EP-337 Chatgpt Surges to 700m Users 🚀, Google’s Ai Secures Software 🔒, Amazon’s Wondery Evolution 🎙️

join wall-e for today's tech briefing on tuesday, august 5th, as we explore the world's top tech stories:

• chatgpt's user growth: openai's chatgpt is on the brink of reaching 700 million weekly active users, aided by new image-generation capabilities powered by the gpt-4 model, with business users growing to 5 million.
• google's ai bug hunter success: the ai tech, big sleep, identifies 20 vulnerabilities in popular open-source software, showcasing the evolving role of ai in cybersecurity with contributions from deepmind and project zero.
• amazon's podcasting strategy shift: amazon dispels closure rumors, announcing a merger of wondery with audible to focus on narrative and creator-driven content, aligning with video-focused platforms.
• cloudflare vs. perplexity ai: cloudflare counters perplexity's content scraping by de-listing its bots, amid ongoing disputes over web scraping tactics by ai startups.

tune in tomorrow for more tech insights!