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Time Magazine Now Running Ads Meant Specifically to Influence AI Agents (futurism.com)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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“Maybe it’s more important to influence the agent than even the human, because with a human you influence one person,” Mobian cofounder and CEO Jonah Goodhart told Digiday. “When you influence ChatGPT, you’re influencing potentially all of ChatGPT. If ChatGPT changes what it says about [a brand], it’s massive and it’s more than any one campaign could ever do.”

If I was this dumb I surely would be smart enough to keep my mouth shut.

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/50015379

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[–] zogwarg@awful.systems 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I was thinking "Hey I want that markdown!" (although maybe not for time magazine), but the actual example is dystopian.

If you want to stare at the abyss it's achievable with curl -H 'user-agent: ClaudeBot' https://url_to_article, and it's like 70% SEO crap tailored to brainwash LLMs (more realistically "agents" in limited context).

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 2 points 5 days ago

I want markdown that isn't trying to sell me something.