Professors are experimenting with strategies to integrate AI while easing instructor and student concerns, even as major AI platforms move to monetize chatbots. Instructors advocating controlled adoption are developing policies that preserve academic integrity and incorporate generative tools into assessment design. At the same time, OpenAI's decision to test ads in ChatGPT signals a commercialization wave for classroom-facing tools that could reshape campus contracts, privacy negotiations, and ed‑tech budgets. Academic leaders will need policies addressing data privacy, vendor relationships, and classroom use as AI becomes both pedagogical tool and revenue-bearing platform.