I think you are wrong, but of course it's just a guess.
replyChatgpt has 469 million daily active users as of September 2026. Who exactly do you think they are? Martians? Because there aren't half a billion SWEs on planet earth.
replyWhat percent of ChatGPT users do you think know the company behind it is OpenAI? 10%?
replyWhat percent of Instagram users know the company behind it? Like is this even a real question?
replyI feel you like you cited that as an example of people knowing companies behind things and you don't realize that very many people do not know that the same company owns Facebook and Instagram...
replyCorporate structures are things you know about if you follow tech news, but people mostly do not know about them otherwise. They've never heard of "Alphabet" either. Stuff like that.
That's not even about tech news. I couldn't tell you if Coca cola is part of a bigger group.
replyShow me any brand in a supermarket and I couldn't tell you who owns them.
When put in these terms it shows it's perfectly normal not to know who's behind chatgpt.
LOL. The average Instagram user for sure doesn't know the company behind it. Also, "mathisfun", you might not be the typical person on this planet.
replyQuick test, who makes Mars, Twix, Snickers?
Oh, you mean the guys that make Whiskas?
replyWhiskas? Do you mean Cat Snickers?
replyMade no claim that people haven't heard of ChatGPT. Said they haven't heard of OpenAI.
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