Earnest Analytics: ~60% of paid Gemini users kept their subscriptions six months after signing up, better than Perplexity but lagging behind ChatGPT and Claude (Miles Kruppa/Wall Street Journal)
Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: Earnest Analytics: ~60% of paid Gemini users kept their subscriptions six months after signing up, better than Perplexity but
A look at Troodi, a mental health chatbot built by AI startup Elomia Health for Troomi's child-focused phones, with thousands of teen users across the US (Julie Jargon/Wall Street Journal)
Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: A look at Troodi, a mental health chatbot built by AI startup Elomia Health for Troomi’s child-focused phones, with
Live blog: The US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in TikTok's appeal against the divest-or-ban law (Wired)
Wired: Live blog: The US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in TikTok’s appeal against the divest-or-ban law — We’re tuning in live as the justices
Backpack Exchange, an exchange founded by former FTX and Alameda employees, acquires FTX EU and takes responsibility for distributing FTX bankruptcy claims (Adam James/The Block)
Adam James / The Block: Backpack Exchange, an exchange founded by former FTX and Alameda employees, acquires FTX EU and takes responsibility for distributing FTX
Inside the fall and last-minute revival of accounting startup Bench, which struggled with implementing automation tools and faced tumult in its executive suite (Charles Rollet/TechCrunch)
Charles Rollet / TechCrunch: Inside the fall and last-minute revival of accounting startup Bench, which struggled with implementing automation tools and faced tumult in its
OpenAI missed its goal to launch Media Manager, an opt-out tool for creators, by 2025; sources: the tool was rarely viewed as an important launch internally (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: OpenAI missed its goal to launch Media Manager, an opt-out tool for creators, by 2025; sources: the tool was rarely viewed
US politicians fully embraced influencers in 2024, blurring lines between punditry and journalism and paving the way for lawmakers to become creators themselves (Makena Kelly/Wired)
Makena Kelly / Wired: US politicians fully embraced influencers in 2024, blurring lines between punditry and journalism and paving the way for lawmakers to become
Source: Microsoft and OpenAI wrangle over Microsoft's stake in the for-profit, use of OpenAI's IP, continued collection of 20% of OpenAI's revenue, and more (The Information)
The Information: Source: Microsoft and OpenAI wrangle over Microsoft’s stake in the for-profit, use of OpenAI’s IP, continued collection of 20% of OpenAI’s revenue, and
Dutch tech investor Prosus plans to acquire online travel agency Despegar.com for $1.7B, or $19.50 per share, to expand in Latin America, closing in Q2 2025 (Loni Prinsloo/Bloomberg)
Loni Prinsloo / Bloomberg: Dutch tech investor Prosus plans to acquire online travel agency Despegar.com for $1.7B, or $19.50 per share, to expand in Latin
Italy's data regulator fines OpenAI €15M after its probe found that the startup processed users' personal data to train ChatGPT without an adequate legal basis (Reuters)
Reuters: Italy’s data regulator fines OpenAI €15M after its probe found that the startup processed users’ personal data to train ChatGPT without an adequate legal
