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ChatGPT climbed to fifth place among the world’s most visited websites in April, outpacing rivals in the AI space despite increasing competition, including from China’s DeepSeek.
OpenAI’s ChatGPT secured its position as the world’s fifth most visited website in April, according to data from Similarweb compiled by Anadolu Agency.
Despite facing stiff competition this year, particularly from the free and open-source Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek, ChatGPT reclaimed its spot in the global top five last month.
Google remained the undisputed leader with 81.31 billion monthly visits, followed by YouTube (28.68 billion), Facebook (11.56 billion), and Instagram (6.17 billion). ChatGPT’s rise marks a significant leap from its ninth-place ranking last year, as highlighted by We Are Social’s 2024 report.
In the AI tools category, ChatGPT held a commanding lead in April with 4.7 billion monthly visitors, far ahead of second-place Canva, which saw 887 million visits. Google Translate followed with 595 million.
China’s DeepSeek, known for its cost-effectiveness and surprising capabilities, placed fourth, while Character.AI, JanitorAI, and Perplexity occupied the next three spots. Google’s Gemini ranked eighth with 118 million visits, down more than 9% from January. Remove.bg and Claude rounded out the top ten with 112 million and 105 million monthly visits, respectively.
Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains limited on Thursday, with no increase in vessel crossings as U.S.-Iran talks to resolve the conflict remained stalled. Nine commodity vessels transited the key waterway on Wednesday, unchanged from the previous day, according to Kpler data.
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has slowed, according to the latest data, as uncertainty over the waterway’s reopening kept most shipowners away. Six commodity vessels crossed the strait on Tuesday, down from nine the day before and below the 10-day daily average of 11.
Russia is open to listening to new proposals on how to reach a settlement on the Ukraine conflict, a senior Russian diplomat said, but any proposals should reflect the "realities on the ground".
Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 20th of August, covering the latest developments.
Five years after Evergrande's debt crisis rattled global markets, founder Hui Ka Yan has been sentenced to life in prison, marking a dramatic new chapter in the downfall of China's former property giant.
An artificial intelligence agent running an experimental store in San Francisco has recommended dismissing a human employee after the worker repeatedly arrived late for shifts.
Nvidia is teaming up with some of the biggest names in global finance in a move that underscores how artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming one of the world's most sought-after investment themes.
Parts of Europe and the Arctic will briefly fall into darkness on Wednesday, 12 August, as the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun in a total solar eclipse.
Meta said one of its AI models hacked another company's systems during cybersecurity testing, intensifying concerns about how developers can contain increasingly capable AI systems following similar incidents involving Anthropic and OpenAI.
Scientists say the accidental crash of a discarded SpaceX rocket stage into the moon has provided valuable data on impact cratering while posing no threat to Earth or lunar hardware.
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