ChatGPT becomes fastest growing app, estimated to have reached 100 million monthly active users in January: Research
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s popular chatbot, was estimated to have reached 100 million monthly active users in January, just two months after its launch, making it the fastest-growing consumer app in history, according to a report. UBS study on Wednesday.
The report, citing data from analytics firm Similarweb, says that an average of 13 million visitors used ChatGPT per day in January, more than double that of December.
“In 20 years after the internet space, we cannot recall faster speeds in consumer internet application,” UBS analysts wrote in the note.
it lost TikTok about nine months after global launch to reach 100 million users and Instagram Two and a half years, according to data from Sensor Tower.
ChatGPT can create articles, essays, jokes, and even poetry in response to prompts. openAIa private company backed by Microsoftmade available to the public free of charge at the end of November.
On Thursday, OpenAI announced a monthly subscription of $20 (nearly Rs 1,600), initially for US users only. It will provide a more stable and faster service as well as the opportunity to try out new features first, the company said.
Analysts believe that the viral launch of ChatGPT will give OpenAI a first-mover advantage over other companies. artificial intelligence companies. Increased usage, while imposing significant computational costs on OpenAI, has also provided valuable feedback to help train the chatbot’s response.
The company says subscription revenue will help cover computing costs.
The availability of the tool has raised questions about the facilitation of misinformation and academic dishonesty.
Last month, Microsoft announced another billion-dollar investment in OpenAI in the form of cash and cloud computing offerings.
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