Episode Details

Today's top AI news stories — 2026-08-13: 1. ChatGPT and Gemini hit 1 billion users Both OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini have now reached 1 billion monthly active users, marking a historic milestone for AI adoption. Gemini is Google's fastest-growing product ever, signaling main 2. Twitch streamers can now opt out of AI training Twitch users gained the ability to opt out of having their streams, VODs, chats, and channel content used to train Amazon's generative AI models. This comes after Amazon's default opt-in approach spar 3. Of course the ChatGPT dog cancer vaccine spawned a startup Remember that much-hyped story about an Australian tech entrepreneur using ChatGPT, Grok, and other AI tools to craft a personalized cancer vaccine for his dog? Well, surprise: He's launched a startup Full briefing: https://ainews.q-sci.org/blog/post_2026-08-13.html