Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has postponed the release of its anticipated R2 model after training efforts using Huawei's Ascend chips encountered persistent technical issues, the Financial Times reported on August 14, 2025. The company ultimately resorted to using Nvidia chips for training while employing Huawei's Ascend
Canadian AI firm Cohere officially launched its agent platform called North on August 6, 2025, enabling enterprises and government agencies to keep sensitive data within their own infrastructure while using AI. North's unique approach deploys AI systems directly in customers' environments—whether on-premises, in hybrid clouds, virtual
Sovereign AI – nations' pursuit to develop and maintain independent AI capabilities without reliance on foreign entities – has become a key strategic objective worldwide by 2025, with full independence achievable only for the United States and China. The concept began gaining prominence around 2020, particularly within European policy discussions, but
Google DeepMind released Gemini 2.5 Deep Think on August 1, 2025, the company's most advanced AI reasoning system capable of generating and evaluating multiple ideas simultaneously before selecting the best solution. This multi-agent system, first unveiled at Google I/O in May 2025, uses significantly more computational
AI-based search engine developer Perplexity is launching another funding round at a $20 billion valuation, representing a $2 billion increase from the company's July 2025 valuation of $18 billion, Business Insider reported on August 13, 2025. The startup, founded in 2022, has seen its value rise dramatically, from
Chinese higher education institutions have undergone a significant shift in their approach to AI technologies in education. As demonstrated by a recent Mycos Institute survey showing that AI use has become virtually universal across Chinese universities, with only 1% of faculty and students reporting never using AI tools, while nearly
Huawei announced in August 2025 that it will make its CANN AI GPU toolkit and Unified Cache Manager (UCM) framework open source, directly challenging Nvidia's CUDA platform's nearly two-decade monopoly in AI development ecosystems. This strategic move is particularly significant within the context of China'
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has announced that the company is considering introducing advertisements into the free version of ChatGPT, while paying Plus subscribers would continue to enjoy an ad-free experience. The statement was made during the London stop of the OpenAI Builders Tour, where Altman stressed that adverts would
Google DeepMind introduced Genie 3 on 5 August 2025, the first real-time interactive general-purpose world model capable of generating multi-minute 3D environments from text instructions. According to the research team, this technology represents a crucial step towards artificial general intelligence (AGI) by providing unlimited simulation environments for training AI agents.
The European Commission’s implementation guidance for the AI Act, published on 18 July, has been met with sharp criticism from the creative sector. A broad coalition – including GESAC (the European Grouping of Societies of Authors and Composers), IMPALA (the Independent Music Companies Association), and CISAC (the International Confederation of
On 7 August 2025, Proton launched Lumo, a privacy-focused AI assistant that applies end-to-end encryption. User queries and responses remain invisible even to Proton itself, as the AI models powering Lumo do not store conversations once interactions end. The service is available to paying Proton Unlimited, Business and Visionary subscribers,
The world’s biggest technology companies are pouring money into AI infrastructure at an unprecedented pace. Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and Meta together spent more than $300 billion on this area in 2025 alone. At the same time, Gartner estimates that global spending on data centres will reach $475 billion this
