Most people are using ChatGPT to ask questions and get recommendation, new information from OpenAI revealed.
Although AI bots can do something from coding to drafting emails and even taking part in, round 49% of the requests despatched to ChatGPT since November 2022 have been people asking the bot questions and on the lookout for data, a report by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and OpenAI discovered.
It’s the largest research of its variety and attracts from the massive quantity of knowledge collected by OpenAI – round 10% of the world’s inhabitants is now thought to make use of the AI software.
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Although there was a gradual progress in people using ChatGPT for work-related queries, greater than 70% of all utilization was non-work associated, in line with the report.
There’s additionally been a shift in who’s using AI instruments.
Early adopters of AI tended to be males, with round 80% of weekly customers having sometimes masculine first names within the months after ChatGPT was launched.
By June 2025, nonetheless, customers have been extra more likely to have sometimes feminine first names, one thing the authors described as a “dramatic shift”.
Anthropic AI, which runs the Claude AI chatbot, additionally launched its personal information on how prospects are using AI.
It discovered that using AI strongly correlated with common incomes.
More prosperous nations like Singapore and Canada have been on the high finish of nations using AI, whereas rising economies like Indonesia, India and Nigeria, used Claude much less.
In the US, financial variations even performed out at state stage, and Claude researchers discovered that adoption of the know-how rose quicker with revenue.
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Each 1% improve in state GDP was related to a 1.8% improve in utilization of AI.
Usage additionally mirrored what these areas have been finest recognized for; in California, Claude was typically used to assist with IT issues, in Florida, it was used for monetary providers and in Washington DC it was used for doc modifying and profession help.
AI literacy advisor Sarah J Lundrigan posted in regards to the two reviews, saying the “blunt truth” is: “If you’re still treating AI as ‘something to try later,’ you’re behind.
“The worth is not in futuristic options – it is in fixing immediately’s friction factors.
“The winners will be the ones who can simplify adoption, reduce overwhelm, and make AI part of how people work and live.”