CONSUMERS WILL ACCEPT ADS IN AI CHATBOTS, BUT TRUST ISSUES REMAIN

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A Forrester poll in the US, UK, and Canada found that 83% would accept ads in AI chatbot free tiers, while only 6% would switch to a paid tier to avoid ads. OpenAI expects ads to help cover about $1.4tr in computing costs and projects that 8.5% of users (about 220 million people) will pay for an ad-free plan, while Anthropic is avoiding ads and targeting enterprise buyers. Trust in large tech companies is falling (from 32% to 24% since 2020), and concern is growing that ads could influence chatbot answers.