The Download: how people really use AI, and Flock’s design choices
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. We still don’t know how people are really using AI AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI regularly publish reports on how people are using their products. But they only release the…
This is the latest edition of The Download, our daily technology newsletter. AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI regularly publish reports on how users interact with their products, but independent data is lacking. A new research project called the AI Observatory aims to fill this gap. Their analysis reveals more sensitive behaviors than those reported by major AI companies, which focus mainly on work-related use.
The researchers found significant differences between models, with people using Anthropic for coding, Gemini for social and roleplay activities, and ChatGPT for homework assistance.
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