Aug 29, 2024 - Technology

OpenAI says ChatGPT usage has doubled since last year

Ina Fried

Illustration: Natalie Peeples/Axios

OpenAI said on Thursday that ChatGPT now has more than 200 million weekly active users — twice as many as it had last November.

Why it matters: ChatGPT remains the leader among generative AI chatbots, but it's an intensely competitive space with the other big names in tech offering frequent updates in hopes of grabbing share.

By the numbers: OpenAI also said that 92% of Fortune 500 companies are using its products and that usage of its automated API has doubled since the release of GPT-4o mini in July.

What they're saying: "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," CEO Sam Altman said in a statement to Axios.

The big picture: The battle for users remains hotly contested, with Microsoft, Google, OpenAI and Meta all eager to get people to choose their chatbots.

Meta said earlier on Thursday adoption of its open source Llama models has also grown sharply. Usage at the major cloud service providers has doubled between May and July of this year with the release of Llama 3.1.

Editor's note: This story has been corrected to show that ChatGPT's users have doubled since last November (not quite a year ago.)

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