ChatGPT surpasses 100 million users in fastest consumer product adoption ever recorded

OpenAI's ChatGPT reaches 100 million monthly active users just two months after its November 2022 launch — the fastest consumer product growth rate in history, surpassing TikTok (nine months) and Instagram (two and a half years). The milestone forces governments, educators, and employers to grapple with generative AI as a mass consumer product rather than a research curiosity. Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO, announces the milestone publicly. Within weeks, Google rushes the launch of its Bard chatbot, Microsoft integrates GPT-4 into Bing, and congressional offices begin drafting AI disclosure requirements.