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This Week in AI:

No jargon, no filler—just the biggest AI developments worth knowing right now. Perfect for quick industry insights, so you can skip the buzzwords and get straight to the good stuff. Let’s dive into this week’s AI shake-ups, just as promised:

OpenAI just revealed ChatGPT is on track to hit 700 million weekly users, a number that rivals TikTok and crushes almost every SaaS product on Earth. Meanwhile, Grok made its play in the AI video space with a bold claim: it’s better than Sora, Veo, and Midjourney combined. And OpenAI’s infrastructure play? It just got a major upgrade, with a new data center project in Norway powering its Stargate ambitions.

Let’s get into it.

In This Issue:

• ChatGPT on Pace for 700M Weekly Users → OpenAI claims ChatGPT is becoming a mass product—fast. (link)

• Grok’s New Video Model Sparks Debate → xAI enters the AI video arms race with some very big comparisons. (link)

  OpenAI Breaks Ground on Stargate in Norway → A massive data center and

• supercomputing hub to fuel future AI models. (link)

🟣 ChatGPT on Pace for 700M Weekly Users

TL;DR:

OpenAI confirmed that ChatGPT is on pace to hit 700 million weekly active users. That figure includes all tiers, free, Plus, and enterprise, and signals massive mainstream adoption. For comparison, that’s more weekly usage than Pinterest, X, and even Zoom.

Our Take:

OpenAI is closing in on Google-level usage metrics. If this trajectory holds, ChatGPT won’t just be a chatbot, it’ll be a platform. The challenge now is productization: can they turn this user base into a sustainable utility beyond novelty?

🟣 Grok’s New Video Model Sparks Debate

TL;DR:

xAI just launched Grok Imagine, a multimodal video generation model that Elon Musk’s team claims outperforms OpenAI’s Sora, Google’s Veo 3, and Midjourney’s latest release. Grok Imagine outputs clips from text prompts, focusing on realism, speed, and flexibility.

Our Take:

xAI is swinging big. Whether it actually beats Sora or Veo depends on benchmarks we haven’t seen yet. But if true, it could cement xAI as more than a meme-fueled LLM project. The space is crowded, but Grok’s reputation gives it a platform to make noise.

🟣 OpenAI Breaks Ground on Stargate in Norway

TL;DR:

OpenAI announced that construction has started on Stargate Norway, a massive new data center powered by renewable hydroelectric energy. The site will serve as a key infrastructure node for training and deploying future frontier models.

Our Take:

This is about control. By owning the compute stack, OpenAI can run faster and with fewer dependencies. Norway’s cheap energy, political stability, and cool climate make it an ideal choice. Watch this space: future model breakthroughs will likely come from facilities like Stargate.