OpenAI to flood your eyeballs with visual ads
Then prepare for ads if you're in the US Brandon Vigliarolo Brandon Vigliarolo GOVERNMENT AND IT NEWS REPORTER Published mon 5 Oct 2026 // 16:54 UTC READ MORE Anthropic says its IPO could herald the end of the world as we know it 3 hours ago Brighter isn't better and more is less. OpenAI will initially test these ads during image generation.“Through images showing product inspiration, product usage, or the experiences they make possible, people can discover a new brand, understand what makes an offering distinctive, and decide what to buy,” OpenAI explained. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Visual ChatGPT ads will be initially tested during image generation in ChatGPT, though like much of the scheme it’s not particularly clear how that’ll work from OpenAI’s announcement.
- ▪Then prepare for ads if you're in the US Brandon Vigliarolo Brandon Vigliarolo GOVERNMENT AND IT NEWS REPORTER Published mon 5 Oct 2026 // 16:54 UTC READ MORE Anthropic says its IPO could herald the end of the world as we know it 3 hours ag
- ▪OpenAI will initially test these ads during image generation.“Through images showing product inspiration, product usage, or the experiences they make possible, people can discover a new brand, understand what makes an offering distinctive,
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