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Re: Google Mail's scary advert AI

Rhakios — Sat Aug 27, 2011 8:26 pm

Author: Rhakios

Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 8:26 pm

leke wrote:

A friend once said he was always getting ads for beef jerky.

Is that what they're calling it nowadays? My throwaway Yahoo account is full of it.

Re: Google Mail's scary advert AI

leke — Sat Aug 27, 2011 6:37 pm

Author: leke

Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 6:37 pm

A friend once said he was always getting ads for beef jerky. For some reason I keep seeing recipes for SPAM

Re: Google Mail's scary advert AI

Rhakios — Mon Aug 22, 2011 8:46 pm

Author: Rhakios

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 8:46 pm

M-Saunders wrote:

Most ads are relevant to things I've talked about in mails, but one that keeps coming up next to my messages is "Bedwetting Problems - Everything you need to know about bedwetting and how to approach it"

Surely one would want to prevent it, rather than approach it

Quote:

Does it know something about me that I don't?

I'm also getting adverts for "Close Combat Training", "How To Sing" and "Rent a flat in Paris"

M

Your mission, should you choose to accept it... <queue music and burning fuse>

Google Mail's scary advert AI

M-Saunders — Mon Aug 22, 2011 12:55 pm

Author: M-Saunders

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 12:55 pm

Most ads are relevant to things I've talked about in mails, but one that keeps coming up next to my messages is "Bedwetting Problems - Everything you need to know about bedwetting and how to approach it"

Does it know something about me that I don't?

I'm also getting adverts for "Close Combat Training", "How To Sing" and "Rent a flat in Paris"

M