OpenAI expands ChatGPT advertising to 26 new countries including Pakistan

What is new

OpenAI announced on Wednesday that it is expanding advertising on ChatGPT to 26 additional countries [3]. This expansion includes Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, South Africa, Serbia, Ukraine, Cambodia, and several Latin American nations such as Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Peru [2, 3]. Following this move, the total number of countries where ChatGPT ads are available has reached 89 [2, 3].

According to OpenAI, more than 100,000 advertisers have used the platform to run campaigns since the company began testing ads in the US in February [2, 3]. The company reported in August that its advertising business had reached an annualized revenue run rate of $1 billion [3]. In September, OpenAI also introduced AI-powered tools for advertisers and started testing business-sponsored agents with selected advertisers [3].

How to use it

Advertisers can access the new markets through the following methods:

• Using technology partners [3].
• Using self-service access via the Ads Manager on the OpenAI platform [3].

Limits, privacy and academic integrity

Advertising availability is limited to specific user tiers. Ads will appear only on the ChatGPT Free and Go plans [2, 3]. Users with Plus, Pro, or Enterprise subscriptions will continue to use ad-free versions of the service [3].