"Like most people, when Anja-Sara Lahady used to check or research anything online, she would always turn to Google. "For example, I'll ask it how I should decorate my room, or what outfit I should wear," says Ms Lahady, who lives in Montreal, Canada. "Or, I have three things in the fridge, what should I make? I don't want to spend 30 minutes thinking about these admin tasks. These aren't my expertise; they make me more fatigued.""
""I've always been an early adopter and in the past year have started using ChatGPT for just about everything. It's become a second assistant." While she says she won't use LLMs for legal tasks - "anything that needs legal reasoning" - she uses it in a professional capacity for any work that she describes as "low risk", for example, drafting an email."
"ChatGPT attracts more than 800 million weekly active users, up from 400 million in February 2025, according to Demandsage, a data and research firm. Traditional search engines like Google and Microsoft's Bing still dominate the market for search. But LLMs are growing fast. According to research firm Datos, in July 5.99% of search on desktop browsers went to LLMs, that's more than double the figure from a year earlier."
Users are shifting from traditional search engines to large language models for routine, everyday questions and low-risk professional tasks. Individuals use LLMs for quick decision-making, such as meal ideas, outfit suggestions, decorating tips, drafting emails, writing code, and selecting business software. Some professionals avoid LLMs for tasks requiring high-stakes reasoning, such as legal judgment. ChatGPT's weekly active user base rose from 400 million to over 800 million, and LLMs captured 5.99% of desktop browser search in July, more than double the prior year, while search engines remain dominant overall.
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