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Google’s Gemini AI App Could Soon Start Showing Ads, Company Executive Reportedly Hints During Earnings Call

2:22 PM IST · May 1, 2026

Google has been showing commercials and sponsored search results under and over AI Overviews answers for months now. Moreover, various reports in the past have highlighted that the Mountain View-based tech giant is also testing ads in AI Mode. Now, the company could be preparing to bring commercials to its conversational AI assistant, the Gemini AI app. During Google's quarterly earnings conference call, a company executive reportedly told company shareholders and journalists that the tech giant is open to showing ads in the app. This comes months after the Sam Altman-led OpenAI announced it had started rolling out ranked ads in its AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT.