Looks like ads really are coming to ChatGPT.

In a post on X, Tibor Blaho, an engineer at AIPRM who has found leaks like these in the past, showed some coding from the ChatGPT Android app 1.2025.329 beta. It includes "new references to an 'ads feature' with 'bazaar content,' 'search ad' and 'search ads carousel.'"

If this comes to fruition, it means the free version of the ChatGPT app is about to get ads. This isn't new to search functions in general — you're probably used to seeing ads on Google, for instance.

ChatGPT has been reluctant to put ads on its app, instead opting for a revenue stream tied to subscriptions to its Pro version and access to its API.

However, the company is still not profitable. According to a report from HSBC, OpenAI won’t make money until 2030, and the company

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