ChatGPT’s Free and Go tiers are getting ads, prompting a backlash from some unhappy users.

ChatGPT Begins Showing Ads to US Users for the First Time ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman criticized Anthropic's Super Bowl ad campaign, which took a swipe at the ChatGPT maker's decision to bring ads to the platform.

YouTube has quietly imposed new restrictions on ad-blocking users.

The introduction of advertisements and sponsored content in chatbots has spawned privacy concerns for AI users as brands ...

OpenAI’s rollout of advertising in ChatGPT earlier this month has ratcheted up debate over whether AI chatbots can show ads without alienating users. And for most of The Information’s readers, ads in ...

WhatsApp, owned by Meta, began rolling out advertisements in late 2025, primarily within the "Updates" tab, which includes features like Status (similar to Instagram Stories) and Channels. These ads ...

Elon Musk's X is now serving users clickbait advertisements that can't be blocked or reported. Credit: Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images X, the Elon Musk-owned platform formerly known as ...