The Digiday Podcast OpenAI’s ad plan, Meta’s Vibes + a day in the life of Eater’s Stephanie Wu
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Sep 30, 2025 Stephanie Wu, Editor-in-chief of Eater, offers a fascinating glimpse into her daily life. She reveals her early morning routines, balancing work and family as she starts her day around 6:30 am. With a unique inbox-zero strategy and a methodical to-do list, Stephanie shares how she manages meetings and prioritizes deep work. She also discusses the inspiration she finds dining out and how she limits restaurant visits to maintain balance. Wrapping up her day, Stephanie emphasizes the importance of winding down with reading and quiet time.
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OpenAI Moves Toward Ad Monetization
- OpenAI is preparing an ad business to monetize non-paying users and integrate ads into new discovery surfaces like ChatGPT Pulse.
- Embedding ads into intimate, personalized digests will test user comfort and privacy perceptions.
Cards Make Ads Feel Native
- ChatGPT Pulse acts as a card-based daily digest that can surface sponsorships inside a personal morning feed.
- Such placements blur lines between helpful personal syntheses and targeted advertising.
Personalization Raises Privacy Stakes
- Highly personalized ad targeting in AI assistants will reveal how much systems know about users and likely spark privacy backlash.
- Users may accept ads over time, but deep integrations heighten sensitivity around data use.
