A separate survey by Intelligent.com found that undergraduate and graduate students are increasingly using ChatGPT, with 30% of the 1,223 students surveyed saying they used it for schoolwork in the 2022-2023 academic year. However, concerns have been raised about its accuracy, with a study by Stanford University and UC Berkeley finding that its accuracy in identifying prime numbers dropped from 97.6% in March to just 2.4% in June. OpenAI also faces growing competition in the chatbot space, with Anthropic recently introducing a paid tier for its Claude chatbot at the same price point as ChatGPT.
Key takeaways:
- ChatGPT's popularity has been declining for the third consecutive month, with a drop in the number of website visits and active users. This decline started in March and continued through the summer.
- One theory for the drop in web traffic is that school was out for the summer, as ChatGPT is primarily used by college-age individuals, who make up more than a quarter of adults using the AI tool.
- Despite the decline, undergraduate and graduate students are increasingly using ChatGPT, with 30% of surveyed students saying they used it for schoolwork in the 2022-2023 academic year.
- One possible reason for ChatGPT's decline could be its decreasing accuracy, with a study showing its ability to identify prime numbers dropped from 97.6% in March to 2.4% in June. Additionally, OpenAI faces increasing competition in the chatbot space.