Category: Technology
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OpenAI Adding Ads Is An Admission Of Failure
“Today, we’re beginning to test ads in ChatGPT in the U.S. The test will be for logged-in adult users on the Free and Go subscription tiers. Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Education tiers will not have ads. Ads do not influence the answers ChatGPT gives you, and we keep your conversations with ChatGPT private from advertisers.” Let me rephrase that for you, Sam and co: “We’re bleeding money. We lose money across the board. Nobody is really using our product. We’re introducing ads in a desperate attempt to generate some revenue to offset a tiny portion of our massive debt…
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Podcast Loudness Levels Are Still Crap
-16 LUFS for podcast (stereo) audio has been the standard for longer than I can remember. By exporting your audio at this level, you help ensure that your listener isn’t suddenly forced to either raise their volume to hear your podcast properly or panic grab for the volume button before their eardrums start to bleed. I sometimes feel like podcasters, even established ones who should know better, think that their show exists in a vacuum. The listeners shown in your stats dashboard listen to your show and your show alone, so fuck them, and fuck the larger podcast community. I’ll…
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Let Me Fix That Response To The CMA, Google
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Google has proposed changes to how Google Search works in order to promote a “fairer deal” for consumers and businesses in a market that is absolutely dominated by Google. To be clear, these are proposals, not laws, and are only at the consultation phase. Google Search accounts for more than 90% of all general search queries in the UK – with millions of people relying on it as a key gateway to the internet. More than 200,000 firms in the UK collectively spent more than £10 billion on Google’s search advertising last year.…
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