The company that built the most famous AI assistant on earth announced ads in January. OpenAI said it would start showing ads in ChatGPT to free users and its new $8 tier. By the end of August, it said its ad business had passed a $1 billion annual run rate, running in more than 40 countries. This week, Google said it is taking ads inside AI Overviews and AI Mode to markets around the world, and that sponsored listings in AI Mode …
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