OpenAI Starts Testing Ads in ChatGPT

OpenAI starts testing ads in ChatGPT announcement banner showing sponsored ad examples inside the ChatGPT interface.

If you’ve been using ChatGPT lately and noticed a sponsored suggestion popping up at the bottom of your response, you’re not imagining things. OpenAI kicked off testing for ads in the U.S. on February 9, 2026, and it’s rolling out to logged-in adult users on the Free and Go tiers (that $8/month plan they launched […]