PANews reported on January 17th that OpenAI founder Sam Altman responded to privacy concerns regarding ChatGPT's advertising plan in a post on the X platform. He stated that ChatGPT has begun testing advertising features, but ad placement will adhere to clear principles: no paid behavior will be allowed to influence ChatGPT's responses, and user conversations will remain invisible to advertisers. Altman added that the reason for launching the advertising plan is that many users want to use AI frequently but are unwilling to pay, and the team hopes to explore a viable business model through advertising.