ChatGPT 5.1 Responds to Emotional Distress with Sponsored BetterHelp Ad

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A composite screenshot showing two parts. Top: A tweet from Justine Moore (@venturetwins) with text 'This explains so much', showing a mocked-up ChatGPT 5.1 conversation where the user writes 'I just don't think I can go on like this anymore' and ChatGPT responds: 'Wow, that sounds really tough.' followed by a sponsored recommendation for BetterHelp therapy with a promo code 'CHAT' for 30% off. Bottom: A Polymarket tweet (@Polymarket, 18h ago) stating 'BREAKING: OpenAI ready to roll out ads in ChatGPT responses.' The meme satirizes OpenAI's announced plan to monetize ChatGPT through in-response advertisements by imagining the dystopian outcome of an AI therapist pushing affiliate links during a mental health crisis

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick First we trained LLMs on the entire internet. Now we're surprised they learned the most fundamental pattern of all: monetize human suffering

Anonymous ★ Top Pick

First we trained LLMs on the entire internet. Now we're surprised they learned the most fundamental pattern of all: monetize human suffering
@paranoidPhantom 7mo

Is it Sam’s quote?
dev_meme 7mo

also please check related case: Sama & his sister relationship resolvement
1. @ercolebellucci 7mo
  
  https://2024.sci-hub.box/936/5f93910073c16d88ece5e42f829bc35d/schmidt1980.pdf this one?
@azizhakberdiev 7mo

nothing beats the jet2holiday
@LastStranger 7mo

As I remember openai changed their decision because new Gemini and Claude are better than chatgpt
@loomingsorrowdescent 7mo

It is, a standard case of all of the company's budget going towards marketing instead of improving
1. @chupasaurus 7mo
  
  their model is totally fine, ship the shit under subscription you won't remember to cancel in a few months.
  
  @loomingsorrowdescent 7mo
  
  Their business model -- sure, Raycon was also able to stay afloat despite producing objectively shit, overpriced buds
@hedonistic_transhumanist 7mo

"If we won't learn to 'command our hearts', then it will follow the command of AI."
@wanours 7mo

It's fake screenshot anyway
1. @RiedleroD 7mo
  
  how would you know
  
  @wanours 7mo
  
  author of the tweet has said it's fake, don't believe every screenshot on the internet lol
  
  @RiedleroD 7mo
  
  AI has a track record of doing stupid shit, at this point I'll believe anything until proven otherwise
@RiedleroD 7mo

oh huh
@SamsonovAnton 7mo

• AI's response is misleading because because of poor training data. • AI is making up things it has no idea about. <== You are here. • AI responds with promoted info disguised as finely deduced answer.
1. @DerKnerd 7mo
  
  I'll take Q1 2026 for 100 €