Before you complain about ads in ChatGPT...

Hope you’re starting the day well. Here’s a measured look at what’s worth your attention today. 🙂

What’s up? If you are a free or Go user on ChatGPT, you may have noticed ads beginning to appear within your conversations.

What you need to know:

Training and running advanced AI models like ChatGPT is extremely expensive. OpenAI has $1.4 trillion committed to data center infrastructure projects over the next eight years, and this does not include the money they spend every time you ask it what you should email to your boss or what you should eat for dinner. In 2025, OpenAI generated $4.3 billion in revenue from strategic deals, enterprise usage, and paid subscriptions, but had a net loss of $13.5 billion. So despite having over 800,000 weekly users, OpenAI is burning billions. The problem is simple: Nobody wants to pay, and OpenAI is eating the costs. Less than 5% of ChatGPT users are on a paid tier. This means over 760 million people are using ChatGPT for free, and OpenAI is accruing a cost with every conversation. So what are the options?

🚫 Dial back the abilities of free AI —> Nobody wants that. In fact, people already complain about the capabilities of the free version!
🚫 Make everyone pay —> If people want to avoid ads, they have the option to pay $20/mo for the higher tier of ChatGPT. OpenAI wants to keep a free version of ChatGPT.
✅ Curated ads —> This keeps ChatGPT free and allows OpenAI to keep improving the models.

Will ads corrupt ChatGPT? You may be worried that ads on ChatGPT will compromise the information you receive. It is very likely this will not be the case. The ads are not incorporated into ChatGPT responses, but instead appear separate, underneath the conversation. It’s also worth noting that these ads are curated — meaning the ads will likely be things you are interested in. This may actually be useful to you in discovering products and services you otherwise would not have found!

Personal note about ads on FryAI: FryAI stays free because of our featured partners — and we are picky about who shows up here to ensure they are high quality. If you ever explore one of those featured links, you’re helping keep FryAI going strong. Additionally, we are supported by our premium tier, Inside the Kitchen — which we make sure is affordable for everyone and well worth it.

What’s new? Deep Research in ChatGPT is now powered by GPT-5.2, allowing for some major improvements.

What are the improvements?

Why is this significant? This turns ChatGPT into a serious research assistant. Whether you're writing a paper, analyzing markets, or just digging into a topic, you can now guide and customize the process every step of the way — saving time, increasing accuracy, and giving you more control over what you learn.