Each week, we'll share with you some of the most compelling numbers in our studies.
100 million users
ChatGPT has become the most widely known generative AI technology and the fastest-growing consumer application in history, with an estimated 100 million monthly users only two months after launch.
SOURCE: "Advancing Cooperative AI Governance at the 2023 G7 Summit" by CSIS's Gregory C. Allen and Akhil Thadani.
$20 million
The U.S. Consolidated Appropriations Act allocated $20 million for a joint initiative between the Departments of Treasury and Commerce to create an outbound screening mechanism to help the United States better integrate risk into trade strategies.
SOURCE: "The United States Prepares to Screen Outbound Investment" by CSIS's Emily Benson and Margot Putnam.
100 SAM launchers
Ukraine has over 100 medium-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) launchers. However, with a limited number of missiles remaining, Ukrainians will need to hold them for the highest-priority targets—Russian aircraft or missiles heading for the most sensitive targets.
SOURCE: "Will Russia Control the Skies over Ukraine?" by CSIS's Mark F. Cancian.
82 million people
By the end of the century, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital city, Kinshasa, is projected to have a population equaling that of present-day Germany: a single megacity of 82 million people.
SOURCE: "Why Are Foreign Powers Scrambling to Court Africa?" by CSIS's Cameron Hudson.
By the Numbers is composed weekly by Claire Dannenbaum, Claire Smrt, and the External Relations team.
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