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[ad_1] Take a guess: What’s the No. 1 most popular AI app and website? OK, that was easy, it’s ChatGPT.Andreessen Horowitz just published its semi-annual list of the top AI products, and it offers some surprises beyond Chat GPT and Gemini.The top 50 list is split into two versions: web products and apps. Although ChatGPT tops both versions, there are some real differences the further you go in the list. The most used AI apps, for March 2025 through August 2025. Andreesen Horowitz According to Az16 partner Olivia Moore, who compiled the lists, the web data is based on analytics…

[ad_1] When Mark Zuckerberg cozied up to Donald Trump at the beginning of this year, lots of folks chalked it up to fear.After all, they pointed out, Trump had previously threatened to throw the Meta CEO in jail. More prosaically, the US government that Trump was about to head up again was suing to break up Zuckerberg’s company.But as we’ve pointed out here multiple times, Zuckerberg — and the rest of Big Tech’s leaders — aren’t just trying to stay off Trump’s list of targets. They very much want Trump’s help.Now Bloomberg has a helpful reminder, with a report that…

[ad_1] Anthropic is making some big changes to how it handles user data, requiring all Claude users to decide by September 28 whether they want their conversations used to train AI models. While the company directed us to its blog post on the policy changes when asked about what prompted the move, we’ve formed some theories of our own. But first, what’s changing: Previously, Anthropic didn’t use consumer chat data for model training. Now, the company wants to train its AI systems on user conversations and coding sessions, and it said it’s extending data retention to five years for those…

[ad_1] Will Smith posted a video on social media that shows oceans of fans cheering him on during his recent European tour. “My favorite part of the tour is seeing you all up close,” the caption says. “Thank you for seeing me too.” In these thousands-deep crowds, some fans are holding up signs espousing their love for Smith, with one even saying that his music helped them survive cancer. But the video gives off an odd aura — it looks believably real at first glance, until you look closer and find digitally-mangled faces, nonsensical finger placements, and oddly augmented features…

[ad_1] Thursday’s stock market followed this week’s pattern: an early selloff followed by a recovery. Nvidia’s latest results helped the send major indexes to about a 0.25% loss early Thursday before the S & P 500 rallied to end the day above 6,500 for the first time. On Monday, stocks sold off but have spent the next three days moving higher. One strategy for investors looking to ride out any near-term crosscurrents, however, might be to look to steady, long run “compounders” and outperformers, according to Trivariate Research. While U.S. stock indexes are on track for a fourth straight winning…

[ad_1] I’ve been writing a lot lately about the potential of generative AI to disrupt established software businesses and related jobs.A new Google AI image-editing tool offers another good example of this threat. It offers many of the capabilities of Adobe software, and yet the Google version is either free or cheaper and baked into a broader AI service that offers a lot more features.So, is Google’s new AI photo editing tool any good?My colleague Hugh Langley tested an early version of this Google image model, called Nano Banana. He found it to be generally better than rival tools. It’s…

[ad_1] The Trade Desk has a target on its back — shaped like an Amazon logo.Earlier this month, The Trade Desk’s stock cratered almost 40%, with analysts blaming intensifying competition from Amazon and uncertainty about whether Wall Street’s once-favorite adtech darling could fight back.It was The Trade Desk’s largest-ever one-day stock decline. But behind the scenes, Amazon’s gut punch had been building for years.In 2022, Amazon’s advertising unit set a big, hairy goal: Overtake Google and The Trade Desk to operate the world’s No. 1 demand-side platform. A demand-side platform, or DSP, is a sophisticated piece of adtech software that…

[ad_1] An AI-powered Darth Vader probably wasn’t on any Fortnite player’s 2025 bingo card, but gamers still rushed to have a conversation with the character in-game. Instead of saying pre-programmed lines, the chatbot could tell jokes when prompted and even mock a player’s achievements.Though this feature was a temporary experiment, it showed that AI is far more than a side quest for the gaming industry.Artificial intelligence has long been a part of video game development. So recent advancements in machine learning and generative AI have led studios to use the tech to speed up production and make gameplay more immersive.The…

[ad_1] There could be about 740,000 more home health and personal care aides in 2034 than in 2024, a massive jump compared to other jobs.The Bureau of Labor Statistics published new employment projections on Thursday, highlighting how industries and occupations could change over the next decade. Employment overall is projected to rise by 5 million from 2024 to 2034, with 13 occupations projected to have job growth of over 100,000.The top 15 include a few healthcare positions, software developers, restaurant cooks, and a couple of managerial roles.Do you work in one of the jobs projected to grow a lot? Reach…

[ad_1] Chemical giant Albemarle (ALB) has shown renewed strength in August, with a recent push above the 200-day moving average signaling a strong case for further upside. Today we’ll review why this recent breakout means a likely new bullish phase for this large cap lithium name and identify some key factors that would help us validate the bullish case. The daily chart of ALB shows an initial push above the 200-day moving average in July, although that breakout failed to sustain its gains above this long-term trend barometer. After a bounce off the 50-day moving average, Albemarle once again popped…