AI Monetization Crisis: Why Ads and Subs Fail
Anthropic hits $44B ARR while OpenAI launches ads. The AI agent economy demands a new monetization model beyond traditio…
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Doubao Goes Paid: AI Era's Monetization Crisis
Data shows traffic logic fails in AI. Google Gemini earns less than Claude despite massive user base, signaling a shift …
OpenAI Launches Ads Manager in Bold Revenue Play
OpenAI's Ads Manager goes live across the US as the company faces $14 billion in annual losses and races to diversify be…
ByteDance's Doubao Launches Paid Tiers in China AI First
ByteDance's Doubao AI app introduces 3-tier subscriptions, breaking China's free AI model and potentially triggering an …
ByteDance's Doubao Has a Secret Weapon for Monetization
ByteDance's AI chatbot Doubao faces a monetization puzzle as it rolls out paid plans, but its 'light productivity' featu…
Doubao Launches Paid Plans: ByteDance Joins the AI Paywall Era
ByteDance's Doubao AI chatbot introduces 3 paid subscription tiers, signaling the end of free AI in China and raising br…
Doubao Eyes Paid Tiers as AI Giants Converge
ByteDance's Doubao considers 4-tier pricing while OpenAI pushes enterprise deployments, signaling a global convergence i…
OpenAI Launches Self-Service Ads Manager for ChatGPT
OpenAI rolls out a beta Ads Manager with CPC bidding for US advertisers, marking ChatGPT's formal entry into the digital…
The Hidden Cost of Free ChatGPT: You Are the Product
OpenAI launches GPT-5.5 Instant for all users while unveiling a self-service ad platform, signaling a familiar monetizat…
ByteDance Doubao Adds Paid Tier as AI Monetization Race Heats Up
ByteDance's Doubao AI chatbot introduces paid subscriptions for complex tasks, while Apple settles Siri lawsuit for $250…
China's Top AI Apps Launch Paid Tiers Simultaneously
ByteDance, Kimi, and Baidu are all rolling out paid subscriptions, marking a decisive shift from China's free AI era.
ByteDance Erects AI Paywall as Industry Reckoning Looms
ByteDance's Doubao app introduces subscription tiers up to $700/year, signaling the AI industry's free tier era may be e…