US EditionChatGPT Ads Are on the Way, but iPhone Users Can Avoid Them
OpenAI plans to add ads to ChatGPT's free tier while iPhone users may avoid ads by routing queries through Siri, exempt from advertising according to app code and reports.
- This month, OpenAI's Android beta build 1.2025.329 contains code referencing an ads feature and search-ad elements, suggesting Android app beta testers may see ads soon.
- The Information earlier this month reported OpenAI was considering ads tied to memory or user chats, while Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO, called embedding ads "uniquely unsettling" but not ruled them out.
- Code analysis indicates the likely target is the ChatGPT free tier, with ads possibly added despite message and memory limits, and observers say rollout will likely affect both Android and iOS apps.
- IPhone users can bypass ads by using Siri, as Apple's agreement with OpenAI excludes these fallback sessions from training and ads.
- Recent coverage and code hints suggest an imminent shift as the truly free ride for ChatGPT free users might soon end, despite OpenAI leadership’s earlier discomfort with ads.
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OpenAI Preparing to Stuff Ads Into ChatGPT, According to Beta Code in App
Brace yourselves, for your cozy little conversations with OpenAI’s ChatGPT are about to be stuffed with ads. At least, that’s the findings of a software engineer who dug through the code of an experimental build of the chatbot’s app. The engineer, Tibor Blaho, flagged roughly a dozen lines of code in the latest beta release of the ChatGPT app for Android, 1.2025.329, labelled “feature ads,” with strings referencing commercial-sounding stuff like…
Programming engineer Tibor Blaho discovered mentions of advertising tools in the code in the beta version of the ChatGPT application.
Code suggests that OpenAI may be close to introducing ads for ChatGPT
The truly free ride for ChatGPT might soon come to a close as OpenAI could be nearing the introduction of ads. As first discovered by Tibor Blaho on X, a beta version of ChatGPT's Android app includes lines of code that heavily reference ads. According to the post, the 1.2025.329 beta version includes mentions of "ads feature," "search ad" and "bazaar content." While this isn't a version that's available to the public yet, it could be an indicat…
"Andreas, why are there three paragraphs in your book review about the benefits of hemorrhoid cream?" It was probably only a matter of time – and the topic has come up repeatedly. OpenAI is currently testing ways to display advertising in ChatGPT internally.... See the article: ChatGPT: Evidence of advertising found in the Android beta
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