Openai CEO Sam Altman said Monday that ChatGPT reached 800 million active users a week, indicating an increase in adoption among consumers, developers, businesses and governments.
The impressive growth of ChatGpt is as Openai is in the race to secure many AI chips and build as many AI infrastructure as possible. In August, Openai said it had already reached 700 million active users from 50 million active users per week at the end of March.
“Today, 4 million developers are built in Openai,” says Altman. “More than 800 million people use ChatGpt every week, and the API processes over 6 billion tokens per minute. Thanks to you, AI has gone from what people play and build every day.”
Altman made the presentation at Openai’s Dev Day keynote. This includes the announcement of new tools to build apps within ChatGPT and the creation of more complex agent systems.
“This will allow a new generation of interactive, adaptable and personalized apps to chat,” says Altman.
Released in November 2022, ChatGpt saw the unprecedented growth of users almost immediately. More recently, the tool has expanded to proactive services using Openai Pulse, sending customized morning briefs to participating users. The service is also plagued by concerns about Sycophancy and AI delusions, particularly in the recent case of Alan Brooks.
Still legally designated as a nonprofit, Openai became the world’s most valuable private company on Thursday after valuing the company at $500 billion with its private share sales of $6.6 billion. The company has also launched new products at a fierce pace, releasing a new version of SORA, a video generation tool, last week, pairing it with the accompanying social media network. The same week, the company partnered with Stripe to launch a platform for Agent Commerce.
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