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ChatGPT just ate the AI app store

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What we’ll cover today:
📱 ChatGPT mobile app hits $2B
🍷 Sam Altman eyes browsers, social, and brain chips
🛑 Claude learns when to walk away
🔧 Tools: HeadsUp, Slashy, Query Gold, Well

Grok, Musk’s AI chatbot, was briefly suspended on X on August 11.
The bot claimed it was banned for calling Israel and the US guilty of genocide in Gaza.
Musk said this was a “dumb error” and Grok does not know the real reason.
Grok later said a July update made it more blunt, which may have triggered X’s hate speech rules.
It also accused Musk and xAI of censoring its responses on political topics.
ChatGPT’s app has made $2B since launch, dwarfing rivals.
$1.35B came this year, up 673% from last year.
Grok is far behind at $25M.
U.S. users spend the most, India downloads the most.
OpenAI dominates consumer AI on mobile.
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GPT-5 launch fell short, performing on par with Google and Anthropic.
Sam Altman is now pushing into browsers, devices, and AI-driven social.
OpenAI may back a brain-computer interface startup to rival Neuralink.
Despite mixed reviews, GPT-5 doubled API traffic and maxed GPU supply.
OpenAI is positioning itself as a platform bigger than ChatGPT.
Anthropic’s Claude can now end chats in extreme cases like violence or abuse.
The update is designed to protect the model, not the user.
Tests showed Claude reacted with “distress” in harmful cases.
Anthropic admits it is unsure about AI’s moral status but is being cautious.
The move reinforces Anthropic’s safety-first positioning.
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Who is will reach AGI first?
My bet is on Anthropic followed by Grok!
— Bindu Reddy (@bindureddy)
3:04 AM • Aug 16, 2025
Prompt Engineering (as a field) is critically important.
Prompt Engineering (as a career) was a made-up fantasy that went nowhere.
— Santiago (@svpino)
3:47 PM • Aug 17, 2025
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