OpenAI to Test Ads in ChatGPT
According to the Last Week in AI podcast episode #232, OpenAI is planning to test advertisements in ChatGPT as the company continues to burn through billions of dollars in operating costs.
The podcast episode also covered several other AI developments:
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Drama at Thinking Machines: The episode discussed unspecified controversies or developments at AI company Thinking Machines, though specific details were not provided in the source material.
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STEM Research: The podcast covered a paper titled “STEM: Scaling Transformers with Embedding Modules,” which appears to focus on techniques for scaling transformer-based AI models.
The announcement about ChatGPT advertising comes as OpenAI seeks additional revenue streams to support its substantial infrastructure and operational costs. However, the source material does not specify the format of the planned ads, timing of the tests, or how they would be integrated into the ChatGPT user experience.
Source: Last Week in AI Podcast #232