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OpenAI announced that its conversational assistant now processes web query volumes equivalent to one fifth of Google search traffic. Google executive statements indicate that AI summaries have squeezed traditional search revenue growth. Despite early resistance to embedded advertisements, user retention for ChatGPT remains strong.

Deployment platform Vercel shared usage statistics measuring developer spending on its unified API gateway across recent model launches. Spending on OpenAI Astra climbed quickly within its first twelve days, surpassing competing models on the platform. The data highlights how rapidly new frontier model releases can capture API traffic among active developer accounts.