Even more ads. From today they land on ChatGPT
OpenAI begins ad testing in ChatGPT. First “clearly marked” advertising materials are to appear today and will be displayed in a separate section below the chat window. This should not be a surprise, because the company announced this step last month, emphasizing that they will not interfere with the content of generated responses.
Fortunately, Polish Internet users do not see any ads yet
The ads are to be visible to users using the free version of the application and the cheaper Go plan. OpenAI ensures that conversations with the chatbot will remain private and will not be shared with advertisers. At the same time, the company admits that the ads will be optimized to be useful for the user.
Initially, the pool of advertisers will be limited and highly selected. One of the barriers will be the price – from $100,000 and up for the opportunity to appear in the chat. The creators of the popular chatbot assume that in the long term advertising will account for less than half of the company’s revenue.
Finally, it is worth mentioning that OpenAI plans to premiere a new model this week. Altman himself also allegedly informed employees that ChatGPT is once again growing above 10% month over month. OpenAI’s last official data, published in October last year, was about 800 million weekly users.
