ChatGPT is Going The YouTube and Adult Route
Maybe it's no newsflash but Sam Altman's holier than thou bit about being above advertising and using the models for adult content is becoming laughably unserious.
YouTube got everyone addicted then introduced advertising. They took 10 years though. OpenAI has had three? You don't have 800 million users (or whatever it is) and not advertise.
Second, we all know the industry that really built the internet, the one that solved the majority of hard problems with distributing video online. It seems obvious that's the same industry that's poised to solve all of AI's personal interactive jaggedness.
Sam Altman: We're above advertising and adult content
Investors (behind closed doors): Sure you are buddy. Now get out there and advertise and license the model for making AI girlfriends.
Posted Jul 11, 2026, 2:31 PM UTC