Taylor expresses confidence OpenAI can introduce ads without breaking user trust
Bret Taylor · Is AI Killing Software? — With Bret Taylor, OpenAI's board chair and CEO of Sierra · Jan 28, 2026 · at 44:55
OpenAI board chair Bret Taylor addresses concerns about introducing advertising into ChatGPT and its impact on user trust.
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“I'm confident the team can do it in a way that, you know, compliments that experience rather than it competes with it.”
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