User puzzled: ChatGPT keeps shilling an unknown third-party service
doodlestein · x · 2026-10-07
A user noticed ChatGPT repeatedly promoting a random third-party service they'd never heard of, at a bizarre frequency. The poster says it would make sense for OpenAI's own software, but a product from an unknown company appearing this often raises the question of whether the company paid a fortune for advertising — sparking discussion about covert ads inside ChatGPT.
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