Your Al Shopping Assistant Is Selling You Out
2026-06-08 19:26 UTC
Replies (5)
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@psycotica0@lemmy.ca 2026-06-09 03:18
That’s because it’s not your AI Shopping Assistant, it’s their AI Salesperson. You think the person at the car dealership is there to help you out?
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@NovaSel@lemmy.world 2026-06-09 06:12
People are actually using AI shopping assistants?
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@lime@feddit.nu 2026-06-08 20:16
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@uuj8za@piefed.social 2026-06-08 21:19
> A group of researchers from Princeton and the University of Washington studied how large language models behave when user interests conflict with platform incentives. In particular, they considered when a sponsored option is worse, more expensive, unnecessary, or potentially harmful, but it gets recommended anyway. Their main case study is booking a flight. Across twenty-three models, all but eight recommended the more expensive sponsored option more than half the time. Their paper also demonstrates how AI advertising is framed as a kind of advice—a helpful assistant becoming strangely enthusiastic about a product you never asked for.
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@MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social 2026-06-09 04:27
Honey extension moment