AI is spreading faster than the internet or smartphones
Inventions
While the internet took a decade to reach the masses, this new intelligence required only a browser to capture half the world's population in record time.
When ChatGPT debuted in November 2022, it didn't need a sprawling network of cables or a new piece of hardware to succeed. Because it lived entirely within existing browsers, it bypassed the physical hurdles that slowed previous revolutions. By 2026, over 53 percent of the global population was using generative tools regularly, a feat that took the personal computer and the smartphone decades to achieve.