Story Book 980: 🚀 AI is scaling — and not just in model size. Users, capital, infrastructure and even electricity demand are scaling with it. A few developments this week caught my attention: 🔹 Google Gemini crossed 1 billion monthly users. AI assistants are no longer an emerging behavior. They’re becoming part of everyday digital life. 🔹 Anthropic is moving toward invisible watermarking for Claude-generated content. The interesting part isn’t only AI detection — it’s the growing importance of provenance, transparency and governance as AI-generated content becomes ubiquitous. 🔹 Brad Lightcap, OpenAI’s former COO and longtime executive, is leaving after eight years to “start something new.” Another reminder that the people who helped build the first wave of generative AI companies are beginning to shape the next one. 🔹 xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin’s River AI raised $1.1B. Its direction is particularly interesting: enabling organizations to train, tune and own customized AI u...