ChatGPT and Gemini both just passed 1 billion users
ChatGPT and Gemini both just passed 1 billion users

For the 14th time, a Google product has hit 1 billion users. Google CEO Sundar Pichai posted on X that a billion people are using Gemini every month, and that Gemini is Google’s fastest-growing product ever. A billion users is a huge milestone, but Google isn’t the first AI app to hit it. OpenAI’s ChatGPT […]

OpenAI launches ChatGPT desktop app for Linux

OpenAI is finally bringing a dedicated ChatGPT desktop app to Linux operating systems.

Google’s Gemini app surges to one billion users

Gemini is keeping pace with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which hit 1 billion monthly active users back in June. 

AI Is Reshaping Workers Before, During And After The Job

AI is reshaping work before, during and after hiring, changing the skills workers need, the leverage they have and how they navigate employment.

Another OpenAI executive takes off
Another OpenAI executive takes off

Brad Lightcap, OpenAI’s special projects lead and the company’s former COO, announced his departure after an eight-year stint at the AI lab. In an internal memo he later posted to X, Lightcap told colleagues he’d be starting “something new.” “Over the last few months, I’ve been focused on the next horizon and what would stand […]

Brad Lightcap, OpenAI’s longtime COO, is leaving to ‘start something new’

One of OpenAI’s longest-serving executives is headed out the door, although the longtime COO told staff that he was “excited to help you all advance the mission from a different vantage point.”

General Catalyst leads $1.1B round into 2-month-old River AI

River AI, a startup founded by xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin, has a fascinating vision for personal agents and secured $1.1 billion out of the gate.

Made by Google 2026: all the Pixel news and announcements
Made by Google 2026: all the Pixel news and announcements

Google is gearing up to reveal a bunch of new Pixel devices on August 12th. A series of leaks leading up to the event suggest that the Pixel 11 lineup will come in an array of colors, with signs pointing to a built-in light coming to Pro models. Teasers from Google also indicate that it […]

AI Helps Retailers Get Clicks, But Humans Win Customers

Shoppers are embracing AI-driven “conversational commerce,” but it’s still the human touch that earns brand loyalty.

Is Agentic AI Pricing Getting Better? What’s Coming Next

Pricing for enterprise agentic AI continues to be too complex, but the author has ideas about likely forthcoming improvements — and what enterprises should do now.