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Anthropic's Claude Sees User Surge After Refusing Pentagon Military AI Contract

March 6, 2026 17:56

Anthropic's Claude AI chatbot experienced significant growth in daily active users and app downloads after CEO Dario Amodei refused to allow Pentagon use of Claude for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons, leading to...

Mobile AI App Spending Surpasses Games Globally, Driven by ChatGPT and Assistant Adoption

January 21, 2026 11:30

In 2025, global consumer spending on non-game mobile apps exceeded game spending for the first time, reaching $85 billion (21% YoY increase), largely driven by generative AI applications. AI app revenue tripled to over $...

OpenAI's Sora Video Generation App Achieves Massive Launch Success, Rivaling ChatGPT Adoption

October 8, 2025 18:12

OpenAI's video-generating app Sora recorded approximately 627,000 iOS downloads in its first week in the U.S. and Canada, nearly matching ChatGPT's first-week performance of 606,000 U.S. downloads. Despite being invite-o...