{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/696f9ac95e25e3a6c0c6faa0/698db972fe55e6c6c39f2340?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"About Claude - No Ads in Sight","description":"<p>## SHOW NOTES</p><p><br></p><p>OpenAI started showing ads in ChatGPT on Sunday. Two days later, Anthropic expanded Claude's free tier with features that used to require a paid plan — and signed off with three words: \"No ads in sight.\" This is the week two AI companies made opposite bets on what a free user is worth.</p><p><br></p><p>**In this episode:**</p><p>- How ChatGPT's new ads actually work — conversation-based targeting, $60 CPMs, and the privacy architecture underneath</p><p>- Anthropic's choreographed counter-punch: the ad-free pledge, the Super Bowl mockery, and yesterday's free tier expansion</p><p>- Sam Altman's \"rich people\" dig and what each company's accusations reveal about the accuser</p><p>- What Claude's free users actually got — and what they didn't</p><p><br></p><p>**Links:**</p><p>- OpenAI — Testing ads in ChatGPT: https://openai.com/index/testing-ads-in-chatgpt/</p><p>- Anthropic — Claude is ad-free: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-is-a-space-to-think</p><p>- CNBC — Anthropic executive on spending, ads, and the Cowork sell-off: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/11/anthropic-vs-openai-ads-spending-criticism.html</p><p>- TechCrunch — ChatGPT rolls out ads: https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/chatgpt-rolls-out-ads/</p><p><br></p><p>📰 Newsletter: aboutclaudeai.substack.com</p><p>🦉 X: @_about_claude</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Neil & Claude"}