Daily Briefing: OpenAI Puts Ads in ChatGPT

OpenAI launched a self-serve Ads Manager for ChatGPT with cost-per-click bidding, marking its first major push into advertising revenue. This creates a dual-customer structure where both users and advertisers are being served — a dynamic that historically degrades user experience on every platform that adopts it. The episode explores what this means for ChatGPT's value proposition, connects it to the Murati safety testimony, and covers Anthropic's SpaceX compute deal, GPT-5.5 Instant's launch, DeepSeek's $45B valuation talks, and Sierra's $950M raise.

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