› Since 24 August 2026, ChatGPT users in Poland on the free plan may see an ad below an answer.
› Google is expanding ads in AI Mode to more countries, while Elon Musk has said advertisers will be able to pay for placement inside Grok’s answers.
› That changes more than the look of the screen: the business model may start shaping what you hear, and in a chat there aren’t ten other links beside the answer for you to compare.Consider what happened before OpenAI officially sold its first ad.
› In early December 2025, paying ChatGPT users began posting screenshots online showing the chat suggesting Peloton and Target apps in the middle of conversations, unrelated to their questions.