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AI & Gaming Giants Clash: Altman's Fury, Gemini's Rise, Steam's Delay!

AI Chatbot Gemini Surpasses 750 Million Users, Valve Delays Steam Machine

Google's AI chatbot, Gemini, has exceeded 750 million monthly active users (MAUs), according to the company's fourth-quarter 2025 earnings, illustrating the rapid consumer adoption of the AI tool. This news comes as Valve announced a delay in the shipping schedule and pricing plans for its Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller hardware, citing a RAM crisis as the cause. Meanwhile, in the AI sector, Anthropic released Super Bowl commercials for its Claude chatbot, and business identity verification startup Duna, co-founded by Stripe alumni, raised a €30 million Series A funding round. Nintendo also released a new Virtual Boy peripheral for the Switch, which has been met with mixed reviews.

Google reported 650 million monthly active users for Gemini last quarter, indicating substantial growth in a short period. While Gemini is gaining traction, it still trails behind its biggest rival, ChatGPT, which is estimated to have around 810 million MAUs in late 2025. The recently revealed number comes on the heels of the launch of Gemini 3, which showcases the company's most advanced model yet, providing responses that the company claims exhibit an unprecedented level of understanding.

Valve announced that it has to revisit its shipping schedule and pricing plans for the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller. The company had first announced its hardware in November 2025.

Anthropic's Super Bowl commercial for Claude featured a chatbot offering advice, with one ad humorously depicting a fictitious cougar-dating site called Golden Encounters. Anthropic stated that while ads are coming to AI, they won't be coming to its own chatbot, Claude.

Duna, a business identity verification startup based in Germany and the Netherlands, raised a €30 million Series A funding round led by Alphabet's growth fund CapitalG. The startup was co-founded by Stripe alumni Duco van Lanschot and David Schreiber. Duna helps fintech companies with customers including Plaid.

Nintendo's new Virtual Boy peripheral for the Switch has been described as "more fun to look at than to play" by Charles Pulliam-Moore of The Verge. He noted that the console's infamy is part of what has made it such a cultural touchstone.

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