OpenAI Brings Visual Ads to ChatGPT

Welcome to another edition of AI PlanetX.

ChatGPT adds visual ads; Altman defends AI risks; Nvidia-backed Reflection targets cheaper open-weight models.

• Hottest AI News

• Top AI & SaaS Tools

• AI Tutorial: Automate Everyday Work With Codex

• Top AI & Tech News

• AI Art Spotlight

• Prompt of the Day: Prompts That Do Work of Entire Team

• Featured Video

• Course of the Day: Building AI Agents by Microsoft

Hottest AI News

OpenAI

Visual Ads Are Coming to ChatGPT Image Generation in the US

OpenAI is turning ChatGPT into a visual ad platform. With 1.2B weekly users, it will test sponsored imagery during image generation as it builds the creative, measurement and safety stack for AI-native advertising.

Details:

• The test starts later this month in the U.S. with select advertisers. Visual ads will be labeled, kept separate from generated images and won’t influence ChatGPT’s AI answers

• OpenAI is expanding Pixel/CAPI, attribution and incrementality, adding Hightouch, Tealium and LiveRamp integrations plus brand-suitability pilots with DoubleVerify

• In India Razorpay Engage will help brands prepare catalogues and product feeds, launch, manage, measure and optimize ChatGPT Ads, using an AI agent with human oversight

OpenAI is building the targeting, creative, measurement and partner infrastructure needed to make ChatGPT an advertising channel.

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AI Regulation

Sam Altman Says Society Must Accept Some AI Risks to Keep Its Benefits

Sam Altman says society should accept some bad outcomes if AI’s benefits remain broadly available. His published comments deepen the divide between OpenAI and Anthropic over how much AI risk society should tolerate.

Details:

• Altman argues zero-risk AI is unrealistic and widespread use will create far more good than harm. He rejects keeping powerful AI in one lab just to prevent every misuse

• He still draws a hard line around catastrophic danger. Scams, hacking and human misuse differ from loss-of-control scenarios where powerful AI could pose far greater risks

• That is where OpenAI and Anthropic diverge. Altman says there is “a lot of daylight” between them, with Anthropic pushing stronger safeguards and OpenAI favoring a lighter touch

The bigger debate is clear: how much AI risk should society accept to preserve innovation, and where should regulators draw the line before risks become unacceptable?

Top AI & SaaS Tools

• Hello Aria (Life-time Deal): Chat-based productivity assistant that converts text, voice notes, and images into organized tasks, reminders, notes, meeting minutes, and calendar events

• Muse Voice Transcribe: Meta’s real-time speech-to-text AI that can transcribe conversations, distinguish 20+ speakers, and handle 25+ languages

• Vitra: Create, translate, personalize, review, and publish videos, images, documents, websites, and apps across 75+ languages [F-R-E-E to Try]

• HyperFrames Studio: AI-powered video editor that lets coding agents such as Codex or Claude Code create and edit videos through natural-language instructions [F-R-E-E]

• Spira Maxima: Turns scripts, photos, voices, and product shots into polished, trend-optimized social videos with presenters, B-roll, captions [F-R-E-E to Try]

Blu Dot surpasses 2,000% ROAS with self-serve CTV ads

Home furniture brand Blu Dot blew up on CTV with help from Roku Ads Manager. Here’s how:

After a test campaign reached 211,000 households and achieved 1,010% ROAS, the brand went all in to promote its annual sales event. It removed age and income constraints to expand reach and shifted budget to custom audiences and retargeting, where intent was strongest.

The results speak for themselves. As Blu Dot increased their investment by 10x, ROAS jumped to 2,308% and more page-view conversions surpassed 50,000.

“For CTV campaigns, Roku has been a top performer,” said Claire Folkestad, Paid Media Strategist, Blu Dot. “Comping to our other platforms, we have seen really strong ROAS… and highly efficient CPMs, lower than any other CTV partner we've worked with.”

Using Roku Ads Manager, the campaign moved from a pilot to a permanent performance engine for the brand.

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AI Workflow

How to Automate Everyday Computer Work With Codex

Repeating the same downloads, file moves, and updates every week gets old quickly. With Codex, you can demonstrate a computer workflow once, turn it into a reusable skill, and let AI handle the repetitive parts.

1. Open Codex

   Open the ChatGPT desktop app and switch to Codex from the top-left menu.

   Make sure Computer Use is available and enabled. This lets Codex interact with apps on your computer by seeing and typing.

2. Pick One Repetitive Task

   Start with something simple that follows almost the same steps every time.

   For example:

   • Downloading a weekly report

   • Renaming files

   • Moving files into folders

   • Updating a spreadsheet

   • Copying information between apps

   Avoid starting with a complicated workflow that changes every time.

3. Start Record & Replay

   Inside Codex, open Record & Replay and start recording your workflow. Complete the task normally while Codex watches.

   For example:

   • Open the reporting website

   • Download the latest CSV

   • Rename the file

   • Move it into the correct folder

   • Open your spreadsheet

   • Add the latest numbers

   Keep the recording focused on one task and avoid entering passwords or sensitive information while recording.

4. Turn It Into a Skill

   Finish the recording and let Codex convert the workflow into a reusable skill.

   Review the steps it learned before using it again.

   You can also tell Codex what should stay consistent.

   Example:

   “Always download the newest report, rename it using date, move it into the Weekly Reports folder, and update the summary spreadsheet.”

5. Test the Workflow

   Give Codex a fresh version of the same task.

   For example:

   “Run my weekly report workflow using the latest available data. Stop and ask me before sending or deleting anything.”

   Watch the first few runs carefully and correct Codex if any step needs adjustment.

6. Reuse It

   Once the workflow works reliably, run the same skill whenever you need it instead of repeating every step yourself.

   For supported recurring workflows, you can also use Codex automations to run repetitive work on a schedule.

Tip: Save Record & Replay for stable tasks you perform the same way again and again, which is the type of workflow OpenAI recommends it for.

Top AI & Tech News

• Nvidia-backed Reflection is preparing a powerful open-weight AI model that could challenge U.S. and Chinese rivals with cheaper, customizable AI systems

• Schneider Electric is set to acquire U.S. software firm PTC for $22.6 billion, expanding its industrial software and AI capabilities

• Elon Musk says SpaceX will rename its AI unit from SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI, reflecting the growing focus on “super intelligence” over artificial intelligence

• Anthropic lobbied Vatican officials to take AI consciousness seriously, despite Pope Leo XIV rejecting the idea that AI can truly think or feel

AI Art Spotlight

Create Your Own Photo Like This Using the Prompt Below:

Create a hyper-realistic exploded vertical infographic composition of [FOOD].
At the top, characteristic particles, droplets, or garnishes associated with the food, frozen mid-air.
Below it, the primary surface or topping layer with rich texture and realistic material detail.
Underneath, the core ingredient layer showing structure, depth, and natural variation.
Below that, the supporting base or interior layer, slightly separated to reveal construction.
At the bottom, a minimal plate, bowl, cup, or base appropriate to the food’s presentation.
Pure white background, soft studio lighting, subtle shadows beneath each floating element, ultra-sharp focus, DSLR macro photography, clean infographic text labels with thin pointer lines, premium editorial food photography aesthetic, 8K quality.

Model: ChatGPT Images 2.5 / Nano Banana 2

Prompt of the Day

10 Grok Prompts That Do the Work of an Entire Team

These Grok prompts (login to X to view them) help teams handle repetitive work across sales, customer support, hiring, finance, research, and daily operations. Each prompt is designed to create useful drafts, summaries, checklists, reports, and recommendations while keeping people in control of final decisions and outgoing messages.

Featured Video

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AI Course of the Day

Introduction to Building AI Agents by Microsoft

This course teaches how AI agents work and how to plan and build them using tools like Copilot Studio, Microsoft Foundry, and Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit. It also covers grounding, integrations, development approaches, and governance, with no prior agent-building experience required.