[OpenAI] The money-losing startup plans to spend more than $1 trillion on artificial intelligence infrastructure by 2030, but has not given details on how it plans to fund it.
Ads to be tested on free and Go plan users in the US in coming weeks
Ads won't affect ChatGPT answers or share user data with marketers
https://www.reuters.com/business/openai-begin-testing-ads-chatgpts-free-go-tiers-2026-01-16/
OpenAI has gone from replacing most jobs in 6 months to needing to rely on ads despite large investor support and active subscriptions. Oh how the mighty have fallen.
At the same time companies like Salesforce who's CEO announced they "have to pivot the whole company to agents" now admits that they were "too optimistic" and privately admit their strategy led to declining service quality, higher complaint volumes, and internal firefighting to stabilize operations.
It seems like the AI hype train is meeting reality in 2026.
So let me get this straight, you're going to replace all workers with AGI soon but need to rely on ads for revenue?
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*Ads won’t affect ChatGPT answers or share user data with marketers*
Oh sure sure
I cannot wait to invest in openai. With the amount of reddit hate it gets, it’s bound to be a good investment
Its hilarious that this obvious problem wont pan out yet retail keeps buying like its all going to work out somehow
Of course they’ll put ads. They’ll double dip whenever they can.
Theyre so greedy that they would charge for breathing if they could.
Want to make an app? Remember how Summer killed it?
Imagine you’re Pepsi and you replace your customer service with AI only for it to feed everyone Coke ads. Peak AI hype-dog outcome
Holy post history
One less reason to use ChatGPT – ads
I think in a thousand years, if humans still exist, they will be perplexed as to why so many of the most highly trained engineers spent their careers perfecting better ways to serve ads to people that don’t want to read them.
Think about how many PHDs, Masters etc have been awarded to people that have spent most of their life coming up with better ways to show you an ad for Pepsi. It’s pretty sad.
Imagine Excel Had a disclaimer “results could be wrong”