WSJ Tech News Briefing· Folge 3216

How OpenAI Built a Billion-Dollar Ad Engine

Freitag, 18. September 2026 · 11 min

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman once referred to combining ads and AI as “uniquely unsettling.” But now, the tech giant is rapidly building an advertising (wsj.com/business/media/inside-openais-ad-rush-…) business. The Journal’s advertising editor Suzanne Vranica (wsj.com/news/author/suzanne-vranica?mod=WSJ_TN…) dives into OpenAI’s ad rush. Plus, AI voice-cloning tools have gotten so good that they can now replicate accents (wsj.com/tech/ai/accent-ai-voice-security-96154…). WSJ contributor Heidi Mitchell (wsj.com/news/author/heidi-mitchell?mod=WSJ_TNB…) explains why your accent might suddenly be a security vulnerability. Julie Chang hosts.

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