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Yesterday in AI | 13 August 2026
The 1 Billion User Milestone, On-Device AI Upgrades, and OpenAI's $7B Buyback
Consumer AI scale, hardware privacy indicators, and model security flaws intersected this week. This episode breaks down Google Gemini hitting 1 billion monthly active users as Google launches the Pixel 11 powered by the 2nm Tensor G6 chip for on-device execution and a "HiLight" privacy indicator.
We examine Apple's iOS 27 beta "Apple Reference Image" photo provenance system, analyze a zero-click Zoom vulnerability alongside security researchers decoding 315,000 "scrambled" AI reasoning logs, cover OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap's departure and its $7B employee stock buyback at an $852B valuation, and look at Google's AMIE diagnostic medical AI matching primary care doctors in video trials.
Plus: A special announcement regarding our upcoming interview with Bianca Baumann, VP of Learning Solutions & Innovation at Ardent Learning!
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