OpenAI Begins Testing Ads in ChatGPT

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OpenAI Begins Testing Ads in ChatGPT

OpenAI announced on January 16 that it will begin testing advertisements in ChatGPT for free and Go tier users in the United States. Ads will appear at the bottom of responses, clearly labeled, and will not influence the chatbot's answers. The company stated it will never sell user data to advertisers and will exclude ads from sensitive topics including health and politics. This fundamentally changes the economics of consumer AI and affects the platform's 900 million weekly users. (Source: OpenAI official blog)

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PROMPT

Use the uploaded image strictly as the identity anchor. Preserve exact facial geometry, skull shape, skin tone, beard density and outline, eye spacing, nose structure, jawline, ears, neck, shoulders, arms, and body proportions. No beautification. No age change. No identity drift.

Reconstruct the same person as an intense black-and-white studio editorial portrait.

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Color treatment: pure black and white. High tonal separation. Clean whites, deep blacks. Fine film-like grain. No tinting.

Pose: upright stance. Arms raised to chest level holding a DSLR camera with both hands. Camera positioned directly in front of face, partially obscuring mouth. Elbows bent inward, creating a strong triangular composition.

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Camera prop: modern DSLR with large lens dominating the foreground. Sharp focus on both face and camera body.

Camera framing: vertical upper-torso portrait. Eye-level perspective. Portrait lens equivalent (50–85mm). Moderate depth of field with subject and camera sharp, background softly blurred.

Texture fidelity: realistic skin texture with visible pores and hair, natural fabric wrinkles, detailed camera materials. No smoothing. No stylization.

Overall mood: intense, confident, intimate fashion editorial. Photographer-as-subject narrative. Realistic, grounded, masculine energy.

NEGATIVE PROMPT Do not change identity No color grading No warm tones No casual backgrounds No additional props No jackets or layered clothing No accessories or jewelry No exaggerated emotion No cinematic over-lighting No facial reshaping No beauty retouching No CGI or illustration effects"

Output

Created a 1 min 30 sec. scene in 2 hours using AI

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OpenAI Secures $10 Billion Cerebras Partnership

OpenAI signed a multi-year agreement on January 14 with chipmaker Cerebras to deploy 750 megawatts of computing capacity through 2028. The deal, confirmed to exceed $10 billion by sources speaking to Reuters and CNBC, represents the largest high-speed AI inference deployment in the world. Cerebras builds wafer-scale processors designed to dramatically reduce response times compared to traditional GPU clusters. This diversifies OpenAI's compute infrastructure beyond Nvidia and signals a strategic shift toward optimizing user-facing speed. (Source: OpenAI official blog)

California Orders xAI to Stop Deepfakes

California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a cease and desist letter to xAI on January 17 demanding immediate cessation of non-consensual intimate image and child sexual abuse material production through Grok. The order followed an investigation finding the company appeared to be facilitating large-scale production of illegal deepfakes. Bonta warned xAI faces legal consequences under state laws including a new deepfake ban effective January 1. This marks the most aggressive US regulatory enforcement action against an AI company over harmful content. (Source: California Attorney General's Office press release.)

Meta Secures 6.6 Gigawatts Nuclear Power

Meta announced landmark agreements on January 9 with Vistra, TerraPower, and Oklo to secure up to 6.6 gigawatts of nuclear energy by 2035. The deals will power Meta's Prometheus AI supercluster in Ohio and position the company as one of the largest corporate nuclear energy purchasers in American history. Oklo, backed by Sam Altman, and TerraPower, co-founded by Bill Gates, will build new small modular reactors while Vistra provides power from existing plants. The agreements represent Big Tech's accelerating pursuit of carbon-free energy to sustain AI infrastructure growth. (Source: Meta)

9 Proven AI Creation Monetization Methods Ready For immediate Execution

AI video creation has matured into a legitimate revenue opportunity. Fortune verified that solo creator Adavia Davis earns $700,000 annually from AI generated YouTube content, while Curious Refuge built a 50,000 member community that attracted acquisition by Promise studio backed by Andreessen Horowitz. The AI video generator market reached $614.8 million in 2024 and projects to $2.56 billion by 2032 at 20% CAGR according to Fortune Business Insights. These ten strategies draw from documented case studies, verified earnings, and expert analysis across 2020 through 2025.

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