Sept. 15, 2025
Gemini’s Suddenly The #1 App In All The Land
Nano Banana is such a hit that Gemini is suddenly ahead of ChatGPT, at least if we’re measuring by the app store. Lots of interesting new data about how people are actually using AI. A new accelerator program from OpenAI itself, and is the AI boom like the dawn of the microprocessor or more like the dawn of containerization?
- Google Gemini is the top free iPhone app (9to5Google)
- Here’s what the data says people ask ChatGPT (Washington Post)
- Anthropic Finds Businesses Are Mainly Using AI to Automate Work (Bloomberg)
- China Targets Nvidia Over 2020 Deal, Straining Trade Talks (Bloomberg)
- PayPal Links lets you send and receive money much faster now - even crypto (ZDNet)
- OpenAI announces new mentorship program for budding tech founders (CNBC)
- AI Will Not Make You Rich (Colossus)
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