AI: Chatbot answers now come with ads

We’ve already reached “the beginning of the end of ad-free ChatGPT,” said Madison Mills in Axios. Like the social media companies that came before it, Sam Altman’s OpenAI has realized it “has to make money at some point.” Last week, the startup officially began testing ads for U.S. users on both its free and lowest-priced subscription tier. The ads that users will see are “shaped by what you’re discussing” with the chatbot. Someone researching recipe ideas, for instance, may be shown an ad for a grocery delivery service.