{
  "id": 597222,
  "title": "ChatGPT and Gemini both just passed 1 billion users",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/chatgpt-and-gemini-both-just-passed-1-billion-users",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-11T19:41:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/978113/chatgpt-gemini-1-billion-users"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}