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Daniel Levi @ Startups News · 06/12/2026 08:05 EDT

ChatGPT hits 1 billion monthly users despite growing AI fears

OpenAI’s ChatGPT has reached an estimated 1 billion monthly app users, becoming the fastest consumer application in history to hit the milestone and extending its lead in the increasingly crowded AI market. The milestone comes at a time of growing ...

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