Survey: 27% of Americans say they turn to AI chatbots like ChatGPT for personal, emotional, or social queries, rising to nearly 40% among adults under 50 (Washington Post)

A federal judge ruled that Google must keep its advertising exchange but must make its ad-tech tools interoperable with rivals’ systems. Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash, priced at $0.75 per 1 million input tokens and $3.75 per 1 million output tokens, claiming it outperforms Opus 5 and GPT-5.6 on certain benchmarks. Uber announced a 10% workforce reduction, cutting roughly 3,300 jobs globally to refocus spending on ride-sharing, delivery, and robotaxis.