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According to CNBC, OpenAI's advertising business has an annualized revenue of $1 billion and has become an important revenue engine in addition to enterprise services, consumer subscriptions, and API billing, helping to support OpenAI's valuation of approximately $852 billion and IPO process. OpenAI has been testing ChatGPT ads in the United States since February this year. Currently, ChatGPT ads have covered more than 40 countries and are open for self placement in India, Europe, and the Middle East and North Africa. The advertisement is displayed to ChatGPT Go subscribers and free users, covering approximately 1 billion weekly active users. OpenAI explicitly states that the advertisement will be labeled and will not affect ChatGPT responses, and advertisers will not be able to access users' private chat content.