American students are saving ChatGPT from traffic freefall

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ChatGPT was the first AI chatbot to become really popular, but many rivals have entered the scene, creating generative AI models just as capable. Over the past few months, ChatGPT's traffic has been hurting, but back-to-school season might be its saving grace. 

The analytics firm SimiliarWeb tracked ChatGPT's performance, which has been dropping in traffic for three consecutive months. In the US, ChatGPT's traffic dropped 10% in May, 15% in June, and 4% in July, according to the data. 

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