ChatGPT now has 800 million weekly active users

OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT has reached 800 million weekly active users. CEO Sam Altman announced the new milestone during the company’s developer conference, Dev Day. Rebecca Bellan reports for TechCrunch that this marks a significant increase in adoption. The user base has grown from 500 million weekly users at the end of March and 700 million …

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OpenAI’s video app Sora tops Apple’s App Store

OpenAI’s new video generation app, Sora, has become the number one free application in Apple’s App Store shortly after its release. Ashley Capoot reports for CNBC. The app achieved the top spot despite being available by invitation only. With Sora and its popular chatbot ChatGPT, OpenAI now holds two of the top three positions in …

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Wikimedia assesses AI risks while making its data more accessible to models

The Wikimedia Foundation is addressing the rise of artificial intelligence with a dual approach, releasing a human rights assessment on AI’s potential impact while a new project makes its data more useful for AI developers. Assessing Potential Risks The foundation published a Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) to analyze how AI could affect projects like …

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Google launches AI film contest with $1 million prize

Google and the 1 Billion Followers Summit have introduced the AI Film Award, a global competition with a USD $1 million prize. The award invites creators to produce a short film using the company’s artificial intelligence tools. Submissions are open until November 20, 2025. To be eligible, films must be between 7 and 10 minutes …

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OpenAI’s revenue in the first half of 2025 exceeded its total for all of 2024

OpenAI generated $4.3 billion in revenue in the first six months of 2025, surpassing its earnings for the entire previous year. Entrepreneur reports this, citing shareholder documents viewed by The Information. The strong growth is attributed to the increased adoption of ChatGPT, which now has 700 million weekly users, a fourfold increase from the same …

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Anthropic plans major global expansion in 2026

AI company Anthropic plans to triple its international workforce and expand its applied AI team fivefold next year. The move is a response to soaring global demand for its Claude family of AI models. MacKenzie Sigalos reports for CNBC. According to the company, nearly 80 percent of Claude’s activity now comes from outside the United …

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Spotify updates its policies for AI-generated music

Spotify is introducing a series of policy changes to manage AI-generated content on its platform. The updates include a new system for labeling AI music, a spam filter to catch fraudulent uploads, and a clearer ban on unauthorized voice clones. Sarah Perez reports for TechCrunch. For labeling, the company will adopt the upcoming DDEX industry …

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Record labels accuse Suno of illegally downloading YouTube music for AI training

Major record labels have amended their lawsuit against the AI music generator Suno. The Verge reports that the complaint now alleges Suno illegally downloaded copyrighted songs from YouTube to train its AI. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) claims the startup used a practice known as “stream ripping” to copy the music. According to …

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Microsoft plans AI marketplace to pay publishers for content

Microsoft is developing a marketplace to compensate publishers for their content used by artificial intelligence. Axios reports that the company is in talks with several U.S. publishers about a pilot program. The project, called the Publisher Content Marketplace, would launch with Microsoft’s Copilot assistant. This move would make Microsoft the first major tech company to …

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University study suggests ChatGPT’s vocabulary is entering human speech

Researchers at Florida State University have found that buzzwords commonly used by AI are appearing more frequently in unscripted human conversations, McKenzie Harris reports for Florida State University News. The study analyzed 22.1 million words of spoken language, revealing a measurable increase in the use of words such as “delve,” “intricate,” and “underscore” after the …

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