OpenAI Introduces ChatGPT Ads & Musk Demands $134B in Landmark Lawsuit | January 18, 2026

📋 Quick Takeaways

OpenAI announces ChatGPT advertising for free and Go tier users, projecting $1B revenue in 2026 scaling to $25B by 2029
Elon Musk seeks $79-134 billion in damages from OpenAI and Microsoft as landmark lawsuit heads to April jury trial
Anthropic overtakes OpenAI in enterprise LLM market share (32% vs 25%), with $350B valuation
Federal judge rejects OpenAI’s motion to dismiss Musk’s claims of nonprofit mission betrayal
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang discusses “God AI” operating at “biblical or galactic scales” in future vision

💰 OpenAI Business Model Shift

OpenAI Launches Advertising in ChatGPT for 700 Million Users

Historic Monetization Move: OpenAI announced on January 16 that it will begin testing advertisements within ChatGPT for free and Go tier users in the United States, marking a fundamental shift in the company’s business model.

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Major AI Developments: Apple-Google Siri Partnership & $400M Snap-Perplexity Deal | November 6, 2025

📋 Quick Takeaways

Apple partners with Google to integrate 1.2 trillion-parameter Gemini AI model into Siri, launching Spring 2026
Snap announces $400M Perplexity AI deal with shares surging 15%, integration rolling out 2026
Stability AI wins landmark copyright case against Getty Images in UK High Court, setting AI industry precedent
Google explores space-based AI data centers to solve power and cooling challenges
Qualcomm forecasts strong Q1 driven by AI-powered smartphone demand rebound
OpenAI’s Sora video generator now available on Android platform
Microsoft CEO acknowledges AI chip inventory management shortcomings

🤝 Strategic AI Partnerships

Apple Transforms Siri with Google’s Gemini AI Integration

Historic Partnership: Apple is executing a complete overhaul of Siri by integrating a customized version of Google’s powerful 1.2 trillion-parameter Gemini AI model, representing a significant departure from Apple’s traditional in-house development approach.