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'AI Search Industry Report: The State and Landscape of Generative Engines'

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Summary: Generative engines (AI search) crossed in 2026 from a "future trend" to real infrastructure: global ChatGPT monthly actives surpassed 1.1B, Chinese AI-native app actives surpassed 446M, and traffic is silently migrating from traditional search to AI answering directly. Using public data fr…

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  1. 2026-10-16 01:56 · DEV Community — AI
    'AI Search Industry Report: The State and Landscape of Generative Engines'

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