OpenAI(ChatGPT) is the first LLM to integrate ads They lost nearly ~$30bn last y
By Noah Wickham · February 15, 2026 · Curated by George's Blog
OpenAI(ChatGPT) is the first LLM to integrate ads
They lost nearly ~$30bn last year
There are tons of companies that ran on the platform of "We won't run ads" to bring in general consumers
↳ Netflix
↳ Hulu
↳ Disney
↳ Even Amazon
Yet, the shareholders need their money back somehow
I expect that this is the start of true AI enshittification
The second that AI can be bought and no longer trusted to just choose is the second that it loses the one major edge that it has with research over a typical engine like Google