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Track the AI revolution at OpenAI, from ChatGPT feature updates and ethical safety debates to the company's massive market surge.
If OpenAI's new direction bothers you as a privacy-conscious user, you may have more options than you might think. Local AI models have come a long way, and are now a viable alternative to cloud-based platforms. Since these models run entirely on your own hardware, no information is sent to a server, and have no advertising business model to answer to. For those who'd rather stay within the OpenAI ecosystem, upgrading to a paid tier removes ads entirely. It does feel worth being clear about what that decision involves, because, after all, OpenAI designed the free tier knowing that the ad exper
I didn't realize ChatGPT was serving ads until I dug into how it actually works