ChatGPT and Gemini both just passed 1 billion users
For the 14th time, a Google product has hit 1 billion users. Google CEO Sundar Pichai posted on X that a billion people are using Gemini every month, and that Gemini is Google's fastest-growing product ever. A billion users is a huge milestone, but Google isn't the first AI app to hit it. OpenAI's ChatGPT […]
The Verge reports that both Google's Gemini and OpenAI's ChatGPT have surpassed the 1 billion user mark. Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced on X that a billion people are using Gemini every month, labeling it as the company's fastest-growing product ever. Gemini's achievement is noteworthy, but it is not the first AI app to hit this milestone; ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, also reached 1 billion users a few weeks prior.
However, OpenAI did not publicize this achievement until a blog post on August 6th, which was buried among a discussion on AI usage. External data had suggested that ChatGPT crossed the 1 billion user threshold as early as June, but OpenAI's announcement came later.
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