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Ads in Chatbots Have Arrived. Here’s What’s Working—and What’s Not
Publisher description: As Anthropic maintains its vow to keep ads out of Claude, the rest of the AI chatbot industry is racing to win over advertisers without antagonizing users.
Wired | Nov 5, 2026 | Paresh Dave
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The company’s recent IPO filing didn’t even mention the possibility of selling ads to make money from the AI chatbot. The chatbot industry, though, may find selling ads necessary to defray the high costs of generating AI responses. None of the apps Koah currently serves ads in offer users AI agents that can shop on their own.
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