2026-02-07
2015: “our research is free from financial obligations, we can better focus on a positive human impact” — openai.com/index/introd... 2026: “One person who worked on the project said the UAE hopes the chatbot will project a political line consistent with the monarchy's” www.semafor.com/article/02/0...
Semafor
Sources: OpenAI is working with G42 to build a ChatGPT version tuned for the UAE that accommodates local language, political outlook, and speech restrictions
2026-02-06
2015: “our research is free from financial obligations, we can better focus on a positive human impact” — openai.com/index/introd... 2026: “One person who worked on the project said the UAE hopes the chatbot will project a political line consistent with the monarchy's” www.semafor.com/article/02/0...
Semafor
Sources: OpenAI is working with G42 to build a ChatGPT version tuned for the UAE that accommodates local language, political outlook, and speech restrictions
The Scoop — Step Back — Reed's View — Know More — Notable — THE SCOOP — OpenAI is working with Abu Dhabi-based G42 …
2026-02-05
Google is going to make ads feel normal in Gemini; an annoying yet tolerable default — Anthropic's going to make no ads feel premium, for free in Claude — OpenAI won't do either. Where does that leave ChatGPT — www.engadget.com/ai/anthropic...
@sama
Sam Altman says Anthropic's Super Bowl ads are funny but “dishonest”, and Anthropic serves a “product to rich people” while OpenAI is “committed to free access”
First, the good part of the Anthropic ads: they are funny, and I laughed. But I wonder why Anthropic would go for something so clearly dishonest. Our most important principle for a...
Google is going to make ads feel normal in Gemini; an annoying yet tolerable default — Anthropic's going to make no ads feel premium, for free in Claude — OpenAI won't do either. Where does that leave ChatGPT — www.engadget.com/ai/anthropic...
Anthropic
Anthropic says “Claude will remain ad-free”, its users “won't see ‘sponsored’ links adjacent to” conversations, and responses won't be influenced by advertisers
There are many good places for advertising. A conversation with Claude is not one of them.
2026-02-04
Google is going to make ads feel normal in Gemini; an annoying yet tolerable default — Anthropic's going to make no ads feel premium, for free in Claude — OpenAI won't do either. Where does that leave ChatGPT — www.engadget.com/ai/anthropic...
Anthropic
Anthropic says “Claude will remain ad-free”, its users “won't see ‘sponsored’ links adjacent to” conversations, and responses won't be influenced by advertisers
There are many good places for advertising. A conversation with Claude is not one of them.
2026-01-31
Silicon Valley is already arming itself for the midterms to run the 2024 crypto playbook again — for AI: — $125M for super PAC Leading the Future — “tens of millions” from Meta for its two super PACs — META California, American Technology Excellence Project — and crypto super PAC Fairshake has $116M
Axios
Pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future has raised $125M+ in 2025, including from a16z and Greg Brockman, to try to shape the US midterms and federal AI regulation
2026-01-30
Silicon Valley is already arming itself for the midterms to run the 2024 crypto playbook again — for AI: — $125M for super PAC Leading the Future — “tens of millions” from Meta for its two super PACs — META California, American Technology Excellence Project — and crypto super PAC Fairshake has $116M
Axios
Pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future has raised $125M+ in 2025, including from a16z and Greg Brockman, to try to shape the US midterms and federal AI regulation
Pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future has raised more than $125 million to try to shape the 2026 midterms and the future of federal AI regulation.
2025-12-25
It's not just OpenAI: Google is trialing ads in chatbot responses, and “Ticketmaster is running AI-generated Facebook ads featuring virtual families whose team allegiances shift based on who's viewing them.” Didn't see? That's bc hyper-personalized ads are made to be invisible qz.com/ai-ads-adver...
The Information
Sources: OpenAI staff discussed prioritizing sponsored content in ChatGPT when users ask relevant queries and created mockups with ads in sidebars or as pop-ups
OpenAI executives have kept a tight lid on how the company could show advertisements to users of its popular ChatGPT chatbot …