Editorial brief: OpenAI says 18 to 24-year-olds account for nearly 50% of ChatGPT usage in India. The company said on Friday that users between 18 and 24 years of age account for nearly 50% of all messages sent by Indians to ChatGPT, and users under 30 accounted for 80% of usa… Why this matters: the update may influence model quality benchmarks, deployment decisions, and near-term product roadmaps across AI teams. For operators and developers, the key questions are reliability, cost efficiency, and how quickly this can move from announcement to real production use. For end users, the practical benchmark is simple: better output quality, faster performance, and clearer value in everyday tasks. Over the next… Read original article: https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/20/openai-says-18-to-24-year-olds-account-for-nearly-50-of-chatgpt-usage-in-india/ Source blog: techcrunch.com