ChatGPT hits a billion monthly app users despite souring public AI sentiment
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- Yet despite mounting public backlash, global AI usage has surged to record highs.
- But while ChatGPT enjoys a significant lead in monthly users, rival models are quickly catching up.
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With college graduates jeering mentions of artificial intelligence at commencement speeches, and voices as disparate as the Pope and technology giant Anthropic warning of the risks of unmitigated AI development, public sentiment toward the technology has sobered considerably since its early euphoria.
Yet despite mounting public backlash, global AI usage has surged to record highs. OpenAI's ChatGPT reached one billion monthly app users, or MAUs, in May, according to recent estimates from market intelligence firm Sensor Tower. Other AI apps including Anthropic's Claude made triple-digit year-over-year percentage gains in users, the data company said.