AI pricing is stuck on subscription rather than metering which means that it’s a race to the bottom. It’s not obvious how AI providers can change that as the service they offer is just a game to users who can, even reluctantly, switch off.
I'm not enough of a Business Major to know how they could monetise things, but I am enough of a realist to think that they can't stay like this forever
I would be incredibly surprised if OpenAI didn't go for advertising, given that they hired Fidji Simo (who PM'd feed ads at Facebook, and introduced ads to Instacart).