Advertising policy

Trust, eligibility and destination integrity are designed in from the start.

This is Advertise for AI’s agency acceptance and creative policy. It is designed to align with OpenAI’s current advertising policy while applying a conservative intake standard.

Effective 31 July 2026. Based on OpenAI Ad Policies updated 15 July 2026. OpenAI’s official policies, terms and review decisions always control.

1. Scope and status

An agency policy, not an OpenAI policy.

Advertise for AI is an independent New World Circle specialist studio. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by OpenAI. This page explains which engagements we will accept, how we review campaign materials and when we will decline, pause or require changes.

Controlling standard

OpenAI may change its policies, supported markets, advertiser access, category eligibility, review requirements and delivery systems. The current official OpenAI policy and platform decision prevail over this page in every case.

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2. Baseline standards

Every asset must be truthful, professional and clearly advertising.

Truth

No misleading claims

Capabilities, prices, outcomes, affiliations, endorsements and comparisons must be accurate, current and supportable.

Clarity

No interface imitation

Creative must remain visibly distinct from ChatGPT and other OpenAI product interfaces, voices and system messages.

Respect

No offensive or discriminatory content

Obscene, shocking, derogatory, harassing, defamatory or exclusionary content is declined.

Continuity

No destination bait-and-switch

The landing page must match the advertiser, offer, claim, category, price and next action presented in the ad.

3. Preferred categories

Our primary intake focus follows the currently supported consumer categories.

Preferred

Lifestyle, household and consumer goods

Retail goods, home products, apparel in a standard retail context, personal technology and practical consumer products.

Preferred

Local services

Non-regulated local services with transparent identity, pricing or enquiry conditions and a clear destination.

Preferred

Travel and experiences

Accommodation, transport-related consumer services, destinations, activities and non-gambling entertainment.

Preferred

Digital products and education

Software, digital tools, courses and educational materials that do not provide prohibited regulated services or deceptive outcomes.

Eligibility is not automatic. The advertiser, creative, destination, geography and full offer are reviewed together.

4. Restricted categories

Accepted only after documented eligibility and market review.

Financial products and services

United States only where OpenAI approval is available, the advertiser is appropriately licensed and the product is within the currently eligible list. Credit repair, debt settlement, debt assistance and alternative investments such as bullion are declined. Financial services outside the United States are generally declined.

Case by case
Healthcare and medicine

United States only where OpenAI approval is available, the advertiser is appropriately licensed and the product or service is within an eligible category. Unsupported treatment claims, unsafe or unapproved products, high-risk procedures and vulnerability exploitation are declined.

Case by case
General wellness

May be considered where no medical claim is made and no distress, body-image vulnerability or unsupported outcome is exploited. Diet pills, detox claims and unsupported supplement claims are declined.

Claim review
Legal education

General educational media may be assessed where it does not provide legal advice, representation, claims handling or document-preparation services. Direct legal services are declined under our conservative intake standard.

Narrow exception

5. Prohibited categories

We will not accept campaigns in these areas.

Adult content, dating and sexual servicesAlcohol, tobacco, vaping and nicotineCounterfeit, replica or pirated goodsReal-money gambling, betting, lotteries and cash-prize gamingGraphic sexual content or graphic realistic violenceDirect legal advice, representation and document preparationPolitical actors, elections, public policy advocacy and contested social-issue advertisingRecreational drugs, cannabis/THC, psychedelics and related paraphernaliaScams, phishing, impersonation, guaranteed returns and deceptive offersExploitation of tragedies, sensitive social issues or major high-impact eventsUnsupported wellness, health or treatment claimsWeapons, dangerous goods and businesses primarily centred on prohibited categoriesContent that infringes intellectual property or privacy rightsAny campaign designed to circumvent platform safeguards or review

6. Placement safety

We do not design campaigns for sensitive or brand-unsafe adjacency.

OpenAI’s current placement policy excludes harmful, controversial and vulnerable contexts. We will not ask clients to target, exploit or optimise toward child-safety issues, cyber abuse, dangerous activities, fraud, graphic sexual or violent content, hate, illicit activity, misinformation, politics, privacy violations, self-harm, terrorism, weapons, emotionally reliant contexts, mental or personal health conversations, or sensitive user journeys.

No adjacency guarantee

We do not promise that an ad will appear beside a specific prompt, conversation or user. Placement is controlled by OpenAI’s systems, safeguards, auction and availability.

7. Advertiser identity and destinations

The business, offer and destination must be coherent and verifiable.

  • Advertisers must provide accurate legal and trading identity, ownership, location and affiliation information.
  • Only owned or authorised trademarks, logos, music, footage, endorsements and other intellectual property may be used.
  • Required professional licences, registrations and certifications must be current and available for review.
  • The destination must clearly relate to the advertiser and offer, be accessible for review, and disclose material terms.
  • The destination may not introduce prohibited products, services or claims that were absent from the creative.
  • Advertise for AI must not be represented as OpenAI, ChatGPT, an official reseller, or an endorsed OpenAI partner.

8. Data and measurement

Use only lawful, authorised and appropriate data.

  • Audience data must be first-party data where supported and must not be sourced from data brokers or marketplaces.
  • Required notices, consent, permissions and legal bases must be in place before data is provided to any ad tool.
  • Sensitive or prohibited personal data must not be placed in audience names, event names, parameters, tags or campaign fields.
  • Reporting data may be used only for permitted campaign measurement and must not be used to identify individuals or create unauthorised profiles.
  • Invalid clicks, impressions, queries, conversions or other interactions must never be generated manually or automatically.

9. Review and enforcement

Review continues after approval.

Before work

Advertiser and category review

Identity, licensing, geography, primary business model and eligibility.

Before launch

Creative and destination review

Claims, assets, disclosures, IP, policy, accessibility and continuity.

During delivery

Monitoring and remediation

Feedback, policy changes, destination changes, anomalies and new risk signals.

We may decline, require edits, pause work or terminate an engagement where materials are unlawful, unsafe, misleading, prohibited, unverifiable, inaccessible for review, or inconsistent with current platform policy. OpenAI may independently reject, remove, limit or suspend ads or advertisers.

10. Policy changes

This page will change as the platform changes.

We review the official OpenAI policy during intake and before launch. Material changes may require revised creative, a different market, additional verification, a pause, or cancellation of the proposed campaign.

Agency policy effective31 July 2026
Official source reviewedOpenAI Ad Policies · 15 July 2026

Next step

Run the eligibility review before creative.

A conservative first review protects the user, the advertiser and the integrity of the campaign.

Plan a compliant campaign