ChatGPT's Gender Gap Has Disappeared, OpenAI Says

OpenAI reports that ChatGPT's user base has gone from roughly 80% male names at launch to gender parity — a signal that AI tools have crossed from early-adopter novelty to mainstream utility.

OpenAI shared anonymized data showing that ChatGPT's user base, which skewed roughly 80% male by first-name analysis at launch, has now reached approximate gender parity, as @OpenAINewsroom reported. The methodology — inferring gender from first names — has obvious limitations, but the directional shift is significant.

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