We sounded the alarm a few weeks ago, and now, the era of testing ads in ChatGPT has finally arrived for users in the United States. As of early February 2026, the company began integrating commercial content directly into the conversational interface.

This move marks a significant shift in the business model for the AI giant as it looks to offset the astronomical costs of providing generative intelligence to hundreds of millions of people.

The initial rollout targets logged in adult users on the Free tier and the recently launched Go subscription. These advertisements appear at the bottom of responses, clearly separated from the AI generated content and labeled with a Sponsored tag.

When a user asks for recipes, they might see links for meal kits or grocery delivery services. By rolling out ads in a contextual manner, OpenAI aims to maintain the flow of conversation while providing value to advertisers. This method mirrors traditional search engine marketing but adapts it for a conversational environment.

Premium tiers such as Plus, Pro, and Enterprise will remain entirely ad free for the foreseeable future. Furthermore, the company has stated that ads do not influence answers given by the chatbot. Users have the ability to manage their ad controls to opt out of personalization or delete specific ad data.

Major advertising partners like Omnicom and WPP are already participating in the pilot program to bring household brands into the chat ecosystem. To protect users, ads will not appear near sensitive topics such as health or politics, and the system is restricted for users under eighteen.

While OpenAI is adamant about its ethical use of advertisement, one can’t help but wonder if they’ll actually follow through on their promises.

Apparently, Zucks has been in the kitchen cooking, and Meta is currently deep in the development phase of a revolutionary new suite of intelligence features that could significantly upgrade its existing platforms for billions of global users across multiple regions.

Recent discoveries buried within the internal codebase suggest the imminent arrival of new Avocado AI models designed to handle more complex reasoning and logic-based operations.

These models appear to be a central part of a much broader strategic push to integrate sophisticated agents into WhatsApp, Instagram, and the Meta AI web platform to compete directly with the likes of ChatGPT and Gemini.

The leaked code reveals Meta AI Avocado features that include advanced browser based agents and highly efficient automated task scheduling systems. One of the most intriguing finds among the technical documentation is a potential OpenClaw agent integration which might allow users to bring their own API keys for external models like Claude or Gemini.

This would give Meta AI users unprecedented flexibility in choosing which brain powers their personal assistant, effectively turning Meta's interface into a universal AI dashboard. These updates also include robust support for the Model Context Protocol, allowing the AI to interact directly with apps like Gmail and Outlook to manage your professional life and calendar events seamlessly.

Early testing of these promising Avocado results suggests that Meta is focusing heavily on agentic workflows that can handle multi step tasks like shopping, research, and travel planning without human intervention or constant oversight.

These new features coming to Meta represent a bold step toward making AI a truly proactive assistant that lives inside the social apps people use every day for communication, business, and entertainment purposes. However, if history serves as a guide, the likelihood of this model flopping is higher than Zuckerberg would ever admit to stockholders.

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Will you stick with the Free tier now that ads have arrived, or is this the push you needed to go Premium? And, could Meta’s Avocado models finally compete? See you next time! 🚀

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Zoe from Jumble