DuckDuckGo saw a significant spike in US app installs after Google unveiled a sweeping AI-focused search overhaul at its I/O conference.
By Alex Rowland According to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, ChatGPT has as many users in Texas as Claude has across the entire United States. Altman shared this statistic in response to Anthropic’s aggressive ad campaign, which pokes fun at ChatGPT by portraying it as ad-driven. Anthropic has publicly stated that it does not plan to introduce advertising into Claude.
By Daniel Mercer Amazon will use AI to speed up film and television production and reduce costs. Albert Cheng leads the “AI Studio” at Amazon MGM Studios, which is set to launch a closed beta program with industry partners in March 2026, with results expected in May, according to Reuters.
By Daniel Mercer Meta has completed the pretraining of its new AI model, codenamed “Avocado,” according to an internal memo.
By Chris Borden The number of monthly active users (MAU) of Google’s Gemini chatbot has surpassed 750 million, according to the company’s Q4 2025 report.
By Chris Borden Chinese developer Kuaishou has unveiled the third version of its video generation model, Kling AI.
By Chris Borden Apple has added support for AI agents based on Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s Codex to its Xcode app development environment, the company announced on Wednesday.
By Chris Borden A new AI-based operating system from Google, Aluminium OS, which is set to unify Android and ChromeOS, is not expected to arrive before 2028. This was reported by The Verge, citing court documents from an ongoing antitrust case.
By Chris Borden The Chinese company Kling has released its Kling Video Model 3.0. The new model is described as an “all-in-one creative engine” for multimodal content creation. Key features include improved consistency of characters and visual elements, video generation with 15-second clips and enhanced control, as well as customizable multi-shot sequences.
By Chris Borden Anthropic, the company behind Claude, is positioning itself against advertising while supporting commercial chat-based transactions. In a blog post, Anthropic says Claude will remain ad-free: no sponsored links and no answers influenced by advertisers. Unlike search engines, users often share personal information in AI chats. Advertising could steer conversations toward transactions rather than being genuinely helpful—concerns that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman previously raised before his company ultimately decided to pursue ads
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