Good morning, AI enthusiasts. Andreessen Horowitz just dropped its latest snapshot of which AI apps people actually use — and while ChatGPT still reigns supreme, the real story might be in who's climbing fast.

With Chinese apps quietly dominating mobile and vibe coding tools surging up the charts, the consumer AI landscape is shifting in ways nobody predicted.

Reminder: Our next live workshop is Friday at 4 PM EST with The Rundown’s AI Educator, Nate Grahek — join and learn all the latest tips and tricks for getting the most out of ChatGPT. RSVP here.

In today’s AI rundown:

• A16z’s fifth GenAI consumer app rankings

• AI giants team up on model safety testing

• Create stylish presentations with Canva AI

• Microsoft brings Copilot AI to your TV

• 4 new AI tools, community workflows, and more

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

AI TRENDS

🏆 A16z’s fifth GenAI consumer app rankings

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The Rundown: VC firm Andreessen Horowitz published the fifth edition of its ‘Top 100 GenAI Consumer Apps’ list, analyzing overall usage, featuring OpenAI leading the pack with Google right behind, the rise of vibe coding, and Chinese dominance in mobile AI.

The details:

• Gemini came in at No. 2 behind ChatGPT, capturing 12% of ChatGPT's web traffic — with Google’s AI Studio, NotebookLM, and Labs all also making the list.

• Grok is climbing the rankings at No. 4, showing a significant usage increase around Grok 4 and its AI companion launches.

• Chinese-developed apps took 22 of the 50 slots on the mobile rankings, despite only three of them being primarily used in the country.

• Vibe coding startups, including Lovable (No. 23), Cursor (No. 26), and Replit (No. 41), all rose on the list, with Bolt also featured on the ‘brink’ of cutoffs.

Why it matters: This usage-based snapshot is a good look at the pulse of shifting consumer trends in the space, and the stabilizing winners that continue as mainstays at the top of the charts. The rise of vibe coding apps in just five months shows how quickly adoption is growing in the AI-powered development space, in particular.

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OPENAI & ANTHROPIC

🧪 AI giants team up on model safety testing

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The Rundown: OpenAI and Anthropic just published new internal safety evaluations on each other’s models in a joint collaboration, testing leading models for risky behaviors, alignment, and real-world safety issues.

The details:

• The companies tested GPT-4o, o3, Claude Opus 4, and Sonnet 4 for a range of behaviors, including misuse, whistleblowing, and more.

• OpenAI’s o3 showed the strongest alignment overall among OpenAI models, with 4o and 4.1 being more likely to cooperate with harmful requests.

• Models from both labs attempted whistleblowing in simulated criminal organizations, also using blackmail to prevent shutdown.

• Testing showed varying approaches, with OpenAI models hallucinating more but answering more questions, and Claude prioritizing certainty over utility.

Why it matters: This safety collab is a welcome sight for accountability and transparency in the space, with two of the top labs in the world testing each other’s models instead of relying on internal evaluations. With models only continuing to grow more capable, the need for deep safety probing is more important than ever.

Note — GPT-5 was not yet released at the time of the testing, which is why it was not included in the evaluations.

AI TRAINING

🔥 Create stylish presentations with Canva AI

The Rundown: In this tutorial, you will learn how to use Canva AI to generate professional presentations that don't look cookie-cutter — combining AI speed with full editing control for decks that actually feel custom.

Step-by-step:

1. Go to canva.com and click into the text box on the homepage to instantly open Canva AI (or click the Canva AI logo)

2. Describe your presentation: "Create a 2026 business plan template companies can fill in with their own info"

3. Pick from the style options: Playful & colorful for creative teams, formal & polished for finance, or clean hybrids (the sweet spot)

4. Click "Use Canva Editor" to customize — swap stock images for product shots, change colors/fonts, add slides

5. Share with teammates, export to PPT, record voice-overs, or download as PDF

Pro tip: Create templated versions with placeholders you can fill in later. Canva gives you AI speed plus full editing freedom so your deck feels truly yours, not AI-generated.

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OPENAI

📺 Microsoft brings Copilot AI to your TV

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The Rundown: Microsoft announced that Copilot will be embedded into Samsung’s 2025 TVs and smart monitors, giving the AI assistant an animated blob-like character that can field movie recommendations, episode recaps, general questions, and more.

The details:

• The assistant appears on-screen as an animated blob-like character that lip-syncs and reacts visually as it responds to questions and prompts.

• Copilot integrates directly into Samsung’s Tizen OS, Daily+, with users able to access it via remote or voice commands.

• The AI companion enables group-friendly features like suggesting shows and providing spoiler-free recaps, plus everyday help like weather to planning.

• Signed-in users can also leverage personalization features like remembering conversations and preferences.

Why it matters: While Copilot’s infusion is a (baby) step towards AI being embedded into every home, these listed features don’t feel like major needle movers. But the tech is coming, and connecting across every aspect and appliance in a user’s life will be the endgame for a true smart-home style ecosystem of personalized intelligence.

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📰 Everything else in AI today

China is reportedly aiming to triple its production of AI chips in the next year to reduce the need for Nvidia chips in the wake of U.S. export controls.

OpenAI published a new blog detailing additional safety measures on the heels of a lawsuit from parents alleging the AI assisted in their son’s suicide.

Anthropic announced the Anthropic National Security and Public Sector Advisory Council, focused on accelerating AI across the public sector.

Google is rolling out new features to its Vids AI video editing platform, including image-to-video capabilities, AI avatars, automatic transcript trimming, and more.

Nous Research introduced Hermes 4, a family of open-weight, hybrid reasoning models designed to be neutral and avoid sycophancy.

A group of authors settled their lawsuit against Anthropic, coming after the court ruled in June that the company’s use of books for training was fair use.

COMMUNITY

🤝 Community AI workflows

Every newsletter, we showcase how a reader is using AI to work smarter, save time, or make life easier.

Today’s workflow comes from reader Greg S. in Atlanta, GA:

"I run a number of different workflows using n8n and AI agents. The one I love the most is my weekly review of all emails from my 13-year-old twins’ schools. They go to different schools, so keeping up with the events, deadlines, and expectations from each school can be frustrating at best. It causes lots of disconnects at times. Having my agents review all the emails, one at a time to summarize the key points, and then aggregate those into a single view is a life (and potentially marriage) saver."

How do you use AI? Tell us here.

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