OpenAI CFO Defends Ads in ChatGPT as ‘Strong Business Model’

One of OpenAI’s top executives defended the company’s addition of ads to its popular chatbot ChatGPT as a way to democratize access to artificial intelligence.

The company needs to “create a strong business model,” to achieve its goal of bringing AI to the wider population, Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar told a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday.