295% More People Uninstalled ChatGPT This Weekend (And OpenAI Has Nobody to Blame But Themselves)

ChatGPT uninstalls on mobile jumped 295% in a single weekend.

Let that sink in. Almost three times as many people deleted the app as normal. And it all happened because of one announcement.

What triggered the exodus: OpenAI confirmed a partnership with the Department of Defense. The company that promised to build safe, beneficial AI is now helping the military.

People lost their minds. And then they lost their apps.

Here is the thing most coverage is missing: This is not just about ethics. It is about trust. Millions of people shared their deepest thoughts, business ideas, and personal problems with ChatGPT. Now they are wondering who else might be reading.

Where are they going? Claude. Anthropic is getting handed users on a silver platter, and they did not even have to try. All they had to do was NOT sign a Pentagon deal.

The lesson here: AI users care about more than features. They care about values. OpenAI assumed people would stick around because ChatGPT is the best. Turns out best includes not building weapons.

As reported by TechCrunch via Yahoo Finance.

Source: Yahoo Finance