AI companies are engaged in an expensive arms race to attract users and alleviate public anxiety about the technology.

OpenAI said on Friday that it will start showing ads in ChatGPT in a major step to boost revenue amid the high costs of the developing technology.

OpenAI will start testing advertisements in the ChatGPT app for certain US users, marking a major shift for the company as it seeks to bolster revenue from

Kids safety advocate Common Sense Media and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI joined together today to advance a ballot measure that would amend the California Constitution in order to protect kids from companion chatbots online.

A new lawsuit against OpenAI alleges that ChatGPT caused the death of a 40-year-old Colorado man named Austin Gordon, who took his life after extensive and deeply emotional interactions with the chatbot.

OpenAI claims it will not use personal data or chat prompts for ad targeting, though analysts caution about the long-term implications. Paddy Harrington of Forrester said, “Free services are never actually free… if the service is free, you’re the product.”

ChatGPT, the massively popular conversational chatbot, was down for a short time before the issue was resolved, according to an OpenAI status update.