OpenAI has confirmed that ChatGPT will start showing ads in the coming weeks, but it promises that ads won’t influence the answers it generates.

OpenAI says ChatGPT ads will appear within the answers, likely at the bottom of the answers, and only those who use the free account or ChatGPT Go account will see ads.

Microsoft-backed startup argues that ChatGPT ads would help the company fund its AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) ambitions, which is supposed to benefit ‘humanity.’

“Our mission is to ensure AGI benefits all of humanity; our pursuit of advertising is always in support of that mission and making AI more accessible,” OpenAI noted.

According to OpenAI, ChatGPT Ads will be separate and clearly labeled. Moreover, ChatGPT won’t show ads to Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise tiers.

OpenAI confirmed that your conversations are kept private from advertisers, and it will never sell your data to advertisers.

This also means you can control how your data is used, and you can clear the data used for ads at any time.

OpenAI also says ads won’t appear in chats that include sensitive topics, such as health, mental health, or politics.

These ads will begin rolling out in the coming weeks, and if you don’t want to see ads, it’s time to consider upgrading to the $20 subscription or switching to alternatives, such as Claude.