New Delhi, Dec. 7 -- OpenAI confirmed earlier in the day that it had not begun showing ads on ChatGPT, while also clarifying that there were no active tests running on the chatbot related to a new experience. However, with several users on social media complaining that they were seeing inadvertent suggestions about various apps and websites, confusion persisted about OpenAI's claims.

Later, OpenAI Chief Research Officer Mark Chen confirmed that ChatGPT was indeed showing app suggestions to users and said that the company "fell short".

Chen was replying to a post by a user who had earlier claimed that he saw a suggestion to "Shop at Target" while asking ChatGPT a question about Windows BitLocker.

Chen responded saying, "I agree that any...