OpenAI says ChatGPT search volume now reaches 20% of Google's

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OpenAI says the number of search queries processed through ChatGPT now equals about one-fifth of those run through Google. Adam Fry, the company's consumer product lead for ChatGPT, shared the figure at a press event on Monday. OpenAI counts a search as any query that triggers a web search, excluding tasks such as defining a term or giving a simple how-to explanation. Fry did not say where the Google search volume figure came from. The article notes that ChatGPT remains far behind Google in search volume.

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