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Elon Musk's Grok Bot AI agent surpassed 400,000 weekly active users about a month after launch. Data as of September 14 shows the user base reached 418,000, marking a 24% week-over-week growth. This rapid expansion highlights strong market popularity and effective user penetration for the SpaceX AI team's latest offering, signaling intensified competition in the artificial intelligence sector.
Elon Musk's Grok Bot AI agent surpassed 400,000 weekly active users about a month after launch. Data as of September 14 shows the user base reached 418,000, marking a 24% week-over-week growth. This rapid expansion highlights strong market popularity and effective user penetration for the SpaceX AI team's latest offering, signaling intensified competition in the artificial intelligence sector.
Instagram is restricting access to AI photo editing tools by requiring a Meta One Core subscription for continued use. Users must pay $7.99 monthly or wait 24 hours to retry. This move expands Meta’s paid ecosystem beyond Meta Verified, integrating advanced AI features into its subscription model. The strategy aims to compete with apps like Adobe Photoshop and VSCO, though consumer willingness to pay for these new AI capabilities remains uncertain.
Instagram is restricting access to AI photo editing tools by requiring a Meta One Core subscription for continued use. Users must pay $7.99 monthly or wait 24 hours to retry. This move expands Meta’s paid ecosystem beyond Meta Verified, integrating advanced AI features into its subscription model. The strategy aims to compete with apps like Adobe Photoshop and VSCO, though consumer willingness to pay for these new AI capabilities remains uncertain.
A Hong Kong woman avoided poisoning after spotting an unfamiliar red-spotted crab in her cuttlefish dish. AI identification confirmed it as a toxic fighting crab containing heat-resistant tetrodotoxin. She discarded the meal and cleaned utensils to prevent cross-contamination. Experts warn that coastal seafood like cuttlefish often harbor wild toxic crabs such as the upright clean crab or blue-ringed octopus, which are hard to distinguish and lack antidotes.
A Hong Kong woman avoided poisoning after spotting an unfamiliar red-spotted crab in her cuttlefish dish. AI identification confirmed it as a toxic fighting crab containing heat-resistant tetrodotoxin. She discarded the meal and cleaned utensils to prevent cross-contamination. Experts warn that coastal seafood like cuttlefish often harbor wild toxic crabs such as the upright clean crab or blue-ringed octopus, which are hard to distinguish and lack antidotes.
Perplexity has launched a 12-month free Perplexity Pro subscription trial for around 360 million Airtel users in India. Initial data shows a 625% rise in downloads and over nine times higher total downloads across seven months compared to pre-promotion levels, with monthly active users peaking at 22 million in October. After the free period ended, downloads dropped by more than 90% but MAU remained around 14 million in July, five times higher than the prior half-year average. In-app purchases and subscription revenue rose about 60% from February to mid-August 2026, with daily revenue rising 9% over a three-day period and monthly net revenue climbing from $34,000 in January 2025 to $156,000 in July 2026, on track for $878,000 in the first seven months of 2026. However, the growth may include users who did not cancel subscriptions or non-participant customers drawn by brand exposure, and Perplexity’s long-term conversion rate remains to be verified as more users reach renewal. India is a key test market for AI companies seeking to convert free users into paid subscribers on scale.
Perplexity has launched a 12-month free Perplexity Pro subscription trial for around 360 million Airtel users in India. Initial data shows a 625% rise in downloads and over nine times higher total downloads across seven months compared to pre-promotion levels, with monthly active users peaking at 22 million in October. After the free period ended, downloads dropped by more than 90% but MAU remained around 14 million in July, five times higher than the prior half-year average. In-app purchases and subscription revenue rose about 60% from February to mid-August 2026, with daily revenue rising 9% over a three-day period and monthly net revenue climbing from $34,000 in January 2025 to $156,000 in July 2026, on track for $878,000 in the first seven months of 2026. However, the growth may include users who did not cancel subscriptions or non-participant customers drawn by brand exposure, and Perplexity’s long-term conversion rate remains to be verified as more users reach renewal. India is a key test market for AI companies seeking to convert free users into paid subscribers on scale.
Zhiyuan Robotics unit Maniformer raised hundreds of millions in seed and angel rounds led by Sequoia China with DCP VGC BV Baidu Venture and others The funding will boost R&D for embodied AI data infrastructure expand production and support global expansion to tackle industry data challenges and scale applications
Zhiyuan Robotics unit Maniformer raised hundreds of millions in seed and angel rounds led by Sequoia China with DCP VGC BV Baidu Venture and others The funding will boost R&D for embodied AI data infrastructure expand production and support global expansion to tackle industry data challenges and scale applications
