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HOW CHATGPT SERVES ADS
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OpenAI's ad platform has two halves. The ChatGPT back end injects structured objects into the conversation while the model is responding. On the merchant side, a tracking SDK runs in the visitor's browser and reports product views back to OpenAI. These two parts are tied together by Fernet-encrypted click tokens. This post explains each part of the distribution loop in detail.