Category: AI search assistants

ChatGPT Search Use Drops to 14.4% as AI Overviews Flood Brand Queries

Key developments – A new Ahrefs study of 66.6 million logged‑out ChatGPT sessions shows that only 14.4 % of responses triggered a live web search in August‑September 2026, with an average of 1.6 follow‑up queries when a search did occur. At…

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AI Search Assistants Hit Milestones as Gemini Passes 1 B Users, OpenAI Unveils Faster GPT‑6, and Google’s AI Overviews Dominate Search Results

Key developments: – Google announced that its Gemini AI assistant has crossed the 1 billion‑monthly‑user mark, signaling that conversational AI is now a mainstream search aid. – OpenAI released a preview of a “ultrafast” mode for its newest GPT‑6…

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