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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

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 7:21 pm / permalink 18102 / 2 stories in 7 wks


California AG sends Musk’s xAI a cease-and-desist order over sexual deepfakes

Lucas Ropek / techcrunch - The flood of AI-generated sexual imagery has spurred concern from state and congressional officials alike.

#ai #techpolicy #aiethics #genai #law #contentmoderation #xai #litigation #digitalprivacy #regulation

California AG Demands xAI Halt Grok’s Explicit Deepfake Generation - WebProNews

6 wks / webpronews

California AG sends cease and desist to xAI over Grok's explicit deepfakes

6 wks / engadget / Mariella Moon

Elon Musk's AI Firm xAI Faces Legal Storm Over Grok's Deepfake Scandal! - OpenTools

6 wks / opentools

Elon Musk's xAI Faces Lawsuit Over Deepfake Nightmare: A Battle for AI Accountability - OpenTools

6 wks / opentools

The EPA closed a loophole that xAI had exploited to rapidly stand up its data center in Memphis. The updated rule means companies need to get air pollution permits before installing & using methane-burning turbines for off grid power at their faciliti

7 wks / bsky / @lorak.bsky.social / lorak.bsky.social

California Attorney General Takes Bold Stance Against xAI's Deepfake Scandal - OpenTools

7 wks / opentools

Elon Musk's xAI faces tougher road building out data centers after EPA rule update

7 wks / cnbc

California AG sends Musk’s xAI a cease-and-desist order over sexual deepfakes

7 wks / techcrunch / Lucas Ropek

California AG Cracks Down on xAI's Deepfake Technology - Devdiscourse

7 wks / devdiscourse

The mother of one of Elon Musk's children is suing xAI over nonconsensual deepfake images

7 wks / engadget / Will Shanklin

X reportedly still allows Grok-created, sexualized images despite new ban

7 wks / mashable

Grok made sexual image of Ashley St. Clair covered in Swastikas: lawsuit

7 wks / reddit / /u/Disastrous_Award_789

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 6:21 pm / permalink 18092 / 12 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...

7 wks / bsky / @mzeff.bsky.social / mzeff.bsky.social

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

7 wks / bsky / @peard33.bsky.social / peard33.bsky.social

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 1:20 pm / permalink 18059 / 39 stories in 7 wks


Wikipedia Announces New AI Partnerships With Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and More

Laurent Giret / thurrott - Wikipedia new AI partnerships with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity, which will join Google and other companies already using its content to train their AI models.The post Wikipedia Announces New AI Partnerships With Amazon, Meta, Micro…

#ai #dataprivacy #meta #amazon #microsoft #aiethics #genai #business #wikipedia #copyright

Wikipedia Announces New AI Partnerships With Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and More

7 wks / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Wikipedia is now getting paid by Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity, and other AI companies

7 wks / techspot

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 11:51 am / permalink 18044 / 2 stories in 7 wks


Elon Musk's X to block AI chatbot Grok from making explicit images of real people

Huo Jingnan / npr - Elon Musk's social media company X says it will block its AI chatbot Grok from creating explicit images of real people after governments around the world launched investigations into the feature.

#techpolicy #aiethics #genai #censorship #contentmoderation #xai #grokai #digitalprivacy #regulation

Elon Musk's X to block AI chatbot Grok from making explicit images of real people

7 wks / npr / Huo Jingnan

What you need to know about Grok and the controversies surrounding it

7 wks / techxplore

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 10:23 am / permalink 18031 / 2 stories in 7 wks


Mother of Elon Musk's child sues xAI over Grok deepfakes

bbc - The parent company of X and Grok, xAI, launched a counter-suit saying she had violated its terms of service.

#ai #dataprivacy #aiethics #genai #contentmoderation #xai #elonmusk #grokai #litigation

Ashley St Clair Sues Elon Musk’s xAI Over Sexualized Deepfakes - SSBCrack News

7 wks / ssbcrack

Mother of one of Elon Musk’s offspring sues xAI over sexualized deepfakes

7 wks / arstechnica / Hannah Murphy and Rafe Rosner-Uddin, Financial Times

Mother of Elon Musk's child sues xAI over Grok deepfakes

7 wks / bbc

Elon Musk’s Grok controversy: Ashley St. Clair sues xAI over explicit deepfake images - Moneycontrol

7 wks / moneycontrol

'Alright, alright, alright': Matthew McConaughey trademarks iconic catchphrase to stop AI misuse - inkl

7 wks / inkl

Mother of one of Elon Musk’s children sues xAI over sexual Grok deepfakes

7 wks / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Deepfake Drama: Elon Musk's xAI Faces Lawsuit Over Grok's Racy Renderings - OpenTools

7 wks / opentools

Elon Musk-linked AI Grok faces lawsuit over alleged explicit deepfakes - The Hans India

7 wks / thehansindia

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 8:21 am / permalink 18016 / 8 stories in 7 wks


Jonathan Haidt Strikes Again + What You Vibecoded + An Update on the Forkiverse

nytimes / nytimes - “If we can’t win on social media, then we definitely can’t win on A.I.,” says Haidt.

#ai #innovation #digitalmarketing #social #aiethics #psychology #media #technology

Jonathan Haidt Strikes Again + What You Vibecoded + An Update on the Forkiverse

7 wks / nytimes / nytimes

Jonathan Haidt Strikes Again + What You Vibecoded + An Update on the Forkiverse

7 wks / nytimes / Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Rachel Cohn, Whitney Jones, Vjeran Pavic, Katie McMurran, Dan Powell, Lea

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 7:21 am / permalink 18011 / 2 stories in 7 wks


OpenAI CEO Sam Altman raises $252 million for brain computer interface venture — but Merge Labs is still in an early research phase

tomshardware - OpenAI has signaled its intentions to become a major player in brain computer interfaces (BCIs) with a $252 million investment in Merge Labs.

#ai #startups #vc #innovation #digitalhealth #openai #aiethics #neuroscience #deeptech

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman raises $252 million for brain computer interface venture — but Merge Labs is still in an early research phase

7 wks / tomshardware

Neuralink rival Merge Labs bags $252M, led by OpenAI, to link brains and computers

7 wks / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 6:20 am / permalink 18004 / 2 stories in 7 wks


Wikimedia Foundation secures AI data deals with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and more

Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - Coinciding with its 25th anniversary celebrations, the Wikimedia Foundation has publicly unveiled a significant expansion of its commercial partnerships, welcoming major technology firms including Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity as cus…

#ai #opensource #meta #amazon #microsoft #aiethics #genai #wikipedia #community #contentmoderation

Wikipedia Reveals Multiple Deals with AI Giants to Use Its Content

7 wks / decrypt / Callan Quinn

Wikipedia Secures AI Licensing Deals with Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft as Traffic Decline Threatens Sustainability

7 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Wikipedia Licenses AI Access to Microsoft, Meta and Others Amid Rising Costs and Falling Traffic

7 wks / medianama / Prabhanu Kumar Das

Wikimedia Foundation secures AI data deals with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and more

7 wks / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Wikimedia’s 25th birthday gift: Letting more AIs scour pages volunteers created

7 wks / theregister / Simon Sharwood

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 5:20 am / permalink 18002 / 5 stories in 7 wks


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