OpenAI announced on Thursday that its flagship chatbot, ChatGPT, now boasts over 200 million weekly active users, doubling its user count since November last year.
ChatGPT continues to lead the generative AI chatbot market amid fierce competition. Major tech companies like Microsoft, Google, and Meta are regularly updating their own AI offerings in a bid to capture a larger share of the market.
OpenAI also revealed that 92% of Fortune 500 companies are currently utilising its products. Additionally, usage of OpenAI’s automated API has doubled since the release of GPT-4o mini in July. "People are using our tools now as a part of their daily lives, making a real difference in areas like healthcare and education—whether it's helping with routine tasks, solving hard problems, or unlocking creativity," said CEO Sam Altman in a statement to Axios.
The race for user adoption remains intense. Microsoft, Google, OpenAI, and Meta are all vying to become the go-to choice for AI chatbots. Meta also reported a significant uptick in the adoption of its open-source Llama models. The major cloud service providers saw usage double between May and July of this year following the release of Llama 3.1.