{
  "id": 681020,
  "title": "ChatGPT, Gemini Hit 1 Billion Users as AI Race Tightens",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/chatgpt-gemini-hit-1-billion-users-as-ai-race-tightens",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-12T08:06:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ITP.net",
    "slug": "itp-net",
    "url": "https://www.itp.net/ai-automation/chatgpt-gemini-hit-1-billion-users-as-ai-race-tightens"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini have both crossed the 1 billion monthly user mark, signalling a major shift in the consumer AI race as Google closes the gap on OpenAI.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}