OpenAI’s next ChatGPT ad format: click to chat, not to site

OpenAI wants ads in ChatGPT to open a conversation with a brand, not a browser tab.

The AI company has introduced to select clients a new type of AI-native ad specifically for its chatbot app, letting brands turn an ad click into a conversation with an AI agent rather than sending users to their websites.

The format, which Digiday has viewed via video and verified, allows advertisers to attach a branded business agent to an ad. When a user clicks the ad’s call-to-action button, which will be a message such as “Chat to us”, they are taken to a branded chat within ChatGPT, where they can interact with the brand’s AI agent.

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As Google’s ad tech case nears its end, the antitrust fight moves to AI

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Google lost to the Justice Department twice in the last 12 months and was ruled a monopolist in both its search and ad tech practices; while the final shoe has yet to drop in the latter case, observers feel it got off lightly.

That’s because, in both cases, Google avoided forced divestiture of its industry-dominant web browser Chrome and its market-leading ad exchange and ad server, with judges opting instead for behavioral remedies.

In the latter case, the parties are understood to be in negotiation over final behavioral remedies – these are expected in the coming days – but for many industry observers, the results have been deeply disappointing.

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