Free use of ChatGPT towards the end: OpenAI shows big changes

OpenAI has announced that it will soon begin showing ads to ChatGPT users who do not pay for the premium version of this chatbot.

The artificial intelligence company has announced that the ads have not yet been launched, but their testing is expected to begin in the coming weeks.

The move represents the San Francisco-based company's latest attempt to generate revenue from ChatGPT's over 800 million users, most of whom use the service for free.

Although OpenAI is valued at around $500 billion, the company currently spends more than it earns and has long been looking for ways to become profitable.

According to the announcement, digital ads will appear at the end of ChatGPT replies "when there is a relevant sponsored product or service, based on the user's current conversation."

The company also emphasizes that the ads "will be clearly marked and separated from the chatbot's organic responses."