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Thats also supposedly what google search should do, and especially fb (and social media), yet it still feels generic

Yep agree video ads will be a thing. Will add it for a next version

Polish as in shine (or is this a joke)?

Right now, the major AI providers are spending Investment $$$s, this will change when they need to become profitable.

On it!

This will happen! (difficult to show in a quick demo that you view for like 10 seconds)

It will happen slowly over time:

1) start with a notification that ads are coming (already there) 2) adding 1 ad to start with 3) slowly increase ads 4) make it a huge part of the experience (like Google now)

A lot of the text on 99helpers is very new, and needs more polish. So I get your point.

Wow, #1 post on HN right now... First time ever for me.

Or (and I'm saying this as someone in the EU): It should say that this feature is not available in the EU.

Yes, I think so too. But I wanted to show this very OBVIOUSLY in an instant.

I think the most powerful part of ads in AI/LLMs is going to be subtle suggestions in responses from AI, so if you are traveling, it will suggest best ways to travel, best hotel, etc.

And that's indeed exactly how it's going to be. Just like with a random Google search.

Why, as in it has lots of text and lots of colors?

Yep it is. Without the advertising.

We all know the pattern: something useful launches → it becomes popular → it needs to make money → ads everywhere.

AI chat is heading the same way. So I built a fully interactive demo that shows what an ad-supported AI chatbot could actually look like: https://99helpers.com/tools/ad-supported-chat

It includes every monetization pattern you can think of:

- Pre-chat interstitials (like YouTube pre-rolls, but for chat) - Sponsored AI responses (the AI casually recommends products mid-answer) - Freemium gates (5 free messages, then watch an ad to continue) - Banner ads, sidebar ads, retargeting ads - Sponsored suggestion chips ("Ask about BrainBoost Pro! ")

Of all the things to question, discuss & think about based on this news!

Hopefully AI articles and papers can skip things like:

Alex has wavy hair and speaks with the chill, singsong cadence of someone who has spent a lot of time in the Bay Area. He and Eugene scanned the menu, and Alex said that they should get clear broth, rather than spicy, “so we can both lock in our skin care.”

Hi HN'ers,

This is my round up of last week's privacy and technology related news.

Hope you enjoy it :)

Nick

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