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AI Attack Ad in Texas Senate Race Shows John Cornyn Dancing With Jasmine Crockett

Reid J. Epstein / nytimes - A video from Ken Paxton, a Republican primary challenger to Senator John Cornyn of Texas, depicted A.I.-generated imagery of the senator twirling with Jasmine Crockett, a Democratic Senate candidate.

#ai #digitalmarketing #aiethics #genai #government #us #media #election #ads #advertising

AI Attack Ad in Texas Senate Race Shows John Cornyn Dancing With Jasmine Crockett

7 wks / nytimes / Reid J. Epstein

AI Attack Ad in Texas Senate Race Shows John Cornyn Dancing With Jasmine Crockett

7 wks / nytimes / Reid J. Epstein

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Google is appealing a judge’s search monopoly ruling

Lauren Feiner / theverge - Google is appealing a federal court's decision ruling it an illegal online search monopolist. The company filed a notice to appeal on Friday, requesting a pause on the court-ordered remedies meant to restore competition to the online search market. "As we…

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #google #antitrust #alphabet #judiciary #law #litigation #advertising #regulation

www.theverge.com/news/863710/...

7 wks / bsky / @djnoneya.bsky.social / djnoneya.bsky.social

Google files to appeal search monopoly case

7 wks / cnbc

Google to Appeal US Court Ruling of Illegal Monopoly in Search

7 wks / bloomberg / Leah Nylen

Google is appealing a judge’s search monopoly ruling

7 wks / theverge / Lauren Feiner

Google is appealing the ruling from its search antitrust case to avoid sharing data with rivals

7 wks / engadget / Ian Carlos Campbell

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 5:20 pm / permalink 18083 / 5 stories in 7 wks


OpenAI set to start rolling out ads to free and ChatGPT Go users

Jon Keegan / sherwood - OpenAI says user conversations will be kept private from advertisers, and answers will not be influenced by ads.


Ad rollout and revenue drive updates

OpenAI to start testing ChatGPT ads across free, Go tiers

7 wks / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

OpenAI to Test Ads in ChatGPT as Revenue Pressures Mount

7 wks / techstrong / Jon Swartz

OpenAI to test ads in ChatGPT as it burns through billions

7 wks / arstechnica / Benj Edwards

ChatGPT To Begin Testing Ads In The United States via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson

7 wks / searchenginejournal / Brooke Osmundson

OpenAI Starts Testing Ads in ChatGPT

7 wks / nytimes / Cade Metz

OpenAI Starts Testing Ads in ChatGPT

7 wks / nytimes / Cade Metz

OpenAI Starts Testing Ads in ChatGPT

7 wks / nytimes / Cade Metz

ChatGPT users are about to get hit with targeted ads

7 wks / techcrunch / Lucas Ropek

OpenAI is bringing ads to ChatGPT

7 wks / engadget / Igor Bonifacic

ChatGPT's free ride is ending: Here's what OpenAI plans for advertising on the chatbot

7 wks / go

OpenAI introducing ads to ChatGPT

7 wks / techxplore

OpenAI will soon test ads in ChatGPT despite CEO Sam Altman once calling the idea dystopian

7 wks / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

OpenAI set to start rolling out ads to free and ChatGPT Go users

7 wks / sherwood / Jon Keegan

Ads Are Coming To ChatGPT in the Coming Weeks

7 wks / slashdot / msmash

OpenAI Puts Ads in ChatGPT: Why the $1.4 Trillion Bill Left No Choice

7 wks / implicator / Harkaram Grewal

OpenAI to Test Ads on ChatGPT Free and Go Tiers in the US

7 wks / analyticsindiamag / Siddharth Jindal

OpenAI to Test Targeted Ads in ChatGPT, Stepping Up Revenue Push

7 wks / bloomberg / Shirin Ghaffary

OpenAI to Test Targeted Ads in ChatGPT, Stepping Up Revenue Push

7 wks / bloomberg / Shirin Ghaffary

ChatGPT to carry adverts for some users

7 wks / bbc

OpenAI brings advertising to ChatGPT in push for new revenue

7 wks / ft

OpenAI to begin testing ads on ChatGPT in the U.S.

7 wks / cnbc

Ads are coming soon to ChatGPT, starting with shopping links

7 wks / theverge / Emma Roth

Ads Are Coming to ChatGPT. Here’s How They’ll Work

7 wks / wired / Maxwell Zeff

OpenAI to Begin Testing Ads in ChatGPT in Push for Fresh Revenue

7 wks / wsj / Berber Jin


Other perspectives

I am extremely bearish on this ads product because A) I'm not sure how great this data is for actual targeting and B) we have no idea what the CPM/CPA pricing will be. Even if this becomes a good business line, OpenAI's services cost too much for it to ma

7 wks / bsky / @edzitron.com


Privacy and answer integrity measures

OpenAI says its new ChatGPT ads won't influence answers

7 wks / bleepingcomputer / Mayank Parmar

Our approach to advertising and expanding access to ChatGPT

7 wks / simonwillison / Simon Willison

ChatGPT ads are coming, and they'll be influenced by your conversations

7 wks / axios / Megan Morrone


Subscription tier and pricing details

Do you use ChatGPT’s free version? It now has a major catch

7 wks / fastcompany / Jennifer Mattson

ChatGPT Ads Coming Soon for Free and New $8 Go Tier Users

7 wks / cnet / Ty Pendlebury

OpenAI Brings Subscription Tier and Ads to US

7 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

ChatGPT Go is Now Available Worldwide, But Free and Go Users Will Soon See Ads

7 wks / thurrott / Laurent Giret

ChatGPT Go Debuts with Ads for Free Users

7 wks / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi


All Other Stories

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7 wks / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

OpenAI will begin testing advertisements on ChatGPT for free and lower-tier users in the US, aiming to generate revenue while maintaining user privacy and keeping ads separate from chatbot responses.

7 wks / bsky / @sciencex.bsky.social / sciencex.bsky.social

OpenAI starts testing ads in ChatGPT after burning $8B in six months. Only 5% of 800M users pay subscriptions. Ads hit free and $8 Go tiers first, matched to conversation... https://www.implicator.ai/openai-puts-ads-in-chatgpt-why-the-1-4-trillion-bill-le

7 wks / bsky / @marcus-schuler.com / marcus-schuler.com

NEW: ChatGPT will soon show ads alongside chats, OpenAI announced today.

7 wks / bsky / @axios.com / axios.com

More here: www.wired.com/story/openai...

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www.wired.com/story/openai...

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