ChatGPT has generated a brand new app sector — and European devs are leading it

ChatGPT has spawned a new sector of AI chat apps — and Europe’s at its epicentre. Since the tool launched in November 2022, these apps have been downloaded 23.6 million times from the Google Play Store, according to research by App Radar. The study uncovered 40 AI chat apps with over 10,000 users that harness ChatGPT or similar tech. Europe emerged as the global leader of the nascent segment. The continent was the birthplace of 14 apps that bagged a total of 8m downloads — 34% of the entire sector. The remainder was divided between the Americas (nine apps with 2.7m downloads)…

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