OpenAI builds specialized ad system for ChatGPT
OpenAI: How we built ChatGPT’s novel ad stack for user trust and relevance
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OpenAI built a specialized advertising system for chat conversations that works differently from traditional ads because user intent develops gradually across multiple conversation turns rather than appearing as a single discrete event. The system uses a custom language model to interpret conversation context and decide when and which ads to show, while keeping the ads selection process completely separate from the chatbot's answer generation to prevent advertising from influencing responses. This architectural separation ensures ads cannot interfere with the core product and allows the system to show no ad at all if one is not clearly beneficial to users.
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