From content creation to companionship, here's how people say they hope to use AI

While it took Facebook 10 months in 2004 to reach 1 million users, ChatGPT had 100 times that reach within five days.

It's no secret the adoption of new technologies is happening faster and faster—particularly in an era when many cutting-edge innovations come in the form of software. User bases are also increasingly global: Just 15% of visitors to the ChatGPT website are from the United States, according to data from SimilarWeb.

Verbit analyzed Microsoft survey data to determine where in the world people are most enthusiastic about using artificial intelligence and what they hope to use it for...