AI News Feed

16 Oct 2025- Google updates Flow with Veo 3.1: improved motion, lighting and shadow controls, new audio generation (Ingredients/Frames/Scene Extension), object-removal, available as paid preview via Gemini API/app.

16 Oct 2025- Stanford’s AI Evo, trained on ~2M phage genomes, generated synthesized bacteriophages—16 of 302 proved functional against E. coli, promising faster phage therapies while raising safety concerns.

15 Oct 2025- OpenAI will permit erotica in ChatGPT for verified adults starting December, adding age‑verification and controls; Altman cites relaxed restrictions and formed a well‑being expert council.

14 Oct 2025- California's SB 243 requires companion chatbots to clearly disclose they're AI and, starting next year, submit annual suicide‑prevention reports to the state Office of Suicide Prevention.

14 Oct 2025- Andrew Tulloch, co‑founder of Thinking Machines Lab, left to rejoin Meta amid reported multibillion-dollar recruitment, underscoring intense competition for AI talent and Meta’s AI reorganization.

13 Oct 2025- David Pierce says OpenAI’s ChatGPT is shifting into an “operating system” hosting apps, turning the assistant into an everything app while stirring cultural debates about AI art and games.

13 Oct 2025- Teens use Snapchat’s AI to generate images of a homeless-looking man to prank parents, sparking panic, wasting police resources, demeaning unhoused people, and risking dangerous responses.

13 Oct 2025- Figure AI unveiled the Figure 03 humanoid home robot with Helix vision-language-action learning, hardware upgrades, BotQ factory plans, $1B funding, and mass-production targets despite demo reliability issues.

11 Oct 2025- OpenAI stress‑tested ChatGPT across 100 political topics with five framings; found infrequent, low‑severity bias, with GPT‑5 variants reducing bias about 30% versus older models.

11 Oct 2025- Hollywood executives unprepared as OpenAI’s Sora—topping 1M downloads—raises copyright concerns over alleged training on studio IP; music industry better organized to demand licensing.

11 Oct 2025- Google launches Gemini Enterprise: a no-code workplace AI platform with ready-made agents, partner marketplace, secure data connectors, priced $30/month; rivals like Amazon's Quick Suite focus on enterprise integration and deployment.

10 Oct 2025- Jony Ive and Sam Altman outlined OpenAI’s hardware push — post-io acquisition — designing a "family of devices" to improve emotional well‑being and curb device addiction; no immediate consumer release.

09 Oct 2025- Sam Altman at Dev Day 2025 predicts agentic AI enabling novel discovery, autonomous multi‑step agents that could run complex businesses—even “zero‑person” billion‑dollar startups—reshaping work and society.

09 Oct 2025- Google’s Gemini 2.5 Computer Use—browser‑control AI—outperforms rivals in Browserbase tests, faster and more accurate, automates UI actions with safety confirmations; available to developers via API preview.

08 Oct 2025- OpenAI's DevDay unveiled Codex as an AI co‑worker, a no‑code Agent Builder, Apps SDK for interactive ChatGPT UIs, and new models (Sora 2, GPT‑5 Pro), accelerating agentic prototyping.

07 Oct 2025- OpenAI launched a ChatGPT SDK letting third‑party apps integrate into conversations—demoed with Canva and Zillow. Early partners include Booking, Coursera, Expedia, Figma, Spotify; SDK preview available.

07 Oct 2025- Google launched an AI Vulnerability Reward Program rewarding researchers—up to $20K (or $30K with bonuses)—for exploits causing "rogue actions" in generative AI; it also unveiled CodeMender for patching.

07 Oct 2025- OpenAI adds built-in ChatGPT app integrations (Spotify, Canva, Figma, Zillow, Expedia, Coursera) to control services within conversations; EU rollout delayed, broader developer platform arriving later.

07 Oct 2025- OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT Pulse: a Pro-only, personalized daily briefing using transcripts and connected apps; ads discussed but Sam Altman says there are no current plans.

07 Oct 2025- OpenAI’s Sora went viral but faced copyright and deepfake issues; CEO Sam Altman announced opt‑in rights controls, revenue‑sharing for copyrighted or celebrity likenesses, stricter limits, and creator features.

07 Oct 2025- OpenAI's invite-only Sora topped the App Store amid content-filter backlash; Altman promises granular rights controls and revenue sharing. Leaked Agent Builder and mysterious "Cheetah" model raise dev/privacy concerns.

04 Oct 2025- OpenAI’s Sora iOS app creates 10‑second AI videos and likeness "cameos," sparking meme virality but raising deepfake, copyright, and weak‑safeguard concerns despite watermarking and identity controls.

04 Oct 2025- OpenAI completed a secondary share sale valuing it at $500B—surpassing SpaceX—employees sold ~$6.6B in shares; buyers included Thrive, SoftBank, and MGX amid rapid revenue growth.

03 Oct 2025- Ring's new AI "Search Party" scans nearby Ring outdoor cameras for matching lost-dog images, enabled by default (opt-out), sparking privacy concerns despite company reassurances.

03 Oct 2025- Apple halted its cheaper Vision Pro variant, refocusing on multiple AI- and voice-driven smart‑glasses — phone‑connected and display models — to challenge Meta’s Ray‑Ban lineup.

03 Oct 2025- Ex-OpenAI/DeepMind team raised $300M for Periodic Labs: AI-driven robotic labs that design, run, and learn from real experiments to accelerate materials and chip discovery.

02 Oct 2025- OpenAI released Sora 2, a video-generation model producing more photorealistic 5–10s clips with synchronized audio/dialogue, and launched Cameos app for AI likeness videos, raising virality and quality concerns.

01 Oct 2025- Google blocks AI-generated overviews for queries about Donald Trump’s cognitive health, returning links instead; Biden/Obama queries get summaries. Google says AI Mode won’t produce answers for every search.

01 Oct 2025- OpenAI launches Instant Checkout in ChatGPT (U.S.), enabling in-chat purchases via Stripe with Etsy initially, open-sourced Agentic Commerce Protocol, signaling a shift toward agent-driven AI commerce.

01 Oct 2025- Four major AI launches: OpenAI adds in-chat Instant Checkout with Stripe; Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.5 and developer tools; Microsoft adds Copilot Agent Mode; DeepSeek unveils cost‑saving long‑context model.

30 Sep 2025- Microsoft centralizes Windows engineering under one organization led by Pavan Davuluri, consolidating core teams to accelerate AI features and create an "Agentic OS," while some components remain with Azure.

30 Sep 2025- California enacted SB 53, requiring large "frontier AI" developers to publish safety/security frameworks and updates, establish incident reporting and whistleblower protections, with civil penalties; industry reaction split.

30 Sep 2025- Xicoia’s synthetic performer Tilly Norwood is courting Hollywood agencies, sparking actor boycotts and industry debate over representation, compensation, and ownership of AI-driven performers.

29 Sep 2025- Generative-AI firms court Hollywood with text-to-image/video deals (e.g., Critterz), promising cost cuts but facing technical limits, legal battles, labor concerns, and uncertain creative value.

29 Sep 2025- Trump posted then removed an AI-generated fake Fox News clip on Truth Social promoting the “MedBed” conspiracy; Fox News says the segment never aired and the motive is unclear.

29 Sep 2025- Larry Ellison and Oracle expanding into media — reportedly seeking US control of TikTok — raising concerns about consolidation, influence over news, and combining data, AI infrastructure, and platforms.

29 Sep 2025- Turing winner Richard Sutton argues LLMs mimic language without goals; advocates continual, reward-driven OaK agents that learn from experience, highlighting autonomy versus safety amid rapid compute scaling.

27 Sep 2025- YouTube is testing AI hosts in YouTube Music radio stations and mixes via a limited YouTube Labs trial, offering commentary, stories, and trivia to enhance listening for select U.S. participants.

27 Sep 2025- Meta launches internal robotics effort to build humanoid "Metabot," pairing with its Superintelligence AI lab to develop world models and dexterous manipulation software, aiming to license robot software to manufacturers.

27 Sep 2025- Microsoft tests AI in Windows 11 Photos to auto-sort images into receipts, screenshots, identity documents, and handwritten notes (cross-language), rolling out to Insiders on Copilot Plus PCs.

27 Sep 2025- OpenAI launched ChatGPT Pulse, a Pro-preview that generates personalized daily morning briefings from chat history and optional Gmail/Calendar, producing 5–10 curated cards with feedback controls and usage caps.

27 Sep 2025- OpenAI's GDPval benchmark tests 1,320 real‑world tasks across 44 occupations; Claude Opus 4.1 often outperformed humans, GPT‑5 excelled in accuracy, showing huge speed/cost gains but persistent errors and risks.

26 Sep 2025- Microsoft prototyped AI‑designed microfluidic cooling etched into silicon channels, cutting GPU silicon temperature rise 65% and promising denser, more efficient datacenters, though timeline and durability remain uncertain.

26 Sep 2025- Google Cloud’s DORA report: ~90% of developers use AI assistants (~2 hours/day), improving efficiency and code quality but trust lags; DORA AI Capabilities Model outlines seven practices.

26 Sep 2025- Microsoft adds Anthropic’s Claude (Sonnet 4, Opus 4.1) to Microsoft 365 Copilot, creating an opt‑in multi‑model picker; Claude runs on Anthropic’s infrastructure, sending data outside Microsoft.

25 Sep 2025- Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5: a flagship mobile SoC emphasizing on‑device AI with a 3rd‑gen Oryon CPU, faster Hexagon NPU, improved GPU, camera AI and X85 modem.

25 Sep 2025- Nvidia and OpenAI signed a LOI for Nvidia to deploy 10 GW of systems (millions of GPUs) and potentially invest up to $100B; first gigawatt via Vera Rubin in 2026.

25 Sep 2025- OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank unveil a massive "Stargate" data‑center buildout targeting ~7 GW and $400B in investments; Altman touts "Abundant Intelligence"; voice-privacy demo and Alibaba Qwen updates.

22 Sep 2025- Trump's new H‑1B proclamation hikes visa costs to $100,000 and creates a broad DHS "national interest" waiver, enabling political leverage over tech firms, banks, and universities.

22 Sep 2025- OpenAI is recruiting ex‑Apple hardware talent and partnering with iPhone suppliers to build consumer AI devices—speaker, glasses, wearables—targeting a late‑2026/early‑2027 debut.