Google's Gemini AI assistant reaches one billion users

Google's artificial intelligence assistant, Gemini, has surpassed one billion monthly users. The milestone was announced by CEO Sundar Pichai on Tuesday, a week after a major reorganization of the tech giant's AI division. According to Pichai, Gemini is the company's fastest-growing product ever and its 14th product to reach a billion users.

The reorganization of Google's AI division has seen several changes, including Demis Hassabis stepping back from day-to-day management of Google DeepMind, the lab that designs the Gemini models. Several leading researchers, including Jeff Dean, have also left the company. Despite this, Google's audience remains a key asset as it integrates AI into its ecosystem, including search, Gmail, Google Maps, and YouTube.

Gemini's user milestone is notable, especially given that rival OpenAI reached one billion users across all its interfaces, led by ChatGPT, in July. However, OpenAI did not specify whether this figure was monthly or weekly users. Google's new flagship model, Gemini 3.5 Pro, which was initially promised for June, has yet to be released, while its rivals have launched several models considered more powerful, particularly for generating computer code.

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