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> It did matter to Mr. Turley and the product team. The rate of people returning to the chatbot daily or weekly had become an important measuring stick by April 2025

And there it is. As soon as one person greedy enough is involved, then people and their information will always be monetized. What we could have learnt without tuning the AI to promote further user engagement.

Now it's already polluted with an agenda to keep the user hooked.



Now lets charge them per word they send and receive.




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