TNB Tech Minute: OpenAI to Test Ads in ChatGPT
WSJ Tech News Briefing
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 16 January 2026
⏱️ 4 minutes
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| 0:31.2 | Here's your afternoon T&B Tech Minute for Friday, January 16th. |
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| 0:38.4 | Open AI plans to start testing ads in Chatchipiti for the first time. The move marks a major |
| 0:44.2 | shift in the startup's business strategy as it looks for new revenue streams. The company will |
| 0:49.1 | begin showing ads in the free version of the chatbot, as well as its cheapest subscription tier. CEO, Sam Altman, |
| 0:55.9 | previously expressed concerns about ads eroding user trust and had said he sees them as a last resort |
| 1:01.5 | for the company's business model. OpenAI said the ads won't influence chatbot answers, |
| 1:06.7 | that user conversations won't be sold to advertisers, and that it won't show ads in response to |
| 1:11.4 | sensitive topics such as politics and mental health. Users will also have the option to turn |
| 1:16.3 | off personalization for ads and they won't be shown to users under 18. A conservative influencer who |
| 1:23.1 | had a child with Elon Musk is suing his artificial intelligence company, alleging that its Grock |
| 1:28.7 | chatbot is dangerous. Ashley St. Clair is seeking a temporary restraining order to stop XAI's |
| 1:34.6 | chatbot from creating images that undress her. One of her filing said users on X were using |
| 1:39.8 | GROC to create nude and sexual images of herself, including of her as a child. Her lawyer filed the case |
| 1:46.4 | in New York County where St. Clair lives, but it's been moved to federal court. XAI launched a suit |
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