And So the Inevitable Begins

Of course, it was only a question of time before AI followed Cory Doctorow’s “enshittification” curve. And of course, it had to be Meta, which leads the charge.

Meta is about to make your chats with its AI assistant part of its advertising machine, the company announced Wednesday. Beginning December 16, conversations with Meta AI — the company’s chatbot embedded across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and even its new Ray-Ban Display smart glasses — will be used to determine which ads and recommendations show up in your feed.

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