--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "22b71fa67f38a15852047d94155e87342458e68d53e79523a298e56467462233" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/22b71fa6?lang=en" title: "OpenAI continues to work to grow its ad business in ChatGPT, cutting ad rates, chasing small and midsize businesses, and hiring some new talent from Meta (Alix Coutures/The Information)" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-10-16T01:30:03.000Z" category: "Industry" topics: ["openai","llm","safety"] source_urls: ["https://www.techmeme.com/261015/p58","https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50103427","https://www.404media.co/how-chatgpt-targets-ads-to-you-based-on-your-prompts-phone-number-and-email/","https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50105495","https://www.404media.co/chatgpt-ads-target-your-phone-number-email/"] summary: "OpenAI is expanding its ChatGPT advertising business by cutting ad rates, targeting small and midsize businesses, and hiring new talent from Meta, according to Alix Coutures at The Information." --- # OpenAI continues to work to grow its ad business in ChatGPT, cutting ad rates, chasing small and midsize businesses, and hiring some new talent from Meta \(Alix Coutures/The Information\) > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-10-16T01:30:03.000Z **Category:** Industry **Topics:** openai, llm, safety ## Summary OpenAI is expanding its ChatGPT advertising business by cutting ad rates, targeting small and midsize businesses, and hiring new talent from Meta, according to Alix Coutures at The Information\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Discussion]() - [Story source]() - [Discussion]() - [Story source]()