Seems they use old data unless you craft a request with origin/referrer:

    curl 'https://cdn.statcdn.com/Statistic/1020000/1020964-blank-754.png' \
      -H 'Origin: https://www.statista.com' \
      -H 'Referer: https://www.statista.com/' \
      --output chart.png

Assuming it's a real chart, that will give you the image with the uptick in the last year.

But there's no labels on the X axis - and removing the popover with dev tools shows a chart that doesn't really support what OP says. So we might be looking at some sample chart instead of a real one.

> Heh, I got a solid five seconds with the chart until the paywall popped up.

Relevant! If the maximalist interpretation of AI capabilities were close to real, and if people tend to point their new super powers at their biggest pain points.. wouldn't it be a big blow for all things advertising / attention economy? "Create a driver or wrapper app that skips all ads on Youtube/Spotify" or "Make a browser plugin that de-emphasizes and unlinks all attention-grabbing references to pay-walled content".

If we're supposed to be in awe of how AI can do anything, and we notice repeatedly that nope, it isn't really empowering users yet, then we may need to reconsider the premise.