AI is hot in the workplace: ChatGPT now has more than 1 million business users

ChatGPT has discovered a distinct segment not simply amongst people however amongst organizations. The enterprise and academic flavors of OpenAI’s chatbot have formally snagged greater than 1 million paying enterprise customers, an organization spokesperson instructed ZDNET. That quantity is a hefty acquire from the 600,000 recorded this previous April.

The quantity represents the full variety of paid seats for the ChatGPT enterprise choices as totally different firms have totally different numbers of seats based mostly on their dimension. The quantity consists of customers of OpenAI’s three business-oriented platforms, particularly ChatGPT Enterprise (launched August 28, 2023), ChatGPT Group (launched January 10, 2024), and ChatGPT Edu (launched Might 30, 2024).

For the reason that instructional version rolled out in Might, the April variety of 600,000 consists of solely Enterprise and Group customers. However nonetheless, the leap from that degree to greater than 1 million in only a few months is a substantive one.

Greater than half the seats for all three merchandise are exterior the US. Germany, Japan, and the UK maintain the spots for the highest three non-US nations. Adopters of the enterprise flavors embody a various lineup with such organizations as Arizona State College, Moderna, Rakuten, and Morgan Stanley.

Primarily based on a survey of 4,700 OpenAI enterprise customers, these within the company and academic worlds are making the most of ChatGPT’s AI abilities. Amongst these polled, 92% stated they’ve seen a rise in productiveness, 88% stated they have been capable of save time, and 75% reported enhancements in creativity and innovation. The highest use circumstances for ChatGPT shared by the respondents are gathering analysis, drafting and enhancing content material, and arising with concepts.

Although a lot of as we speak’s generative AI programs appear geared towards particular person customers, the enterprise market has been profitable. With that in thoughts, extra firms are attempting to seize a slice of the company pie. On Wednesday, Claude developer Anthropic kicked off an enterprise plan for its AI, designed with each safety and administration in thoughts.

Such AI plans try to realize traction amongst companies and colleges by interesting to particular departments and job roles, together with gross sales, advertising and marketing, human assets, product improvement, and mission administration.

Every of the three ChatGPT enterprise plans gives its personal area of interest options and advantages.

Designed for organizations with a minimum of 150 workers, ChatGPT Enterprise provides limitless entry to superior knowledge evaluation instruments. Shareable chat templates can help you construct your personal purposes and workflows round ChatGPT.

Priced at $25 per particular person monthly, ChatGPT Group is geared towards any sort of group that desires to share the AI software. This could embody a division inside a enterprise or a household or membership targeted on private duties.

Lastly, ChatGPT Edu is aimed toward universities and different colleges to offer college students, lecturers, and researchers AI entry. The academic model comes with the identical safety, controls, and different choices because the enterprise model. Universities have used this platform to assist tutor college students, write grant purposes, grade assignments, and analyze giant datasets.