Aug 31 : OpenAI on Monday said ChatGPT Ads, the company's advertising business, has reached $1 billion in annualized revenue run rate, as adoption picks up and global expansion rolls out.The company started testing ads in ChatGPT U.S. earlier this year and has steadily expanded to add advertisers and tap into

Two hundred days in, OpenAI has something Google and Facebook needed years to assemble: a billion-user surface, a self-serve pipe and a billion-dollar pace.

OpenAI's move to serve ads in ChatGPT earlier this year drew ridicule from its chief rival, Anthropic, in the form of a Super Bowl commercial.