🧠 ChatGPT starts testing ads inside conversations

OpenAI has begun testing ads in ChatGPT. The test runs in the US only, for adult users on the Free and Go plans. Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise are excluded.

Ads are selected based on the topic of the chat, past conversations, and previous ad interactions. They appear as sponsored blocks, visually separated from answers. OpenAI says ads do not affect how responses are generated.

Advertisers do not see user chats or personal data. They only get aggregated stats like views and clicks. Ads are blocked around health, mental health, and politics. Users can hide ads, delete ad data, or turn off personalization. Disabling ads on the free tier comes with lower message limits.

This puts ads inside a much more personal flow than feeds or search. It is not a scroll. It sits between thoughts.

OpenAI calls it an early experiment and says feedback will shape what comes next.


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⚠️ Anthropic safety researcher resigns, says “the world is in danger” from fast AI progress

🖱 A senior AI safety researcher at Anthropic, Mrinank Sharma, stepped down, warning that rapid AI development puts the world at risk. He said safety teams face ongoing pressure to sideline core concerns, including bioterrorism and other catastrophic scenarios.

🖱 Anthropic was founded to build safer AI systems, yet even its CEO Dario Amodei has publicly cautioned that progress may be moving too quickly and called for slowing deployment.

🖱 Similar tensions have surfaced elsewhere. Senior safety researchers, including members of the former Superalignment team at OpenAI, have left, arguing that commercial priorities are overtaking efforts to reduce risks from systems that could surpass human intelligence.

🖱 Former OpenAI researcher Zoe Hitzig resigned after ads were introduced in ChatGPT. She warned that advertising inside highly personal conversations could enable subtle manipulation, especially as users share sensitive details about health, finances, and relationships.

Safety debates are no longer internal. They are playing out in public as AI systems scale.

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