Good morning. It’s Wednesday, August 12. ChatGPT and Gemini have both crossed the billion-user mark within weeks of each other, a milestone that makes clear just how fast AI chatbots have gone from novelty to daily habit for a meaningful chunk of the planet.
Today we are covering:
ChatGPT and Gemini both crossed 1 billion users within weeks of each other, cementing AI chatbots as mainstream technology
Anthropic researchers found Claude and other models can show early signs of introspective awareness, detecting their own internal “thoughts”
Google unveiled the Pixel 11 Pro Fold at $1,899, its priciest and most powerful foldable yet, alongside the rest of the Pixel 11 lineup
