A look at how both small and large companies are tracking and enforcing employees' AI usage and considering it during performance reviews
From small startups to giants including Meta and Google, tech companies are factoring AI use into performance reviews and trying to track productivity gains
Reco, which makes AI agents that monitor SaaS environments for threats, raised a $30M Series B led by Zeev Ventures, taking its total funding to ~$85M
The funding aims to expand platform reach amid rising Shadow AI usage and regulatory scrutiny. — Cybersecurity company Reco …
An overview of detailed AI usage reports from OpenAI and others, as Microsoft's AI for Good Lab estimates that 15% of the world's working population is using AI
New data shows the ways millions have integrated the technology into their everyday lives More than 18bn messages are sent to ChatGPT every week.
Top 100 AI consumer apps: Gemini ranks #2 behind ChatGPT on mobile with ~50% of its MAUs, with Grok at #4; on the web, Gemini has ~12% of ChatGPT's visits
5th edition — This is the fifth edition of our Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps which reflects two and a half years of data on how everyday AI usage is evolving.
TollBit: from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025, traffic from AI retrieval bots to 266 websites, half run by national and local news organizations, grew 49%, as AI usage jumps
As consumers switch from Google search to ChatGPT, a new kind of bot is scraping data for AI. — Summary4
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta AI has over 185M weekly active users and over 400M MAUs and it's “growing quickly” even without a rollout “in UK, Brazil, or EU yet”
usage of Meta AI across all of our surfaces is growing FAST! 🚀 Bluesky: @ndnickerson.bsky.social : okay this is just a hunch but after listening to @zitron.bsky.social 's podcast i'm like “so FB's ab...
SAG-AFTRA announces a strike starting on Friday against major video game studios, including EA, after talks for a new contract broke down over AI protections
Some key information: … Jason Nelson / Decrypt : Video Game Actors and Performers to Strike Over AI Protections Dennis Patrick / Gameranx : SAG-AFTRA Has Approved Game Industry Strike Kalhan Rosenblat...
The RIAA sues AI music services Suno and Udio over alleged mass copyright infringement and claims they are trying to “hide the full scope of their infringement”
here's what it means Ben's Bites : Major labels are suing AI music startups Suno and Udio Andy Maxwell / TorrentFreak : RIAA Sues Suno & Udio AI Music Generators For ‘Trampling’ on Copyright Markus Ka...
US and Chinese diplomats plan to meet later in May to find common ground on AI usage and situations where AI should be banned, like controlling nuclear arsenals
It's becoming more advanced, intelligence officials say Michael Novinson / GovInfoSecurity.com : Boosting US Tech Leadership: Antony Blinken's Agenda at RSAC Karen Spiegelman / Dark Reading : Blinken:...
YouTube now requires creators to label their realistic-looking videos made using AI, via an upload checklist; clearly unrealistic videos will not need a label
here's how Luke Jones / WinBuzzer : Google Rolls Out AI Labeling for YouTube Content Creators Jak Connor / TweakTown : YouTube rolls out safeguards to battle the rise of AI generated video Vish Gain /...