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OpenAI’s Crawler Docs Now List OAI-AdsBot For ChatGPT Ads via @sejournal, @MattG

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14 Aug
OpenAI Says Robots.txt May Not Apply To ChatGPT’s Fetch Bot via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

<p>New data shows ChatGPT's page-fetching bot is reaching sites that have disallowed it, and OpenAI's own documentation explains why the file may not stop it.</p> <p>The post <a

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9 Apr
OpenAI, Meta, ByteDance Lead AI Bot Traffic In Publishing via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

<p>Akamai breaks down which AI bots are hitting publishing, who operates them, and why fetcher bots may pose a more immediate risk.</p> <p>The post <a

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22 Apr
OAI-AdsBot - New OpenAI Ads Bot

We've been keeping track of the bots, spiders, OpenAI has been releasing. OpenAI just posted about a new bot for ads, it is named OAI-AdsBot.

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12 Aug
OpenAI Allows Some Health & Finance Ads In ChatGPT via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

<p>OpenAI's ad rules now allow some health and finance advertisers in ChatGPT, while placement restrictions still apply to sensitive conversations.</p> <p>The post <a

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5 Oct
OpenAI to test visual ads during ChatGPT image generation

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>OpenAI said it will begin testing visual ads inside ChatGPT later this month in the U.S., showing them while users generate images,

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16 Apr
ChatGPT Often Retrieves But Rarely Cites Reddit Pages, Data Shows via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

<p>New Ahrefs data shows Reddit pages appeared often in ChatGPT retrievals but rarely as visible citations.</p> <p>The post <a

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27 Aug
OpenAI Adds WebMCP Site Tools To ChatGPT’s Browser via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

<p>OpenAI added WebMCP support to ChatGPT’s desktop browser, letting supported webpages expose structured actions to ChatGPT Work and Codex.</p> <p>The post <a

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6 May
Official: OpenAI Beta Self-Serve Ads Manager For ChatGPT Ads

A few weeks ago, we uncovered the beta self-serve Ads Manager for ChatGPT Ads. It was before it officially launched but now OpenAI officially announced its "beta self-serve Ads

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