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OpenAI is launching visual ads that appear alongside image generation results, starting later in the U.S. with an initial test group of advertisers.
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OpenAI is launching visual ads that appear alongside image generation results. The ads will start appearing later this month in the U.S. only, featuring products and services from an initial test group of advertisers.
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“The new ads will begin to appear later this month in the U.S. only for now, and will feature products and services from an initial test group of advertisers.”
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