Google’s Gemini is gaining but OpenAI’s ChatGPT is still the AI chatbot leader

Following Alphabet’s stellar earnings report Wednesday, analysts were quick to declare that the Google parent had blossomed from an AI laggard into a leader. The company posted strong revenue and profit growth, driven in part by heavy investment in artificial intelligence, and noted that its Gemini app had grown to more than 750 million monthly active users.

Still, usage data suggests Gemini remains far behind the market leader — at least as far as usage.

While Gemini is growing faster than OpenAI’s ChatGPT — up 19% month over month versus 4% — it still trails by a wide margin in overall usage. In January, Gemini logged more than 2 billion global visits, according to new data from Similarweb, less than half of ChatGPT’s 5.7 billion.

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Jury finds Meta and Google liable in social addiction case

A Los Angeles jury found Meta and Google liable of designing Instagram and YouTube to be addictive for young users, awarding the plaintiff $3 million in damages, with Meta responsible for 70% of the total. The trial centered on whether features like autoplay and infinite scroll contributed to a plaintiff’s mental health issues — and could set a precedent for holding tech companies responsible for product design, not just content.

The jury also found that Meta and Google could face punitive damages, with a separate phase of the trial to determine how much they should pay.

The decision comes just one day after a New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $375 million in civil penalties, saying it violated state consumer protection laws by enabling child sexual exploitation.

Jury finds Meta and Google liable in social media addiction trial

The jury also found that Meta and Google could face punitive damages, with a separate phase of the trial to determine how much they should pay.

The decision comes just one day after a New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $375 million in civil penalties, saying it violated state consumer protection laws by enabling child sexual exploitation.

Giga Texas transformed the Austin landscape. Elon Musk thinks Terafab could be about 10x the size.

Watch Giga Texas grow from space.

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Sora lasted less than one Quibi

OpenAI’s app joins the hallowed halls of video ideas that burned bright and fast.

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As Big Tech chases enterprise AI, Meta and Apple double down on small businesses

Apple and Meta are playing to their strengths in small business.

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SpaceX, which could file confidential paperwork for its IPO as soon as this week, is now aiming to raise an astounding $75 billion through its public listing, The Information reports. That’s 50% higher than previous reports.

For comparison’s sake, the current record holder for money raised in an IPO is Saudi Aramco, which raised $29.4 billion. Or, as The Information noted, SpaceX’s IPO would “surpass all money raised by US IPOs last year.”

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