OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has offered his most detailed public comments yet on the prospect of advertising within ChatGPT, signaling both openness to new monetization models and deep reservations about the risks to user trust and product integrity.

Sam Altman says people have a high degree of trust in ChatGPT, which is surprising because it hallucinates, making it difficult to trust.

In the interview, CEO Sam Altman laid out a roadmap focused on unifying the user experience, starting with the release of GPT-5 this summer.