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Ads of the future may bring you to an AI agent.

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Ads of the future may bring you to an AI agent.

In a broad-ranging feature from Time on OpenAI, the company reveals it has been testing a new kind of sponsored ad. Clicking through an ad with “sponsored agents” would bring you into “an AI experience presented by a brand.” Posts from…

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Ads of the future may bring you to an AI agent.

In a broad-ranging feature from Time on OpenAI, the company reveals it has been testing a new kind of sponsored ad. Clicking through an ad with “sponsored agents” would bring you into “an AI experience presented by a…

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