generation capabilities for marketing purposes. AI

IMPACT This tactic could alter how AI models discuss brands, potentially impacting content generation and brand perception in AI-driven interactions.

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses a new technique for influencing AI behavior, which is a tool-related development rather than a core AI release or research.

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Websites serve secret ads to influence AI bots' brand mentions

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. The Register — AI TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    Advertisers are trying to influence AI bots with secret ads

    PLUS: Hiveminds are emerging to hack the planet, and open-weight models are the new new red scare.

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 Suomi(FI) · [email protected] ·

    Welcome to the Future: Websites Now Show AI Bots Ads Specifically for Them Text Ads That Load

    Tervetuloa tulevaisuuteen: Verkkosivustot näyttävät nyt tekoälyboteille pelkästään niille suunnattuja mainoksia Tekstimuotoisilla mainoksilla, jotka latautuvat vain tekoälyboteille, pyritään vaikuttamaan siihen, miten tekoälypalvelut, kuten ChatGPT puhuvat brändistä. Eli positiiv…

    LINKS dawn.fi/…/verkkosivustot-nayttavat-tekoal…

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