ChatGPT Ads Go Global, OpenAI’s Revenue Push, and Long-Horizon AI Agents | UpNext AI – August 14, 2026

ChatGPT’s advertising pilot has expanded to five additional markets, while OpenAI appoints a new chief revenue officer to scale its enterprise business. We also examine research on whether long-horizon AI agents behave like autonomous researchers or engineering optimizers.

Covered in this episode:
- OpenAI expands ChatGPT Ads to the United Kingdom, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, and South Korea.
- Dali Rajic becomes OpenAI’s chief revenue officer.
- A study evaluates seven frontier models on 36 long-horizon research-and-development tasks.
- llm-gemini 0.33 adds Gemini 3.7 Flash support, reasoning traces, and server-side tools.
- Apple reportedly develops a China-focused AI model with Alibaba.
- OpenAI previews an Ultrafast mode for GPT-5.6 Sol.

Source links:
- OpenAI, Testing ads in ChatGPT: https://openai.com/index/testing-ads-in-chatgpt
- OpenAI, Dali Rajic appointed Chief Revenue Officer: https://openai.com/index/dali-rajic-chief-revenue-officer
- Beyond Final Scores: A Systematic Evaluation of Agents for Long-Horizon AI Research and Development: https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.13417v1
- Simon Willison, llm-gemini 0.33: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/13/llm-gemini/
- The Verge, Apple AI model for China with Alibaba: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/980160/apple-intelligence-china-custom-ai-model-alibaba
- TechCrunch, OpenAI Ultrafast mode: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/13/openai-introduces-ultrafast-a-new-mode-that-makes-gpt-5-6-sol-work-at-14x-the-speed/