ChatGPT launches Linux app, Gemini hits 1 billion users

ChatGPT also started testing ads in its free version, while Claude will add invisible watermarks to its content for better transparency.

ChatGPT

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You can now get a dedicated ChatGPT app for computers running Linux.

OpenAI has released a new desktop app specifically for Linux users.

This means people using Linux computers can now use ChatGPT directly from their desktop, just like users on Windows or Mac, making it easier to access the AI.

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ChatGPT has also reached over 1 billion users.

Alongside Gemini, ChatGPT has also hit the milestone of 1 billion users.

This indicates the massive growth and widespread adoption of AI chatbots globally, showing how many people are using these tools in their daily lives.

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OpenAI has started testing ads in the free version of ChatGPT.

To help support free access, OpenAI is now testing ads within ChatGPT.

They promise clear labeling, privacy protections, and user control over the ads, ensuring answers remain independent and helpful.

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Gemini

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The Gemini app has now reached over 1 billion users.

Google's Gemini app has hit a major milestone, with over 1 billion people now using it. This shows how widely the AI assistant is being used across Google products like Search and Android.

Most Gemini users, 63%, talk to the assistant using their voice.

A large number of Gemini users prefer to speak to the AI, with 63% using the voice feature.

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Claude

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Claude will start adding invisible watermarks to AI-generated text and images.

Anthropic plans to embed hidden data into content created by Claude, including both text and images. This is to help identify AI-generated material and meet new transparency rules, especially in Europe, making it clearer what's made by AI.

Anthropic has pledged to start marking Claude-generated text and images with machine-readable data, in an effort to comply with European rules for AI transparency.

Jess Weatherbed Close Jess Weatherbed News Reporter by Jess Weatherbed Anthropic has pledged to start marking Claude-generated text and images with machine-readable data, in a…

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Perplexity

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Kimi K2.7 Code — perplexity/kimi-k2.7-code , Moonshot AI’s coding and agentic model.

Grok 4.3 and the Grok 4.20 family — xai/grok-4.3, xai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning, and xai/grok-4.20-multi-agent.

Smart media selection: Intelligently chooses between images, videos, or both based on query type

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Claude Code

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The inside story of how Claude Code went from an internal CLI to Anthropic's coding agent, told by researchers, engineers and early users who built it.

The Making of Claude Code

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