Google Gemini Just Hit One Billion Monthly Users in Record Speed
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Gemini crossing 1B MAUs while reports say ChatGPT growth is slowing means AI assistants are consolidating into a few distribution-heavy platforms. If you’re building on top of LLMs, optimize for multi-assistant presence and deep Google integration — not just OpenAI-first.
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