OpenAI tests Sponsored Agents to turn ChatGPT ads into customer conversations

HubSpot and Shopify integrations give advertisers external campaign management, attribution and product-catalog connections as OpenAI tests conversational sales agents.

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Why it matters

Advertisers can now connect ChatGPT campaigns to HubSpot attribution and Shopify purchase data while testing AI agents as a sales channel. The operator's challenge is measuring whether those conversations convert without blurring the boundary between paid persuasion and independent answers.

A digital screen displays a sophisticated conversational agent helping a user with product selection, integrating e-commerce and marketing information.

Sam Altman's OpenAI began testing Sponsored Agents on September 16th. The format lets people move from a ChatGPT ad into a clearly labeled conversation with an advertiser's AI agent.…

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