ChatGPT Got 3 Billion Monthly Views in September

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• ChatGPT Got 3 Billion Monthly Views in September

• Perplexity introduces 'Internal Knowledge Search' for companies

• Mistral AI launches Ministral 8B, successor to Mistral 7B LLM

• Google markets NotebookLM as a ChatGPT competitor

ChatGPT
📈 ChatGPT Got 3 Billion Monthly Views in September

OpenAI's ChatGPT reached a new milestone in September 2024, surpassing Microsoft's Bing search engine in visitor numbers for the first time. According to Similarweb, ChatGPT's website received more than 3.1 billion visits worldwide last month.

Insights for you:

• ChatGPT sets a record in September 2024 with over 3.1 billion visits worldwide to chatgpt.com. This is an increase of 112% over the previous year and 18.7% over the previous month.

• This puts ChatGPT well ahead of competitors such as Claude.ai, Perplexity.ai and Character.ai. In the US, ChatGPT overtook Microsoft's Bing search engine for the first time. OpenAI plans to expand ChatGPT as a search engine in the future.

• ChatGPT's mobile app is also experiencing strong growth in monthly active users. This is likely because OpenAI has expanded its free offering to include the best models. It now needs to prove that it can convert free users into paid users.

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Perplexity AI
🧠 Perplexity introduces 'Internal Knowledge Search' for companies

Perplexity, the AI-powered search tool, is rolling out a new "Internal Knowledge Search" feature for its Pro and Enterprise Pro subscribers. This function allows users to search both public web content and internal knowledge bases simultaneously, potentially speeding up information retrieval.

Insights for you:

• Perplexity introduces "Internal Knowledge Search", a new function that enables users to search public web content and internal knowledge databases. CEO Aravind Srinivas sees potential for increasing productivity in companies.

• The startup has been criticized for possible copyright infringements and dubious data procurement practices. Amazon Web Services is investigating whether Perplexity is violating its terms of use by searching websites and using their content even though they prohibit it.

• The New York Times is taking legal action against Perplexity. The accusation is that the company used the newspaper's content for AI-supported search results without permission.

Mistral
💡 Mistral AI launches Ministral 8B, successor to Mistral 7B LLM

French AI startup Mistral AI has announced two new language models designed for use on edge devices and in edge computing scenarios. The new models, called Ministral 3B and Ministral 8B, are part of the "Ministraux" family.

Insights for you:

• French AI company Mistral AI has introduced two new language models called Ministral 3B and 8B. These models are specifically optimized for use on edge devices and in edge computing scenarios, supporting context lengths of up to 128,000 tokens.

• According to the company, these "Ministraux" models are particularly well-suited for applications where local processing and privacy are critical, such as on-device translation, offline intelligent assistants, local data analytics, and autonomous robotics.

• Benchmarks provided by Mistral show that both the Ministral 3B and 8B outperform comparable models in many categories. The new models are now available via API, with pricing ranging from $0.04 to $0.10 per million tokens. For research purposes, Mistral AI also provides the model weights for Ministral 8B Instruct.

Google
🥊 Google markets NotebookLM as a ChatGPT competitor

Google is positioning its AI-powered NotebookLM as a strong competitor to ChatGPT. The company has added new features and shifted its strategy to help the tool gain traction.

Insights for you:

• Google is positioning its AI-powered search tool NotebookLM as an alternative to ChatGPT. The tool, which has been available for over a year, has been given new features and a new strategic direction.

• New features include customizable AI-generated podcast discussions and audio overviews that can be played in the background. Google is also targeting businesses, universities and organizations with NotebookLM Business.

• Google cites improved privacy and minimized risk of hallucination through the exclusive use of provided sources as competitive advantages. Details on availability and pricing will be announced later this year.