James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look at recent reporting which raises the alarm about scam ads on Facebook and how selling ad space to scammers appears to be substantial boost to the company’s bottom line (1:22).  The guys then consider whether ChatGPT is making people crazy, or at least crazier, in light of recent revelations about people ending up hospitalized, divorced, or dead following intense interactions with it (20:19).   Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show (Reuters) Here’s How Many Billions Meta Earned From Ads That Are Trying to Scam You (Inc) Rohingya sue Facebook for £150bn over Myanmar genocide (The Guardian) OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week (Wired)

Call It Like I See It

James Keys, Tunde Ogunlana

Is Facebook Making Big Money From Scam Ads? Also, ChatGPT and the Upsurge in AI Psychosis

NOV 19, 202536 MIN
Call It Like I See It

Is Facebook Making Big Money From Scam Ads? Also, ChatGPT and the Upsurge in AI Psychosis

NOV 19, 202536 MIN

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James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look at recent reporting which raises the alarm about scam ads on Facebook and how selling ad space to scammers appears to be substantial boost to the company’s bottom line (1:22).  The guys then consider whether ChatGPT is making people crazy, or at least crazier, in light of recent revelations about people ending up hospitalized, divorced, or dead following intense interactions with it (20:19).  

Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show (Reuters)

Here’s How Many Billions Meta Earned From Ads That Are Trying to Scam You (Inc)

Rohingya sue Facebook for £150bn over Myanmar genocide (The Guardian)

OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week (Wired)