It is reported that ChatGPT achieved ``100 million monthly users'' in just two months and is growing the fastest ever

Since its announcement on November 30, 2022, the highly accurate chat AI 'ChatGPT' has attracted a great deal of attention due to its high performance. ChatGPT has now reached 100 million monthly active users, making it the fastest growing application in history.

ChatGPT introduced AI to the masses, sparked investor interest
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/02/chatgpt-introduced-ai-to-the-masses-and-its-already-affecting-us-.html

ChatGPT sets record for fastest-growing user base - analyst note | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/technology/chatgpt-sets-record-fastest-growing-user-base-analyst-note-2023-02-01/

ChatGPT is an AI that responds in natural language to the text you enter, and boasts very high performance, such as answering university-level free-text questions and passing law school exams . Such ChatGPT is attracting a great deal of attention around the world, and in a survey conducted at Stanford University, 17% of students answered that they 'use ChatGPT for exams and assignments,' and the scope of its use is expanding rapidly. increase.

According to a new survey reported by UBS, a major financial institution, ChatGPT's monthly active users reached 100 million in January 2023, and the number of unique users per day reached 13 million. Reuters said, ``TikTok took about nine months to reach 100 million users, and Instagram took two and a half years,'' emphasizing ChatGPT's tremendous growth rate.

The impact of ChatGPT's appearance has shaken even major technology companies. For example, Microsoft has signed a long-term partnership with OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, and it is reported that the next-generation text generation AI developed by OpenAI will be installed in the search engine 'Bing'. increase.

Microsoft to install GPT-4, which is faster than ChatGPT, on search engine Bing - GIGAZINE

In addition, Google declared 'Code Red' with the advent of ChatGPT and reorganized its internal team to respond to the threat of ChatGPT's extermination of existing search engines. In February 2023, it was reported that Google was developing a chat AI similar to ChatGPT, and attention is being paid to future trends.

With the release of ChatGPT, Google declares ``code red'' and reassigns teams to respond to the threat AI chatbots pose to the search business-GIGAZINE

On February 1, 2023, OpenAI started offering a paid plan 'ChatGPT Plus' that gives ChatGPT benefits such as 'priority connection during congestion' and 'early access to new features'. At the time of writing the article, 'ChatGPT Plus' is available only in the United States, but OpenAI shows a willingness to expand its service area.

Paid version 'ChatGPT Plus' that can be used for 2600 yen per month finally appeared - GIGAZINE