ChatGPT, the AI chatbot developed by OpenAI, experienced a decline in traffic in June, with a 9.7% drop in desktop and mobile web traffic, along with decreases in unique visitors and user engagement. However, despite this decline, ChatGPT remains ahead of competitors like Google's Bard, Microsoft's Bing, and Character AI. The decrease in traffic could be attributed to factors such as students being on summer break and the novelty of the chatbot wearing off. Additionally, the analysis did not consider the traffic from ChatGPT's recently-launched iOS application, suggesting a possible change in how users access the service. In other news, Lighting Labs, the developer of the Bitcoin Lightning Network, has released tools to facilitate Bitcoin transactions on its layer-2 solution, aiming to enhance payment speed, affordability, and simplicity for AI-focused projects.ChatGPT Leads AI Chatbot Competition Despite Traffic Decline
