OpenAI tests Sponsored Agents inside ChatGPT ads
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OpenAI tests Sponsored Agents inside ChatGPT ads
OpenAI began testing Sponsored Agents, which let a user start a labeled conversation with a business's agent after clicking an ad in ChatGPT. The test runs with select US advertisers, and OpenAI says the sponsored conversation is kept separate from ChatGPT's independent answers.
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