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Journalists and experts have drawn attention to the sharp increase in the number of uninstalls of the ChatGPT mobile application in the United States. It is important to understand that this happened after OpenAI signed a deal with the Pentagon.
Main theses:
- Anthropic withdrew from a deal with the US Department of Defense over concerns about the possible misuse of AI to monitor citizens.
- This decision provoked an influx of new users who decided to trust the company.
OpenAI did not take into account all reputational risks
According to Sensor Tower experts, on February 28, the uninstall rate jumped by 295%, writes TechCrunch.
What is important to understand is that this is almost 30 times more than in all previous days.
According to experts, it was the news of the OpenAI team's cooperation with the US Department of War that provoked such an unexpected reaction from a large number of users.
Amid recent events, Anthropic announced a sharp increase in interest in its Claude app.
According to the corporation, when they abandoned the deal with the Pentagon, downloads of their app jumped by 37% on Friday and 51% on Saturday.
Anthropic drew attention to the fact that they did not agree to cooperate with the US Department of Defense due to concerns about the possible use of AI for surveillance of citizens and in fully autonomous weapons.
Against the backdrop of these events, ChatGPT downloads in the US, on the contrary, decreased: by 13% on Saturday and another 5% on Sunday. Before the announcement of the deal, the application showed growth.
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