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Sri Muppidi @ The Information 2 place · today 17:56 EDT

OpenAI Sees $8 ChatGPT Driving Consumer Subscribers to 122 Million This Year

For three years, OpenAI has generated most of its revenue from people paying $20 a month for subscriptions to ChatGPT. This year, it is forecasting a massive shift, expecting a cheaper, ad-supported tier will both draw new users and cause tens of millions of its paying subscribers to downgrade, according to previously undisclosed projections.

The company’s hope is that it will make more money by selling ads shown to more users than relying on the existing flagship monthly subscription service, which is cal

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