Google's Gemini app has reached one billion monthly active users, making it the search giant's fastest-growing product ever. Among those users, 63% engage with the chatbot via its voice feature. Gemini generates more than 150 million images daily, according to Google. Source
General Catalyst has led a $1.1 billion funding round into River AI, a startup founded by Igor Babuschkin, a co-founder of xAI. The two-month-old company is building personal AI agents, securing the capital in what amounts to a bet on Mr Babuschkin's vision for the technology from the outset. Source
Brad Lightcap, OpenAI's longtime chief operating officer and special projects lead, is departing after an eight-year tenure at the company. Mr Lightcap told staff he would be "starting something new," though he said he remained "excited to help you all advance the mission from a different vantage point." Source
Accel, a U.S. venture-capital firm, has closed an oversubscribed $550 million India fund within weeks of launching it, just 19 months after it established its previous India fund. The firm still has more than 55% of that $650 million earlier fund available for deployment. Source
Spotify will label artist profiles representing AI-generated identities with an "AI Persona" badge and exclude their music from editorial, algorithmic, and personalized recommendations by default. The change, rolling out in mid-September, is intended to increase transparency around AI-generated music on the platform. Source