Researcher Leaves OpenAI Over Advertising Privacy

Zoë Hitzig, a former OpenAI researcher, publicly resigned this week in a New York Times op-ed warning about OpenAI’s plan to introduce advertisements to ChatGPT and the potential use of sensitive conversational data for ad targeting. She urged binding independent oversight or trust-based data controls, arguing economic incentives could erode privacy protections while surveys show 83% of users would tolerate ads.