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Inside IAB Tech Lab’s meeting with publishers to confront the AI era

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On July 23 more than 80 publishers and industry trade group IAB Tech Lab gathered together to get on the same page for how to deal with generative AI companies. Digiday senior media reporter Sara Guaglione and executive editor of news Seb Joseph reported on the meeting’s goings-on and joined the Digiday Podcast to share what was said and what may come of the confab.

“It was focused on how the industry can respond to AI companies scraping their content, often for little or no money,” said Joseph.

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‘It fundamentally changes what it means to be an e-commerce brand’: What a ChatGPT checkout system could mean for retail

The article was first published by Digiday sibling Modern Retail.

A recent report that OpenAI is developing a checkout system within ChatGPT is garnering mixed reactions among founders of retail startups, with some worrying that the system will become “pay to play” in a way that disenfranchises small businesses.

On July 16, the Financial Times reported that OpenAI had shown brands a prototype of a checkout function that enables users to complete transactions entirely within ChatGPT. Merchants that opt to receive and fulfill orders this way will pay a commission to OpenAI, according to the publication. When contacted by Modern Retail for this story, OpenAI said it had no further comments at this time.

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