[pbasista]

> Every time this comes up there are comments assuming that ads are being injected into the normal plans

No. The distinction between the unpaid vs. cheap vs. expensive plans is irrelevant here.

The main controversial point about this topic is to include ads in the output of an LLM-backed AI tool responses. It does not matter at all in which tier it occurs.

The discussion is about the fact that it occurs in the first place.

[Aurornis]

> The main controversial point about this topic is to include ads in the output of an LLM-backed AI tool responses.

Except the article very clearly explains that the ads are separate from the AI responses.

[pbasista]

> the ads are separate from the AI responses

Ok. But that is in my opinion a distinction without a difference.

It does not matter whether the ads are built by the AI itself and seamlessly embedded into the regular responses. Or just made separately and placed into the same window as the AI's output.

The bulk of the controversies in relation to doing this are still roughly the same, whatever the origin of the ads may be.