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OpenAI's first detailed public study reveals who uses its chatbot most and what they ask it to do.

This Is How ChatGPT Is Actually Used by People: OpenAI Study

Key Highlights – An OpenAI study reveals some of the most burning questions regarding its prodigy AI chatbot- ChatGPT, users who use it most, and how they proceed with using the tool. According to the 62-page research paper, some of the most common uses for the ChatGPT are categorized as “Practical Guidance,” “Seeking Information,” and “Writing,” with editing existing text being more frequent than generating new content from scratch. Here’s a quick rundown of who’s using ChatGPT and how are they going about it in better detail. How the World Is Really Using ChatGPT, According to OpenAI The AI giant […]

Thanks to Nano Banana, Gemini is now the #1 app in the US App Store

Thanks to Nano Banana, Gemini is now the #1 app in the US App Store

Key Highlights – Trends often sway markets in an interestingly unrivalled way, and just how March 2025, saw the Ghibli trend with ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini has now secured the top spot in Apple’s App Store in the U.S. Interestingly, xAI’s CEO Elon Musk had sued Apple and OpenAI citing foul play for favouring the latter’s AI chatbot in the Store rankings. Gemini, with its recent Nano Banana update has quickly picked up the trend of using the model’s latest abilities to transform user images into 3D figurine-style image portraits. This has now gone viral, with users sharing their figurine images […]

Google Unveils VaultGemma, a Landmark AI Model Trained for Privacy

Google Unveils VaultGemma – Their Largest Privacy-Preserving AI Model to Date

Key Highlights – Google Research and DeepMind have announced VaultGemma, a cutting-edge 1-billion-parameter language model that stands as the largest open-weight AI model ever trained from scratch with differential privacy.  Addressing AI’s privacy crisis Large language models have a crucial vulnerability: memorization attacks to extract sensitive objectives. Some studies revealed that verbatim training data can appear in outputs, especially in open-weight releases. VaultGemma directly aims to avert this through mathematical assurances that forbid a single training example from exerting much influence on the model. While approaches apply differential privacy at fine-tuning, VaultGemma applies this from ground zero protection through complete […]

The FTC orders Google, OpenAI, Meta and Instagram, Snap, xAI, and Character.AI to provide information on how their AI chatbots impact children and teens

FTC orders Google, OpenAI, Meta to report on AI chatbot safety for children & teens

Key Highlights – The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has initiated a sweeping inquiry into the potential harms of AI-powered chatbots on children and teenagers. The agency issued orders to seven major tech firms, including Alphabet, Meta, OpenAI, Snap, and Character Technologies, demanding detailed information on how they measure, test, and monitor the negative impacts of their products on young users. This action underscores growing concerns from regulators and the public about AI chatbots that are designed to mimic human companions and form emotional bonds with users. The Alarming Rise of AI “Companions” The inquiry is a direct response to a […]

_Albania appoints world's first AI-made minister - Diella

Albania Appoints World’s First AI-Made Minister – Diella To Counter Corruption

Key Highlights – On September 11, the Albanian government made global headlines by appointing an AI-powered virtual assistant named Diella as the world’s first “AI minister,” tasked with overseeing the nation’s public procurement contracts. The move is a radical step toward Prime Minister Edi Rama’s goal of using technology to stamp out systemic corruption. The Prime Minister, who was re-elected in May, has been a vocal proponent of using AI to reform the country’s governance. He first floated the idea in a July press conference, stating the technology could become the most efficient member of his government. “One day, we […]

OpenAI and Microsoft sign non-binding agreement to transition into Public Benefit Corporation

A Revised OpenAI-Microsoft Partnership is Now Final, But What’s Ahead?

Key Highlights – In an highly anticipatory move, both OpenAI and Microsoft announced on Thursday that they have reached a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU). Tech giant Microsoft, which is also its largest investor since 2019, have agreed on a revised partnership which now allow the ChatGPT owner to convert its for-profit arm into a public benefit corporation (PBC). This strategic shift allows both companies to pursue a more open, independent and diverse ecosystem as they seem fit. OpenAI started as a nonprofit, remains one today, and will continue to be one – with the nonprofit holding the authority that […]

Encyclopedia Britannica Sues Perplexity AI for Copyright and Trademark Infringement

Encyclopaedia Britannica Sues Perplexity AI for Copyright and Trademark Infringement

Key Highlights: Encyclopedia Britannica, the centuries-old publisher renowned for its trusted reference works, filed a copyright and trademark infringement against fast-rising AI company Perplexity AI, essentially an “answer engine.” The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleges that Perplexity unlawfully copied and used Britannica and Merriam-Webster content to produce short AI summaries for its searches. Allegations Against Perplexity The complaint states that Perplexity made “widespread, knowing, and illegal use” of the intellectual properties of Britannica. The suit charges Perplexity with having scrambled and literally copied content without permission from the websites of […]

ByteDance unveils new AI image model Seedream 4.0 to rival Google DeepMind’s ‘Nano Banana’

What Is Seedream 4.0 and Is Tiktok Owner’s AI Image Model Better than Google’s Nano Banana?

Key Highlights – Chinese tech giant ByteDance has stepped into the ring to directly challenge Google DeepMind in the AI image generation space. The company, known for its short-video platform TikTok, has launched Seedream 4.0, an ambitious new model that it claims surpasses Google’s viral Nano Banana in critical performance areas. 🚨China just put out an incredible new image editing model beats Google’s Nanobanana to be #1 in image editing! Bytedance Seedream 4 is better at:—2K resolution < 2s. 4K support. 🍌 is low res—Much more lax policy on generations—Generate multiple images at once in a set!—Far… pic.twitter.com/liArFr5z9k — Deedy […]

Microsoft Releases Visual Studio 2026 Preview With New Design, AI Features, More

Microsoft Releases Visual Studio 2026 Preview With New Design, AI Features, More

Key Highlights Microsoft has just launched Visual Studio 2026 Insiders, calling it one of the most ambitious steps forward for its flagship IDE. This is not just an update; this release changes the way in which developers interact with tools by embedding AI directly into the coding workflow, fast-tracking performance, and unveiling a shiny, modern design language. The Insiders release is now open for download, allowing developers to start installing and testing early features while providing feedback before the general release. New AI Integrated Development Artificial intelligence is no longer a bolt-on feature in Visual Studio 2026; it becomes an […]

YouTube multi-language audio feature is rolling out to creators.

YouTube Creators Get Multi-language Audio Dubbing after 2-year test

Key Highlights – Google’s video streaming platform YouTube had launched yet another major feature for its creators – the multi-language audio feature. Introduced first in 2023, with a select handful of creators such as MrBeast, Mark Rober, and chef Jamie Oliver, the feature will now be available for all creators after 2 years of test pilot. YouTube rolls out multi-language audio after a two-year pilot, saying creators saw 25%+ of watch time coming from views in their video's non-primary language (@laurenforristal / TechCrunch)https://t.co/WfRIponaqghttps://t.co/R86AvOERLx 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSQRTe — Techmeme (@Techmeme) September 10, 2025 The new multi-language audio feature lets viewers watch […]