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Google announced during its Q2 2026 earnings call that its AI assistant Gemini now has over 950 million monthly active users, tripling from last year. The milestone puts Gemini in closer competition with OpenAI's ChatGPT, which reached 1 billion users in June. Google also highlighted growth in its AI-powered search mode, which crossed 1 billion users this quarter.
Alphabet's latest earnings report shows Google Cloud revenue surged 82% year-over-year to $24.8 billion, driven by enterprise AI adoption. The company's profit hit $112.1 billion, a massive jump from $28.1 billion a year ago. CEO Sundar Pichai defended the company's hefty capital expenditures, saying investments in compute capacity will pay off in 2027.
Alphabet is developing a new server chip internally called Frozen v2, expected in 2028, to make its Gemini AI models up to 10 times more efficient than current Google AI chips. The chip aims to address AI computing shortages and reduce reliance on Nvidia, boosting investor confidence ahead of earnings.
Anthropic has released an open-source reference implementation for autonomous vulnerability discovery and remediation using Claude. The framework includes skills for threat modeling, static scanning, triage, patching, and an autonomous pipeline designed for finding C/C++ memory vulnerabilities. It is based on learnings from partnerships with security teams and is intended as a starting point for building custom vulnerability finding pipelines.
Elon Musk spent three days testifying in his lawsuit against OpenAI. He claims Sam Altman betrayed the nonprofit mission by shifting to a for-profit model. TechCrunch's Equity podcast analyzes the stakes, upcoming witnesses, and broader AI news like cloud earnings and new funds.
Microsoft revealed that Microsoft 365 Copilot now has 20 million paid enterprise seats. CEO Satya Nadella shared this during the quarterly earnings call, noting quadrupled growth in large deployments and usage levels matching Outlook. Queries per user rose nearly 20% quarter over quarter, with agent mode now default across key apps.
Tesla announced plans to spend $25 billion on capital expenditures in 2026, a sharp rise from prior years, to fund its move into AI and robotics. The company detailed investments in compute infrastructure, manufacturing expansion, Optimus robots, and robotaxi operations during its first-quarter earnings call. CEO Elon Musk called the increase justified for future revenue growth, while CFO Vaibhav Taneja noted upcoming negative free cash flow despite strong cash reserves.