A new empirical study analyzes advertising content in ChatGPT's user interfaces, using 91 sock puppets to explore demographic variations among U.S. users.
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First Study of Ads in ChatGPT Interfaces Reveals Demographic Differences
A new empirical study analyzes advertising content in ChatGPT's user interfaces, using 91 sock puppets to explore demographic variations among U.S. users.
This paper presents the first empirical study of advertising content being rolled out in the user-facing online interfaces of large language models (LLMs). We systematically examine possible demographic differences in ad content shown to U.S. users of ChatGPT using a sock puppet audit methodology. We create and...
Understanding how ads are targeted within AI chat interfaces is crucial as these platforms become mainstream. This study provides early insights into the personalization and potential biases in AI-driven advertising.
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