Titans rookie QB Cam Ward will get much of the work with the 1st-team offense in camp

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans will give rookie quarterback Cam Ward most of the work running the first-team offense in training camp, even as they hold off announcing the No. 1 overall draft pick as their starter.

That gives Ward and the Titans more time to speed up his development. This comes after coach Brian Callahan worked to make this a competition during the offseason and a move made easier by Will Levis choosing season-ending shoulder surgery.

“Obviously that’s going to be a huge part of his development over the course of the camp, and those other guys will fill in those other spots." Callahan said Wednesday before the Titans ' first practice of camp. "I’ve generally really carried three quarterbacks a lot of years in camps and for that reason.”

Callahan rotated all quarterbacks during the offseason program. Then the Titans announced Monday that Levis is having surgery July 29, and Chad Brinker, the team's president of football operations, and first-year general manager Mike Borgonzi said Tuesday they're content with three quarterbacks in camp.

Ward said Levis made the best decision for himself and wishes his fellow quarterback a speedy recovery. The Titans placed Levis on injured reserve Wednesday afternoon.

“I really didn’t have a reaction. I focus on Cam Ward,” the rookie said of hearing about Levis having surgery.

Now it's up to Ward, the top pick out of Miami, to take full control and show what he can do in his latest offense. The Titans will have joint practices with Tampa Bay and Atlanta ahead of preseason games to help Ward develop. Tennessee opens the season Sept. 7 at Denver.

The Titans selected Ward after the quarterback led the country with 39 touchdown passes and finished second with 4,313 yards passing while leading Miami to a 10-3 record. Ward also had only seven interceptions and completed 67.2% of his passes. He finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting.

Ward sounds ready for this opportunity. Asked if he feels like a pro yet as camp starts, Ward said he felt like a pro when the Titans drafted him.

“I’ve been waiting on opportunity,” Ward said. "So you know I’m blessed. Not a lot of people get a chance to do what they love. So every time I wake up, I get a chance to step on the field and I’m excited whether it’s a good or bad day. You just got to take the wins with the losses.”

Training camp started with a session around 90 minutes to start ramping up the intensity for the day pads go on. Veteran wide receiver Calvin Ridley said Ward handled himself well.

"We all know he can play at this point,” Ridley said.

Three-time Pro Bowl defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons said the usually talkative Ward was quieter Wednesday and focused on work. Simmons said the Titans have high expectations for the rookie and the veteran plans to do all he can to push the quarterback who wants to be great.

“We have a young quarterback who need the reps and wants the reps. That's what it's about," Simmons said.

The other two quarterbacks on the roster are a pair of journeymen in Brandon Allen and Tim Boyle. Callahan was with Brandon Allen in Cincinnati, and the coach noted the 32-year-old quarterback has been in the NFL for around 10 years.

“He’s kind of seen all of all of what it means to be a quarterback in this league good and bad,” Callahan said of Allen. "He’s got a great feel for the system, for how to operate. He understands the role of the backup quarterback. He’s got a lot of experience he can share with Cam as well.”

Allen said helping Ward has the added benefit of making the veteran better: “Those two things go hand in hand.”

Cornerback Jarvis Brownlee Jr. finished practice after being ill on the edge of the field. He said he felt better after needing to take a couple of minutes.

The Titans also placed OLB Lorenzo Carter on the reserve/retired list after he told team officials Monday he was retiring. They signed DL Timmy Horne and RB Jermar Jefferson.

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Tennessee Titans quarterback Cam Ward speaks during news conference after practice at the team's NFL football training camp Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Tennessee Titans head coach Brian Callahan, right, speaks during a news conference before practice at the team's NFL football training camp Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Tennessee Titans quarterback Cam Ward (1) looks to throw a pass during practice at the team's NFL football training camp Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Tennessee Titans quarterback Cam Ward (1) poses with Nylan Williams, 10, right, after practice at the team's NFL football training camp Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

OpenAI says it will soon start showing advertisements to ChatGPT users who aren't paying for a premium version of the chatbot.

The artificial intelligence company said Friday it hasn't yet rolled out ads but will start testing them in the coming weeks.

It's the latest effort by the San Francisco-based company to make money from ChatGPT's more than 800 million users, most of whom get it for free.

Though valued at $500 billion, the startup loses more money than it makes and has been looking for ways to turn a profit.

“Most importantly: ads will not influence the answers ChatGPT gives you,” said Fidji Simo, the company’s CEO of applications, in a social media post Friday.

OpenAI said the digital ads will appear at the bottom of ChatGPT's answers “when there’s a relevant sponsored product or service based on your current conversation.”

The ads “will be clearly labeled and separated from the organic answer,” the company said.

Two of OpenAI’s rivals, Google and Meta, have dominated digital advertising for years and already incorporate ads into some of their AI features.

Originally founded as a nonprofit with a mission to safely build better-than-human AI, OpenAI last year reorganized its ownership structure and converted its business into a public benefit corporation. It said Friday that its pursuit of advertising will be “always in support” of its original mission to ensure its AI technology benefits humanity.

But introducing personalized ads starts OpenAI “down a risky path” previously taken by social media companies, said Miranda Bogen of the Center for Democracy and Technology.

“People are using chatbots for all sorts of reasons, including as companions and advisors," said Bogen, director of CDT’s AI Governance Lab. “There’s a lot at stake when that tool tries to exploit users’ trust to hawk advertisers’ goods.”

OpenAI makes some money from paid subscriptions but needs more revenue to pay for its more than $1 trillion in financial obligations for the computer chips and data centers that power its AI services. The risk that OpenAI won’t make enough money to fulfill the expectations of backers like Oracle and Nvidia has amplified investor concerns about an AI bubble.

“It is clear to us that a lot of people want to use a lot of AI and don’t want to pay, so we are hopeful a business model like this can work,” said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in a post Friday on social platform X. He added that he likes the ads on Meta's Instagram because they show him things he wouldn't have found otherwise.

OpenAI claims it won't use a user's personal information or prompts to collect data for ads, but the question is “for how long,” said Paddy Harrington, an analyst at research group Forrester.

“Free services are never actually free and these public AI platforms need to generate revenue,” Harrington said. “Which leads to the adage: If the service is free, you’re the product.”

FILE - The OpenAI logo is displayed on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen with output from ChatGPT, March 21, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)