Information seeking accounted for 20.7% of messages on consumer ChatGPT plans in August, nearly matching writing at 20.6%, according to OpenAI Signals data released Oct. 26. It was the first month in the series, which starts in July 2024, when the reported share for seeking information was higher. Writing moved back in front in September, at 21.4% versus 20.2%.

In addition to publishing the new version of their signals (Signals V3.0), OpenAI posted a blog post about how users are bringing work to ChatGPT. Their data is based on a monthly sample of 1M messages from account holders with a declared age of 18+ on Free, Go, Plus, or Pro plans. They exclude Enterprise and Codex.…