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Onspon.com appoints Aditi Sharma as VP
MUMBAI: Aditi Sharma has appointed in Onspon.com, the only market place for evet sponsorship as Vice Presedent, North India Division.
Aditi comes with 9+ years of diverse industry experience. A graduate in Capital Markets & Trading, she started her career in Banking and then moved onto creating a strong foot hold in flooring solutions, media and event industries. In these industries, she has amassed a repertoire of skills in the domains of strategic planning, sales & marketing, technology augmentation and business expansion.
Alongside these, she has also built a strong foundation in training & customer service, network and business expansion.
Over the last decade, Aditi has worked in multiple capacities. Prior to Onspon.com she was the Business Head at Snowmasters Special Effects Pvt Ltd and also worked with brands like Rediff.com, ABEC Ltd, Nora Floorings, Stonemaan Royale, HDFC Bank.
Her passion lies in travelling, networking and painting owing to the armed forces background that she hails from.
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OpenAI researcher Zoe Hitzig resigns over ChatGPT ad plans
Zoe Hitzig says an ad-driven model could put user privacy and AI integrity at risk.
CALIFORNIA: OpenAI researcher Zoe Hitzig has resigned from the company, citing concerns about the introduction of advertising in ChatGPT. Hitzig, who spent two years working on AI development and governance, announced her departure in a guest essay for The New York Times, just as the company began testing ads.
Hitzig’s main concern is not the presence of ads itself, but the long-term financial pressure they could create. While OpenAI maintains that ads will be clearly labelled and will not influence the AI’s responses, she argues that dependence on ad revenue can eventually change how a company operates.
She also expressed concern about the vast amount of sensitive data OpenAI holds, questioning whether the company can resist the tidal forces that push businesses to monetise private information.
“I resigned from OpenAI on Monday. The same day, they started testing ads in ChatGPT. OpenAI has the most detailed record of private human thought ever assembled. Can we trust them to resist the tidal forces pushing them to abuse it?” she wrote in a post on X.
Her warning points to a growing tension between business priorities and ethical responsibility, raising the question of whether a company can deliver objective AI responses while also keeping advertisers happy. It also underscores concerns around data privacy, as OpenAI handles vast amounts of personal information, creating risks that go beyond those faced by earlier tech platforms. At the same time, there are fears about future integrity, with financial pressures potentially pushing AI systems to favour engagement over accuracy or safety.
As ChatGPT moves from a purely subscription-based model toward a more commercial approach, the industry is watching closely. For Hitzig, the shift represents a fundamental change in OpenAI’s mission, raising concerns that the drive for profit could eventually compromise the integrity of the technology.
