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77% of Chatbot Users Don’t Trust AI With Ads

By Shane Burke · Feb 27, 2026 9:08am PST
OpenAI’s rollout of advertising in ChatGPT earlier this month has ratcheted up debate over whether AI chatbots can show ads without alienating users. And for most of The Information’s readers, ads in chatbots are a nonstarter. In our latest subscriber survey, 77% of chatbot users said they would not trust an AI service with ads to give them... OpenAI’s rollout of advertising in ChatGPT earlier this month has ratcheted up debate over...
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Jack Dorsey Proves AI Job Cut Fears Are True; Ellisons Win Warner

By Martin Peers · Feb 26, 2026 5:00pm PST · 1 comment
Jack Dorsey has been many things in his career, including social media pioneer and crypto advocate. Now he’s the grim reaper of AI. Dorsey on Thursday revealed he will lay off 40% of the employees, or about 4,000 people, at his fintech firm, Block. The reason? AI. “The core thesis is simple,” he explained in a shareholder letter. “Intelligence... Jack Dorsey has been many things in his career, including social media pioneer and crypto...
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OpenAI Builds an M&A War Chest

By Katie Roof · Feb 26, 2026 4:34pm PST
Will OpenAI make more acquisitions? The ChatGPT maker is in the process of raising $100 billion in additional cash. I wouldn’t be surprised if it uses some of that money or its richly valued shares to buy startups or lure even more talent. After all, it’s done this before. It used its stock to buy hardware guru Jony Ive’s startup, Io... Will OpenAI make more acquisitions? The ChatGPT maker is in the process of raising $100 billion...
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Meta’s AI Leaders Discuss Using Google, OpenAI Models in Apps

By Kalley Huang and Stephanie Palazzolo · Aug 29, 2025 4:47pm PDT
Meta Platforms’ plans to improve the artificial intelligence features in its apps could lead the company to partner with Google or OpenAI, two of its biggest AI rivals. Leaders in Meta’s new AI organization, Meta Superintelligence Labs, have discussed using Google’s Gemini model to provide conversational, text-based answers to questions that... Meta Platforms’ plans to improve the artificial intelligence features in its apps could lead the...
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Meta Taps Ad Agencies to Help Devise AI Ad Tools

By Catherine Perloff · Jan 31, 2025 1:25pm PST · 2 comments
As Meta Platforms sets about turning its massive investment in artificial intelligence into ways to make money, it’s asking ad agencies for help. Meta has been sending its engineers to work with ad agencies on developing AI tools designed to do everything from tweaking videos and static images in ads to evaluating the effectiveness of such... As Meta Platforms sets about turning its massive investment in artificial intelligence into ways...