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October 02, 2025

 

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OpenAI's Sora soars to No. 3 on the US App Store

OpenAI's Sora soars to No. 3 on the US App Store: Sora becomes the No. 3 US app after 164K downloads in 2 days, making the AI video app an early hit. Read More

Google's Jules enters developers' toolchains as AI coding agent competition heats up: Jules is already being used by developers to complete code after experimenting on vibe-coding platforms. Read More

Anthropic hires new CTO with focus on AI infrastructure: As part of the change, Anthropic is updating the structure of its core technical group, bringing the company's product-engineering team into closer contact with the infrastructure and inference teams. Read More

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