OpenAI Admits Commerce And Advertising Are Not Easy by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, March 24, 2026 OpenAI launched a feature called Instant Checkout last year that allowed consumers to buy products through its platform, winning support from Walmart, Shopify, Etsy, and PayPal. Now OpenAI has shifted responsibility to retailers, and abandoned the prior strategy … Continue reading OpenAI Admits Commerce – And Advertising – Are Not Easy
OpenAI Courts Private-Equity Firms, Ads Showing Initial Intent by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, March 16, 2026 OpenAI has been in advanced discussions with private-equity firms to form a joint venture that should allow the company to grow adoption of its artificial intelligence (AI) software. Fidji Simo, OpenAI CEO of applications, in a post on X … Continue reading OpenAI Courts Private Equity Firms, Ads Showing Initial Intent
OpenAI strikes a deal with the Defense Department to deploy its AI models The agreement comes after the US government soured on Anthropic for refusing to remove its AI’s safety guardrails. Mariella Moon Sat, February 28, 2026 Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images) OpenAI has reached an agreement with … Continue reading OpenAI strikes a deal with the Defense Department to deploy its AI models
As AI becomes the front door to discovery, Google and OpenAI are taking very different paths to embed advertising into the experience. By Constantine von Hoffman February 12, 2026 Google and OpenAI executives just sketched out their advertising futures — and they look very different The next phase of digital advertising won’t be fought … Continue reading OpenAI and Google reveal competing visions for AI ads
Simo: How OpenAI Ads, Adult Mode Will Work by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, February 11, 2026 ChatGPT has a feature that lets the user ask the model after it serves an ad its thoughts on the specific product based on the information it knows about the user. The feature launched on Monday in test … Continue reading Simo: How OpenAI Ads, Adult Mode Will Work
OpenAI To Begin Testing Ads In Chat As Execs Challenge Publishers To Do More by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, January 16, 2026 Publishers have been pushing the industry to monetize AI chat. On Friday, in a blog post, OpenAI explained how they will soon get their wish. OpenAI said today that it will soon … Continue reading OpenAI To Begin Testing Ads In Chat As Execs Challenge Publishers To Do More
OpenAI’s Work With The Julliard School Has A Catch by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, October 27, 2025 Kraftwerk, a pioneering musical group from Germany, is known for their innovative use of electronic signals in the mid-1970s, with unique ways to create sound. From that sound using a voice coder, the group created the … Continue reading OpenAI’s Work With The Julliard School Has A Catch
OpenAI is reportedly working on an AI music-generation tool The slop expands. Cheyenne MacDonald Sun, October 26, 2025 OpenAI According to a report from The Information, OpenAI is interested in developing a tool that could generate music from text and audio prompts, and has been working with students from The Juilliard School to help … Continue reading OpenAI is reportedly working on an AI music-generation tool
September 28, 2025 OpenAI’s first major brand campaign wants to win your heart and mind A young couple is casually hanging out in an apartment. The girl takes a fork full of food off a plate, as the young man asks, “Good?” She nods, furrowing her brow in a way that signals slight surprise that … Continue reading OpenAI’s first major brand campaign wants to win your heart and mind
OpenAI’s latest hire hints at a future where advertisers can run campaigns directly in ChatGPT, reaching 700 million weekly active users. Danny Goodwin on September 26, 2025 OpenAI is hiring a Growth Paid Marketing Platform Engineer to help develop tools for ad platform integration, campaign management and real-time attribution. The role is part of … Continue reading OpenAI is staffing up to turn ChatGPT into an ad platform
