In an era when everything's a subscription service, ChatGPT remains one of the rare tools you can use for free, without a countdown timer or a credit card form lurking around the corner. ChatGPT has ...

OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, said on Friday it will start including ads for those who use the app for free or have the least expensive of its paid subscription tiers, ChatGPT Go. In the coming weeks, ...

Last month, OpenAI debuted new GPT models. Its latest model, GPT-5, has garnered a lot of attention for the company's online chatbot, alongside some other news that has developed around its AI ...

Learn ChatGPT fast with a curated one-hour video roadmap. Key features like memory, projects, and Canvas boost productivity. ZDNET guides help you choose models, prompt better, and dive deeper. So, ...

OpenAI just announced ads are coming to ChatGPT. For 800M weekly users, this changes everything about how 'free' AI actually works.

College students are getting free access to ChatGPT, but a recent lawsuit points at emerging risks. Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; blackdovfx / Hill Street Studios / DigitalVision / skynesher ...

OpenAI's ChatGPT, while seemingly free to users, incurs substantial operational costs, estimated at $17 billion annually due to its vast infrastructure needed for 800–900 million weekly users.

Since March 2025, ChatGPT has been capable of generating images. Following a period where it briefly wasn't available to free users, you now don't even pay for one of OpenAI's subscriptions to use ...

ChatGPT’s explosive growth to nearly 900 million weekly users has transformed OpenAI into one of the fastest-scaling tech ...