Do you like scary movies? A new Scream 7 Big Game trailer highlights Neve Campbell’s return as series heroine Sidney Prescott, battling a new Ghostface killer, and it could be the reason to revisit earlier spooky films in the franchise.

The upcoming Scream 7 revolves around Prescott facing a masked, knife-wielding murderer (yeah, you know what the mask looks like) who targets her family. It doesn’t hit theaters until Feb. 27, but if you’d like to get prepared and nab some scares, here’s how to stream Scream 1 to 6.

How to stream the Scream movies before Scream 7

• Scream (1996) — Pluto TV (free with ads), Paramount Plus
• Scream 2(1997) — Pluto TV (free with ads), Paramount Plus
• Scream 3 (2003) — Pluto TV (free with ads), Paramount Plus
• Scream 4 (2011) — Prime Video (free with ads), Pluto TV (free with ads), Paramount Plus
• Scream(2022) — Pluto TV (free with ads), Paramount Plus
• Scream VI (2023) — Pluto TV (free with ads), Paramount Plus
• Scream 7 (2026)  — Due out in theaters on Feb. 27, 2026

After weeks of teasing, OpenAI has begun testing advertisements inside ChatGPT in the US, marking a major evolution in the product’s business model and user experience. The rollout affects those with Free tier plans and the new lower-cost ChatGPT Go plan. People on paid tiers such as Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise will remain free of ads. 

The company says this early ad experiment is part of its effort to support broader access to powerful AI features while helping fund the infrastructure and development that keep ChatGPT running at scale. 

The company says that ads will be clearly labeled as sponsored and visually separated from the chatbot’s answers.

(Disclosure: Ziff Davis, CNET’s parent company, in April filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.)

Read also: ChatGPT Free vs. ChatGPT Plus: Paying $20 Per Month Is Worth It

Controlled advertising and privacy

According to OpenAI, the ads will not influence the chatbot’s responses or compromise privacy. Conversations and personal chat data will not be shared with advertisers. You will also have control over your ad experience, including toggles for personalization or the option to opt out entirely in exchange for fewer free messages. 

As part of the rollout, each ad is matched to the topic that a user is already discussing, though safeguards are in place to prevent ads from appearing in sensitive contexts, such as health or political discussions. 

The company emphasizes that this initial phase is a test-and-learn opportunity. Feedback from early users will help shape how ads are refined and potentially expanded in the future. OpenAI says it will use insights from this pilot to better balance monetization with user experience.

The broader implications

The introduction of ads in ChatGPT comes amid growing competitive pressure in the AI industry and heightened expectations around sustainable revenue models for large AI platforms. While the move has drawn mixed reactions from users and industry observers, OpenAI maintains that the ads are meant to subsidize free and low-cost access.

As the testing continues, OpenAI’s approach will likely influence how other AI companies think about monetization and the role of advertising in conversational AI tools, though some platforms — like Anthropic — have «promised» to never incorporate ads. Anthropic even ran a series of Super Bowl commercials, making fun of the idea of ads showing up in AI discussions. In one of them, for instance, a young man asks AI for help getting six-pack abs, and the AI, in the form of a personal trainer, starts helping him, then begins hawking fictional insoles that will make him taller.

Read also: Meta’s All In on AI Creating the Ads You See on Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles.

Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is all about the Winter Olympics. If you’re struggling with today’s puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.

Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by The Times. It doesn’t appear in the NYT Games app, but it does in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can play it for free online.

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Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Elegant ice sport.

Green group hint: Sports cinema.

Blue group hint: Five for fighting.

Purple group hint: Unusual Olympic sport.

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: Figure skating disciplines.

Green group: Winter Olympic movies.

Blue group: Hockey penalties.

Purple group: Biathlon equipment.

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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is figure skating disciplines. The four answers are ice dance, pairs, singles and team event.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is Winter Olympic movies. The four answers are Cool Runnings; I, Tonya; Miracle and The Cutting Edge.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is hockey penalties. The four answers are boarding, hooking, icing and offsides.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is biathlon equipment. The four answers are poles, rifle, skis and targets.