ChatGPT Hits 20 Percent of Google Search - 1.2 billion weekly users

OpenAI recently revealed that ChatGPT has achieved massive consumer adoption, reaching 1.2 billion weekly active users and handling query volumes that equal roughly one-fifth of Google's search traffic. Alongside this rapid expansion, the platform serves millions of weekly voice interactions and image generation requests. Meanwhile, tech giant Google is facing financial scrutiny as its massive investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure fail to yield proportional advertising revenue. Although Google's overall search queries are hitting record highs, the monetization rate for these newer AI-driven interactions remains significantly lower than traditional searches. Consequently, investors have grown increasingly concerned over the profitability gap between traditional search engines and emerging conversational interfaces.