Using ChatGPT For Free? You Will Start Seeing Ads From Today: Here Is Why?

If you have been using ChatGPT, one of the most popular AI chatbots in the world, for free. we have a bad news for you. Sam Altman's OpenAI has started testing advertisements inside ChatGPT for some users in the United States starting today. These ads will be shown only to free and ChatGPT Go users. The company has clarified that ads will not appear for ChatGPT Plus or Pro paid subscribers."We’re starting to roll out a test for ads in ChatGPT today to a subset of free and Go users in the U.S. Ads do not influence ChatGPT’s answers. Ads are labeled as sponsored and visually separate from the response. Our goal is to give everyone access to ChatGPT for free with fewer limits, while protecting the trust they place in it for important and personal

tasks," OpenAI wrote on the Eon Musk-owned social media platform X (previously called Twitter). So if you are using ChatGPT without paying, you may soon notice sponsored listings inside the chat interface. According to OpenAI, the move is part of a limited rollout understanding how ads can support the platform while keeping user trust intact. The AI startup says the goal is to keep ChatGPT available to more people for free or at a low cost while continuing to invest in faster responses and better AI features. Running large AI systems requires significant infrastructure and advertising is being tested as one way to support those costs.The company also claims that ads will not influence ChatGPT’s answers. Sponsored content will be clearly labeled and visually separated from the AI’s responses. This means the chatbot’s suggestions and information will still be generated independently based on what is most helpful for the user, not on which advertiser is paying.

During the test phase, ads may appear based on the topic of your conversation and your past interactions with ChatGPT. For example, someone searching for recipes could see ads for grocery delivery or meal kits. OpenAI says advertisers will not get access to personal chats or user identities. They will only receive aggregated data like how many people viewed or clicked on an ad.Privacy and safety are key parts of this test. Ads will not be shown to accounts that are under 18 and they will not appear alongside sensitive topics such as health, mental health or politics. Users will also get controls to manage ads. These include options to hide ads, give feedback, view ad history, delete ad data and adjust personalisation settings.