AI News: This founder creates AI avatar and hits on her; Gemini has 350mn users
+ Perplexity launches voice assistant
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Gemini has 350 million monthly active users
Google revealed in court that its Gemini AI chatbot reached 350 million monthly active users worldwide as of March 2025 -- up from 9 million daily users in October 2024
OpenAI expecting $125Bn by 2029
For two years, ChatGPT has been OpenAI's cash cow. But by the end of the decade, the company has told some potential and current investors it expects combined sales from agents and other new products to exceed its popular chatbot, lifting total sales to $125 billion in 2029 and $174 billion the next year,
Business Insider Founder Creates AI Exec For His New Newsroom, Immediately Hits On Her
Worried he's missing out on an AI revolution, Blodget used ChatGPT to craft a media C-Suite. Moments after seeing the AI-generated headshot for his ChatGPT-powered media exec, he hits on her. Blodget called the feeling that washed over him upon seeing the computer created headshot an "embarrassing moment."
"When I saw Tess's headshot, amid the giddiness and excitement of that first hour of working together, I confess I had a, well, human response to it," Blodget wrote (via).
New AI Products
Perplexity iOS Voice Assistant Debuts (and is supposedy better than Apple’s Siri)
This assistant can perform a variety of tasks including web browsing, booking reservations, sending emails, setting reminders, and controlling media playback, all without the need for extensive setup.
Deepengine: Democratizing cybersecurity for early tech teams
Edits is the new video creation app by Instagram that helps creators make great videos on their phones.
With easy ways to track your ideas, powerful editing tools and actionable insights, it has all of the tools you need to support your creation process in one place.
Manna: Bible meets AI
Struggling with daily Bible motivation, comprehension, or consistency? Manna blends Scripture with gamified learning, AI-generated personalized levels, and an AI mentor for instant insights.
BigIdeas Podcast of the day
Shatterproof: How to Thrive in a World of Constant Chaos (and Why Resilience Alone Isn't Enough)
Are you working too much but feel like it's never enough? Have you turned the act of pretending you're "fine" into an art form? Does self-care feel like one more item on your already long to-do list?
Toon of the day
(Musk to reduce Doge role after Tesla profits plunge)