OpenAI denies rolling out ads on ChatGPT paid plans
OpenAI says commercial suggestions in ChatGPT Plus are app integrations meant to enhance user experience and not ads, with an app directory launching soon.
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OpenAI denies showing Ads on ChatGPT after user complaints: Here's what actually happened
OpenAI has released an official statement of clarification after several social media users claimed they saw ads in ChatGPT—even on paid subscription plans. The matter initially went viral when screenshots circulated online showing the apparent brand promotions that pop up below the chatbot responses. Viral screenshots trigger confusion The issue first appeared on December 3, when an X user (formerly Twitter), @BenjaminDEKR, shared a screenshot …
OpenAI Swears Those Aren't Ads In ChatGPT, But Users Don't Buy It - Stuff South Africa
It seems those ChatGPT “apps” the company announced back in October are finally turning up for regular folk inside the large language model, and they look suspiciously like ads. This one, which prompts some users (most of them American) — even those paying for a ChatGPT ‘Plus’ subscription — to “Connect Target” alongside the store’s logo, was shared by former xAI employee Benjamin de Kraker in a post on X. “There are no live tests for ads” After…
Will OpenAI really slide from the ad in ChatGPT? The head of the service swears that recent app suggestions are not "real ads."
OpenAI Clarifies It Isn’t Testing Ads on ChatGPT Despite User Claims
OpenAI officials have dismissed claims of ads appearing on paid tiers of ChatGPT. The controversy initially stemmed from screenshots shared by users on social media recently, highlighting ads appearing below prompt responses in an unrelated conversation. This happened even if they were enrolled in a paid subscription to the AI chatbot. Following the backlash, an OpenAI official claimed that what users saw on social media was either “not ads or n…
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