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ChatGPT Hits 1B Users - Rivals Grow 10x Faster

ChatGPT crossed 1 billion monthly active users in May - the fastest app in history to hit the mark. But Meta AI is growing at 973% and Claude at 640%, against ChatGPT's own 62%.

Google Sues Phishing Ring That Weaponized Gemini AI

A Chinese cybercrime network sold $88/week phishing kits that used Google's own Gemini AI to generate fake sites impersonating banks, carriers, and government agencies at scale.

OpenCode Hits 8M Users, a Year from a Toronto Meetup

OpenCode reaches 8 million monthly users and 172K GitHub stars in one year, displacing Claude Code as the most-starred open-source coding agent.

Orbital Plans 10,000 GPU Satellites for AI Inference

a16z-backed Orbital wants to run AI inference from low Earth orbit using NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, targeting 10,000 satellites and 1 GW of compute at full scale.

Anthropic Releases Fable 5 Despite Its Own AI Safety Warning

Anthropic opens Mythos-class capabilities to the public with Claude Fable 5 at $10/$50 per million tokens, days after calling for a global AI pause.