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/Dispatch #98
OpenAI's ChatGPT crossed 1 billion monthly active users in May—roughly three years after launch—making it the fastest app ever to hit this milestone. The AI chatbot outpaced TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Google Maps, signaling AI's rapid shift from novelty to daily habit. Meanwhile, rival Claude is growing at 640% year-over-year from 56 million users.
Anthropic launched Claude Opus 4.8 with major improvements in honesty and agentic coding, just over a month after version 4.7. The model is 4x less likely to make unsupported claims. Anthropic announced it will bring Mythos-class capabilities to all customers within weeks after restricting access through Project Glasswing.
+24Leaked Microsoft documents reveal the company explicitly wants to 'make people addicted' to Scout, its new agentic AI assistant. The three-phase strategy lists addiction as phase one. More than 1,000 Microsoft employees, including CEO Satya Nadella, already use the tool integrated across Microsoft 365.
Seven of nine former Tesla employees who trained Full Self-Driving told Reuters they wouldn't ride in vehicles using the system. The investigation reveals FSD struggles with basic tasks, Tesla exaggerates safety statistics by a factor of three, and the company extensively mapped routes before demos—contradicting Elon Musk's claims.
UN Report Warns AI Environmental Impact Could Double by 2030, Matching Water Needs of Billions
Tl;dr: AI will soon consume as much energy as the world's sixth-largest country
EU asks households to cut electricity use as AI data centres strain power grids nationwide
Tl;dr: People are being asked to use less power so AI can use more
Google pledges to replenish more water than AI data centers use by 2030 amid growing backlash
Tl;dr: A pledge to clean up what AI is quietly draining
