Google’s AI chatbot Gemini has reached 750 million monthly active users, marking significant growth in the competitive AI assistant market. The milestone was announced during Alphabet’s fourth-quarter 2025 earnings report. Lauren Forristal reports for TechCrunch that this represents a jump of 100 million users from the previous quarter, when Gemini had 650 million monthly active …
New research from the Brookings Institution reveals a critical gap in how policymakers assess artificial intelligence’s impact on the workforce. While 37.1 million American workers face high AI exposure, 6.1 million lack the resources to adapt if job loss occurs. Sam Manning and Tomás Aguirre report for the National Bureau of Economic Research. The researchers …
ChatGPT’s commanding lead in the chatbot market is shrinking as competitors gain momentum. OpenAI’s flagship product saw its market share among daily U.S. mobile app users fall from 69.1% to 45.3% between January 2025 and January 2026. Alex Kantrowitz reports for Big Technology, citing data from mobile insights firm Apptopia. During the same period, Google’s …
Employees who already use artificial intelligence at work are using it more frequently, though the total number of users has stopped growing. Andy Kemp reports for Gallup. Daily AI use among U.S. workers increased from 10% to 12% in the fourth quarter of 2025. Frequent use, defined as using AI at least a few times …
Artificial Analysis has overhauled how the AI industry measures intelligence, replacing traditional benchmarks with tests that measure whether AI can complete actual work tasks. Michael Nuñez reports for VentureBeat. The independent benchmarking organization removed three widely cited tests from its Intelligence Index, including MMLU-Pro and AIME 2025. The new version 4.0 introduces 10 evaluations focused …
More than 20% of videos recommended to new YouTube users consist of low-quality AI-generated content designed solely to generate views and revenue, according to new research. Video-editing company Kapwing surveyed 15,000 of the world’s most popular YouTube channels and identified 278 that contain exclusively “AI slop”, Aisha Down reports for The Guardian. These channels have …
OpenAI has significantly improved the profit margins on its paid products this year, even as the company struggles to turn an overall profit. The ChatGPT creator now retains 70 percent of revenue after covering the computing costs for paying customers, according to a report in The Information. Mark Bergen reports for Bloomberg that OpenAI’s “compute …
Enterprise spending on generative AI has surged to 37 billion dollars in 2025, making it the fastest-scaling software category in history. The technology now captures 6% of the global software market just three years after ChatGPT’s launch. Tim Tully and Matt Murphy report for Menlo Ventures in their third annual State of Generative AI in …
A comprehensive new study by AI infrastructure provider OpenRouter and venture capital firm a16z offers a rare glimpse into how people actually use large language models (LLMs). By analyzing over 100 trillion tokens of anonymous user interactions, the report, titled “State of AI,” reveals that real-world AI usage is more diverse and complex than many …
ChatGPT is becoming a more significant source of traffic for online retailers. According to a new analysis, referrals from ChatGPT to retailer mobile apps increased by 28 percent year-over-year during the Black Friday shopping weekend. Sarah Perez reports for TechCrunch, citing data from the mobile insights firm Apptopia. The report shows that this growth disproportionately …