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  "id": 3737642,
  "title": "OpenAI launches ads on its ChatGPT Free and Go subscription tiers in India, where it has 100M+ weekly active users, and plans to launch an ad manager next month (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/openai-launches-ads-on-its-chatgpt-free-and-go-subscription-tiers-in",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-27T12:25:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/27/openai-to-start-showing-ads-on-chatgpts-free-and-go-tiers-in-india/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "It seems there is no escaping the ad industry. — OpenAI said on Thursday that it will start showing ads on its ChatGPT Free and Go subscription tiers in India.",
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    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "ChatGPT Ads launches in India: How they work, what OpenAI says about user privacy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/chatgpt-ads-launches-in-india-how-they-work-what-openai-says-about",
        "published": "2026-08-27T02:48:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "OpenAI launches ChatGPT ads in India",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/openai-launches-chatgpt-ads-in-india",
        "published": "2026-08-27T05:46:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "OpenAI blocks Russian ChatGPT accounts promoting alleged fake Israeli think tank",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/openai-blocks-russian-chatgpt-accounts-promoting-alleged-fake-israeli",
        "published": "2026-08-27T10:54:16.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}