AI Craze Continues: ChatGPT and NotebookLM See Record Growth
ChatGPT’s Rise to Fame
With the generative AI craze in full bloom, OpenAI’s ChatGPT use is surging, with monthly visits reaching almost 4 billion. According to new stats from Similarweb, overall traffic to ChatGPT’s website has shot up more than 100% this year compared with 2023. Last month, the site saw another month of double-digit growth, with the number of users rising by 17.2% over September and 116% over October of 2023. For the month, ChatGPT enjoyed 3.7 billion visits across the world.
Growth in Context
To put the growth in context, ChatGPT now has more users than Google Chrome, as spotted by DigitalTrends. Around 3.45 billion people in the world now use Google’s browser, based on statistics from DemandSage. Further, Chrome took almost 16 years to attain that level of growth, while ChatGPT achieved it in around two years.
Innovation Behind the Growth
Beyond its sheer popularity as an AI tool, ChatGPT has grown through innovation. Over just the past few months, OpenAI has upgraded its core algorithm, added more functionality to the main ChatGPT service, and embedded a search engine into the ChatGPT interface. ChatGPT is also now accessible as its own dedicated domain (chatgpt.com) rather than as a subdomain of OpenAI (openai.com/chatgpt).
NotebookLM: The Other AI Game in Town
But ChatGPT isn’t the only AI game in town. The growing popularity of generative AI has been spilling over into other services. NotebookLM, Google’s AI-powered note-taking service, has also seen a surge in growth. The number of monthly users jumped by 300% in September, followed by 201% in October.
Other AI Tools
What about other AI tools? The ones cited by Similarweb haven’t enjoyed the growth in users seen by ChatGPT and NotebookLM. But they have no reason to complain. Microsoft’s dedicated Copilot website saw its traffic grow by 87.6% in October, reaching 64.9 million visits. At least some of that growth was triggered by Microsoft redirecting Bing chats to the Copilot site.
Conclusion
The AI craze continues to grow, with ChatGPT and NotebookLM leading the charge. As AI technology continues to evolve, it’s likely that we’ll see even more innovative applications and services emerge.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is ChatGPT?
A: ChatGPT is a conversational AI tool developed by OpenAI that allows users to generate human-like text responses to any prompt.
Q: What is NotebookLM?
A: NotebookLM is a Google AI-powered note-taking service that helps users collect and organize notes, documents, and other sources for research purposes.
Q: What are some other AI tools?
A: Some other AI tools mentioned in the article include Microsoft’s Copilot, Perplexity, Claude AI, and Google’s Gemini.
