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what company would be so dumb as to just put an unfiltered ChatGPT prompt as their search window? ... Amazon. (awful.systems)
submitted 8 months ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems
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@ILiedAboutCake on Twitter seems to have first noted that Amazon has a new review search engine, Rufus!

... it's just a ChatGPT prompt window. You can ask it about Barack Obama. You can ask it to write your Python script for you.

Corey Quinn (@quinnypig) notes the pornographic limerick that doesn't rhyme properly

Phil Calcado (@pcalcado) notes that it will happily send you to competitors.

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[-] self@awful.systems 63 points 8 months ago

for anyone who wants to increase Amazon’s GPT bill by generating dildo limericks, it looks like this is only enabled for Amazon’s app, not their website

[-] seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 8 months ago

I'd bet the personal information they get from the app is worth much more than what they are getting billed for GTP useage.

[-] dgerard@awful.systems 11 points 8 months ago

I think that might be the pitch, but really it's mid mgt thinking they can juice their personal number

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 months ago

Is it US only?

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