Openai reveals how people use (and either)

The large language models remain largely black boxes in terms of what happens inside to produce the outputs they do. They were also a black square in terms of using it and what they do with them. Openai, with some assistance from the National Office for Economic Research (NBER), has begun to know what exactly the base of users is Access to Chatbot. She found a sudden amount of personal use and the closing “sex gap” among its frequent users.

in Nber worksheet Written by the Openai Economic Research and Economists at Harvard University, David Diming, the researchers found that about 80 % of all the use of ChatGPT falls under one of three categories: “practical guidance”, “searching for information”, and “writing”. “Practical guidance”, which the study found as the most common, includes things like “teaching and teaching, advice on a variety of topics, and creative thinking”, while “searching for information” is seen as an alternative to traditional research. “Writing” included the automatic creation of emails, documents and other communications, as well as editing and translating the text.

Writing was also the most useful condition of work, according to the study, which represents 40 % of the action related messages in June 2025, compared to only 4.2 % of computer programming messages-where it seems that coding with Chatgpt is not common.

It is worth noting that the use of work for ChatGPT seems to be a short share of how people interact with Chatbot. In June 2024, about 47 % of the interactions that users with Chatbot had to work. It has shrunk to only 27 %, which comes Other research Companies that fail to know how to generate how to generate any kind of return of their investments from artificial intelligence. Meanwhile, unrelated reactions jumped from 53 % to 73 %.

Although users spend more time with ChatGPT in their personal time, Openai’s research found that a “somewhat small” share of messbot was users looking for virtual companionship or talking about social and emotional issues. The company claimed that about 2 % of all messages were using ChatGPT as a processor or friend, and that only 0.4 % of people spoke to Chatbot about relationships and personal reflections – although it would be interesting to know whether users who interact with Chatbot are generating more messages and if there is a more correlation.

When it is worth it, it seems that other researchers believe this use is much more common than these numbers may suggest. Logical media, for example, found this about One of every three teenagers Use AI Chatbots for social interaction and relationships. last Ticket I found that about half of all adult users used Chatbot for “psychological support” last year. The teenage character is especially absolute, taking into account that Openai’s research has found its user base. The NEBR study found that 46 % of the messages came from users who were identified as between the ages of 18 and 25 (users also excluded under the age of 18). These users are likely to use Chatgpt for personal use, while increasing the messages related to work with age.

The study also found that there are an increasing number of women who use Chatgpt, who initially had a male -dominated base. The company claims that the number of “first male name” users decreased from about 80 % in 2022 to 48 % in June 2025, with “female names usually” growth to reach equal.

One of the warnings about the study that might give you a temporary stop, depending on the amount of technology confidence: Openai International used Amnesty International to classify all the messages it analyzed. So if you are skeptical, there is a stellar sign that you can put next to the numbers.