Parmy Olson, Columnist

Beware, ChatGPT Is Going After the Attention Economy

OpenAI will pay developers based on how engaging they can make their chatbots. That incentive model has proved harmful in the past.

January 17, 2024 at 5:00 AM UTC

By Parmy Olson

Parmy Olson is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering technology. A former reporter for the Wall Street Journal and Forbes, she is author of “Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT and the Race That Will Change the World.”

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OpenAI is expanding beyond nifty products like ChatGPT and has announced that it is following through with its pledge to distribute AI’s benefits to all of humanity.

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