OpenAI Will Soon Test Ads On ChatGPT

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) / seroundtable - OpenAI announced on Friday it will begin testing ads in the ChatGPT responses in the coming weeks. The ads will show on the free product and low-cost subscription tier, ChatGPT Go. The ads will show under the main response and not influence the answers Ch…

Editor: Let's be real here: this was as inevitable as it was risky. The big risk is what it does to consumer's perception of trustworthiness - how will OpenAI structure their ads product so that users don't feel like their ChatGPT responses are compromised or suspect? How do you accept a product recommendation when you're not sure whether the AI is incentivized to recommend a particular product?

Back to Top / Monday, January 19, 2026, 7:23 am / permalink 18162 / 12 stories in 6 wks

Musk's $134 Billion OpenAI Lawsuit Is About Control, Not Cash

Marcus Schuler / implicator - The world's richest man wants $134 billion from OpenAI for a $38 million donation. The math is absurd. That's the point. As trial approaches, unsealed documents reveal both sides have something to hide.

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ChatGPT Introduces Lower-Priced Subscription Tier With These Features

Joe Rossignol / macrumors - OpenAI today announced that its lower-priced ChatGPT Go subscription tier is now available worldwide, with U.S. pricing set at $8 per month.ChatGPT Go provides expanded access to ChatGPT's latest model, GPT‑5.2 Instant, with 10× more messages, file upload…

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OpenAI Quietly Rolls Out ChatGPT Translate to Take on Google

Aminu Abdullahi / eweek - OpenAI quietly launches ChatGPT Translate, a standalone AI translation tool focused on tone and context, signaling a potential challenge to Google Translate.The post OpenAI Quietly Rolls Out ChatGPT Translate to Take on Google appeared first on eWEEK.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman raises $252 million for brain computer interface venture — but Merge Labs is still in an early research phase

tomshardware - OpenAI has signaled its intentions to become a major player in brain computer interfaces (BCIs) with a $252 million investment in Merge Labs.

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Thinking Machines Lab Loses Key Leaders as They Return to OpenAI

eWEEK Staff / eweek - Two co-founders, Barret Zoph and Luke Metz, are heading back to OpenAI, alongside Sam Schoenholz, another former OpenAI staffer who had joined the startup.The post Thinking Machines Lab Loses Key Leaders as They Return to OpenAI appeared first on eWEEK.

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improved memory in chatgpt:

@gdb / x - improved memory in chatgpt:samir (@_samirism)we've been improving memory.ChatGPT is now more reliable at finding and remembering details from your past chats, like recipes or workouts.give it a try - and let us know what you think — https://x.com/_samiris…

Back to Top / Thursday, January 15, 2026, 9:20 pm / permalink 17981 / 2 stories in 7 wks

OpenAI, Microsoft Lose Last Chance to Avoid Trial With Musk

Robert Burnson / bloomberg - OpenAI Inc. and Microsoft failed to escape a trial over Elon Musk’s claims that Sam Altman’s startup betrayed its founding mission as a public charity when it took billions in funding from a software giant and made plans to operate as a for-profit busines…

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OpenAI Prepares to Add Data Centers, Robotics and Consumer Devices

PYMNTS / pymnts - OpenAI is reportedly lining up suppliers to support a major product expansion over the next few years. The artificial intelligence (AI) startup has put out a request for proposals from companies that manufacturer in the United States and offer components …

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OpenAI invests in Sam Altman’s brain computer interface startup Merge Labs

Rebecca Bellan / techcrunch - OpenAI is participating in a $250 million seed round into Merge Labs, Sam Altman's brain computer interface startup. The startup is valued at $850 million.

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OpenAI launches standalone ChatGPT Translate

Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - OpenAI has released ChatGPT Translate as a standalone translation page, providing support for over 50 languages with automatic language detection. The tool offers one-tap prompt options to rewrite translated text for different tones and audiences. The int…

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Thinking Machines Ousts CTO Barret Zoph. Hours Later, OpenAI Welcomed Him Home.

Marcus Schuler / implicator - Mira Murati ousted CTO Barret Zoph for "unethical conduct." Hours later, OpenAI welcomed him back along with two other researchers. The competing narratives can't both be true.

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OpenAI buys tiny health records startup Torch for, reportedly, $100M

Julie Bort / techcrunch - AI health records startup Torch will be using its tech for OpenAI's new ChatGPT Health, according to co-founder Ilya Abyzov.

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OpenAI and SoftBank announce $1 billion investment in SB Energy as part of massive AI buildout

cnbc - OpenAI and SoftBank agreed to invest $1 billion into a SoftBank-backed energy provider as the companies prepare for a massive buildout of AI data centers.

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OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Healthcare with US hospitals

Alexey Shabanov / testingcatalog - OpenAI introduces “OpenAI for Healthcare,” offering secure, HIPAA-compliant AI solutions tailored for hospitals and healthcare systems at scale.

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Musk, OpenAI lawyers trade barbs as lawsuit heads to trial

cnbc - Microsoft is also a defendant in the case, with Musk alleging the company aided and abetted OpenAI's breach of fiduciary duty.

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