Ads Come To ChatGPT

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🗓️ 19 January 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Ads are finally coming to ChatGPT. Why everyone online can’t stop talking about going on Claude benders. Elon’s case against OpenAI moves forward again. The Thinking Machines saga roils on again. And the big movie about AI every is apparently watching. OpenAI brings advertising to ChatGPT in push for new revenue (FT) OpenAI's Revenue Soars Past $20 Billion After 233% Jump—But Explosive Growth Comes With Massive Compute Costs And A $17 Billion Burn Rate (Benzinga) Claude Is Taking the AI World by Storm, and Even Non-Nerds Are Blown Away (WSJ) ‘No Reasons to Own’: Software Stocks Sink on Fear of New AI Tool (Bloomberg) Musk Seeks Up to $134 Billion Damages From OpenAI, Microsoft (Bloomberg) Thinking Machines Exodus Tests Investor Appetite for a $50 Billion Valuation (The Information) There’s a Hit Movie Set Deep Inside an AI Lab—and It Will Give You Goosebumps (WSJ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:08.0	Joining your little ones on a fun-fueled adventure. Some fun, some food, it's all inside this Happy Meal.
0:16.0	Until the 2nd of February from 11am includes one pre-selected book or toy whilst it's last.
0:24.3	Welcome to the Tech Brew Ride Home from Monday, January 19th, 2026. I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:29.3	Ads are finally coming to chat GPT, why everyone online can't stop talking about going on
0:34.5	Claudebenders. Elon's case against Open AI moves forward again. The
0:38.6	Thinking Machine saga roils on again. And the big movie about AI, everyone is apparently watching.
0:44.5	Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.
0:53.5	There's a lot of chatter about using AI agents right now, but no one seems to be talking about how these agents aren't always perfect.
1:01.1	Sometimes they delete the wrong files or make changes you didn't authorize, and when that happens, you're left to clean up the mess.
1:07.6	That is, unless you're using Rubric Agent Cloud. It's the only platform that allows you to
1:12.8	monitor, govern, and rewind AI agent actions. And if your business relies on AI agents, you need
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1:25.5	mitigating risk. If you're running AI agents and want to sleep
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1:43.1	It is official. OpenAI plans to test ads below chat GPT replies for users of the free and
1:50.2	go tiers in the U.S. A source says OpenAI expects to make in the low billions of dollars from ads
1:56.6	in 2026 alone, quoting the FT. The San Francisco headquartered company announced on Friday that it would begin testing
2:04.3	adverts on its free chatbot and cheapest paid offering.
2:07.7	The ads will appear at the bottom of chat GPT answers in the coming weeks.
2:11.8	OpenAI said the marketing messages will be clearly labeled and will appear if relevant to the
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