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The darkest monetization is biased output from the bot.

Tech question? Steer you to its cloud. Medical question? Steer you towards a sponsored treatment. Or maybe the mechanism of injury needs this lawyer to compensate?

Oh and I infer from your chat history you're about to expect a child. That house is probably too small now, so our realtor in that neighborhood can help!

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The worst ad is the one you don't know is an ad. It will be presented as a definitive answer.

They are persuasion machines

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For sure this wouldn't be legal. Ads clearly need to be labeled as ads.
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