OpenAI has prohibited users from China and North Korea from accessing its ChatGPT platform due to malicious exploitation. The banned accounts were involved in activities like generating negative articles about the US and creating fake résumés,

ChatGPT saw 400 million weekly active users as of February, OpenAI chief operating officer Brad Lightcap told CNBC. Of all users, 2 million pay for enterprise accounts, which Lightcap attributed to consumer customers suggesting ChatGPT to their companies.