OpenAI to Test Ads on ChatGPT Free and Go Plans in the U.S.

Key Highlights: If you were hoping not to see ads inside ChatGPT in 2026, there is some bad news for you. Last year, some reports hinted that OpenAI was planning to show ads in ChatGPT. At the time, the company dropped the plan to inject ads due to the competition it was facing from Google’s Gemini 3. In fact, CEO Sam Altman issued a code-red call, which eventually fast-tracked the GPT-5.2 model. OpenAI will start testing ads in ChatGPT in the coming weeks Well, ads are coming in ChatGPT, and it’s coming fast. OpenAI, in today’s announcement, has clearly mentioned […]