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Gen AI apps doubled their revenue, grew to 1.7B downloads in first half of 2025

Gen AI apps doubled their revenue, grew to 1.7B downloads in first half of 2025: People are downloading and spending money on Gen AI apps more than ever. Read More

YouTube loosens profanity rules for monetized videos: YouTube is tweaking its profanity-related rules to allow creators to monetize videos with swearing in them, provided the profanity is contained to the first seven seconds of the video. Read More

Google says it will sign EU's AI code of practice: Google confirmed it will sign the European Union's general purpose AI code of practice. Meta has already said it will not sign the voluntary framework. Read More

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Nvidia AI chip challenger Groq said to be nearing new fundraising at $6B valuation 

Nvidia AI chip challenger Groq said to be nearing new fundraising at $6B valuation : AI chip startup Groq is in talks to raise a fresh $600 million at a near $6 billion valuation, sources tell Bloomberg, although the deal isn’t yet final and terms could change.  Read More

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