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2 updates · 1 appOctober 5, 2026

ChatGPT adds ads to image results

You will now see visual ads next to the images you create in ChatGPT.

ChatGPT

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Expanded summary · ChatGPT

You will now see visual ads next to the images you create in ChatGPT.

When you ask ChatGPT to generate a picture, you'll now see visual advertisements displayed alongside the result.

OpenAI says it will try to avoid showing ads in sensitive or emotional conversations.

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Expanded summary · ChatGPT

Text generated in the EU will now have an invisible watermark to help identify it as AI-written.

For users in the European Union, ChatGPT will start adding an invisible signal to the text it creates.

This "watermark" is meant to help people and other computer programs tell if the text was written by an AI.

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