What's trending in AI right now, from the app charts to the community feeds. Real links, our take.
ChatGPT's old voice modes are going away on December 11
OpenAI announced that Standard Voice and Advanced Voice will shut off on December 11, replaced entirely by GPT-Live. The community reaction has been loud this week, with ChatGPT users feeling blindsided despite having a month's notice. OpenAI's reasoning is that nearly everyone using voice had already switched to GPT-Live anyway, and voice usage roughly doubled after GPT-Live launched. There is one real gap: GPT-Live still cannot handle live video or screen sharing, so those features will keep running on the old Advanced Voice technology for now.
Anthropic released two new Claude models this week
On November 9, Anthropic launched Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2. Both run up to 30 percent faster than their predecessors and use fewer tokens on complex tasks. Fable 5.2 is the standard public release; Mythos 5.2 is a less restricted version available through enterprise and research programs. YouTube coverage has been heavy since the announcement, with reviewers benchmarking the models against other frontrunners.
ChatGPT is still running away with the market
New data published this week shows ChatGPT holding 81.2 percent of global AI chatbot sessions, with 61.35 billion monthly sessions and around 1.2 billion weekly active users as of September. After slowing earlier in the year, the platform's growth rate is back up. Claude and Gemini are both growing, but neither has narrowed the gap in any meaningful way. It is a useful gut-check on how lopsided the consumer AI market still is.
AI video tools are climbing the app charts
Both Runway: AI Image & Video and a separate "AI Video Generator + Creator" app each climbed three spots in the charts this week. Runway bundles multiple video generation models into one mobile app, which removes the friction of signing up for different services. Two video tools moving in the same week suggests growing mainstream interest in mobile AI video creation, not just activity from early adopters.
AI-generated short dramas are becoming a real genre
VibeShort: AI Short Dramas climbed five spots this week. The app has crossed five million downloads since launching earlier this year, serving bite-sized episodes rendered as AI-generated comic panels. Episodes run one to two minutes, mostly romance and fantasy stories built for mobile. A 4.5-star rating across hundreds of thousands of reviews suggests this format is connecting with a real audience.
Self-hosted AI gets a proper mobile client
Conduit, a native mobile app for Open WebUI and direct model connections, jumped six spots in the Productivity chart this week. If you run a local AI setup or connect to a private company server, Conduit gives you a clean way to do it from iOS or Android. A recent update added home screen widgets for quicker access. The chart movement is a small signal that the self-hosted AI crowd is big enough to register in mainstream app rankings.