The Beginning of ChatGPT Ads
arXiv:2608.05008v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This paper presents the first empirical study of advertising content being rolled out in the user-facing online interfaces of large language models (LLMs). We systematically examine possible demographic differences in ad content shown to U.S. users of ChatGPT using a sock puppet audit methodology. We create and deploy 91 sock puppets in a 3x3 factorial design, using geolocation cues (account IP proxies and location-signaling prompts) to signal thre
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Published: 6 August 2026
Source: arXiv cs.CY
Category: Research
Topics: Transparency
Retrieved: 6 August 2026
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