
Google’s Gemini chatbot reached 1 billion monthly active users, marking its fastest growth ever, while OpenAI’s ChatGPT surpassed this milestone earlier this year but faced a slowdown in growth. Gemini, preinstalled on Android phones, has over 100 million iOS users, with Google reporting 950 million monthly users. The AI race intensifies as companies compete for user attention and revenue, with OpenAI exploring hardware to counter Google’s efforts.
Imagine a trio of bumbling, English lads who fantasize about becoming megastars while knocking back a few pints in a grimy pub somewhere in London. Picture the guys chortling and trying to one-up each other's idealized visions of the future with a series of increasingly glitzy fantasies in which their fame leads to access to […]

Today on Decoder, I’m talking with Hayden Field, The Verge’s senior AI reporter, about a question that’s been rocketing around the tech industry for the past week: Is Google losing the AI race? That’s because last week Google announced a bombshell reorganization of its AI division, Google DeepMind. Jeff Dean, the company’s chief scientist, is […]

Microsoft is finally beginning to combine its consumer and commercial Copilot AI assistants into a single "super app" interface, starting with the Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot apps. Both personal and work accounts will be moved to the new unified app, which recycles the "Microsoft Copilot" name but features an updated app icon. The single […]
