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Sam Altman Says Without AI Model Training Costs OpenAI Would Be Far More Profitable

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Sam Altman Says Without AI Model Training Costs OpenAI Would Be Far More Profitable

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, stated at a press dinner in San Francisco on August 15, 2025, that the company would already be profitable from running AI models if they didn't have to pay for training new ones. Altman discussed in detail the period following GPT-5's

The Paradox of Algorithmic Management in Hungary: Increasing Transparency While Reshaping Worker Agency

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The Paradox of Algorithmic Management in Hungary: Increasing Transparency While Reshaping Worker Agency

Algorithmic management (AM) has become a key research focus in the sociology of work, especially concerning platform work, but is increasingly spreading to traditional workplaces. A recent study by Csaba Makó, Miklós Illéssy, József Pap, Éva Farkas and László Komlósi, published in the Journal of Labor and Society under the

AI Is Fundamentally Reshaping the Consulting Profession: McKinsey Repositions Its Role Amid Workforce Reductions and the Large-Scale Deployment of AI Tools

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AI Is Fundamentally Reshaping the Consulting Profession: McKinsey Repositions Its Role Amid Workforce Reductions and the Large-Scale Deployment of AI Tools

One of the world's largest consulting firms, McKinsey & Company, is confronting a serious challenge as AI increasingly demonstrates the ability to perform traditional consulting tasks faster and at lower cost. Kate Smaje, a senior partner leading McKinsey's AI initiatives, acknowledged to The Wall Street Journal

OpenAI Adjusted The GPT-5 Model To A More Friendly Tone Following User Feedback

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OpenAI Adjusted The GPT-5 Model To A More Friendly Tone Following User Feedback

In August 2025, OpenAI released the GPT-5 language model, which the company described as a significant leap in intelligence, but a substantial group of users expressed disappointment and preferred the earlier GPT-4o version. The negative feedback was so strong that Sam Altman, OpenAI's CEO, eventually yielded to the

Trump: Royalties Would Hinder American AI Progress

Trump: Royalties Would Hinder American AI Progress

President Trump declared on 23 July 2025 at a Washington AI summit that requiring royalties for copyrighted works used in AI development is practically unfeasible and would disadvantage the United States against China. Speaking at the Andrew Mellon Auditorium, Trump advocated for a common sense approach allowing unfettered AI development,

Pentagon has Signed $200 Million Contract With Musk's xAI For Grok Deployment

Pentagon has Signed $200 Million Contract With Musk's xAI For Grok Deployment

The Pentagon has signed a $200 million contract with Elon Musk's xAI to deploy the Grok chatbot across government agencies. The agreement is part of "Grok for Government", a programme enabling the technology's use across federal, local, and national security organisations. The contract aligns

China Proposes New Global AI Cooperation Organisation

China Proposes New Global AI Cooperation Organisation

China unveiled a comprehensive plan on July 26, 2025 to expand its role in artificial intelligence governance, including the creation of a global cooperation organisation, as Beijing and Washington compete for technological leadership. Chinese Premier Li Qiang warned at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai that AI innovation

First World Humanoid Robot Games Kick Off in Beijing

First World Humanoid Robot Games Kick Off in Beijing

China launched the first Humanoid Robot World Games in Beijing on 14 August 2025, where 280 teams from 16 countries and more than 500 robots competed in 487 events across 26 categories. Over three days, the robots took part not only in sporting contests such as running, football and table

Perplexity Offers to Buy Chrome from Google for $34.5 Billion

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Perplexity Offers to Buy Chrome from Google for $34.5 Billion

AI-based search engine Perplexity made an unsolicited offer on August 12, 2025, to purchase Google's Chrome browser for $34.5 billion in cash, a figure more than twenty-two times the total investment capital the company has raised to date. Perplexity promised to keep Chrome's underlying engine,

DeepSeek Delays New AI Model Due to Huawei Chip Issues

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DeepSeek Delays New AI Model Due to Huawei Chip Issues

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

Cohere Launches the North Platform: A New Solution for AI Adoption in Highly Regulated Sectors

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Cohere Launches the North Platform: A New Solution for AI Adoption in Highly Regulated Sectors

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

The Global Race for Sovereign AI

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The Global Race for Sovereign AI

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 Launches Gemini Deep Think AI That Tests Multiple Ideas in Parallel

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Google Launches Gemini Deep Think AI That Tests Multiple Ideas in Parallel

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

Perplexity Targets $20 Billion Valuation in New Funding Round

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Perplexity Targets $20 Billion Valuation in New Funding Round

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 Universities Want Students to Use More AI, Not Less

Chinese Universities Want Students to Use More AI, Not Less

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's Open-Source AI Strategy Challenges Nvidia's Nearly 20-Year Dominance

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Huawei's Open-Source AI Strategy Challenges Nvidia's Nearly 20-Year Dominance

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'

OpenAI Considers Introducing Ads to the Free Version of ChatGPT

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OpenAI Considers Introducing Ads to the Free Version of ChatGPT

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 Unveils Genie 3: New World Model Towards Artificial General Intelligence

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Google DeepMind Unveils Genie 3: New World Model Towards Artificial General Intelligence

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.

Creative Industry Organisations Claim the EU AI Act Fails to Protect Copyright in the Age of Generative AI

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Creative Industry Organisations Claim the EU AI Act Fails to Protect Copyright in the Age of Generative AI

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

Proton Launches Lumo, a Privacy-Focused AI Assistant

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Proton Launches Lumo, a Privacy-Focused AI Assistant

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,

Big Tech’s $300 Billion AI Infrastructure Race Is Driving a Dramatic Surge in Energy and Water Demand

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Big Tech’s $300 Billion AI Infrastructure Race Is Driving a Dramatic Surge in Energy and Water Demand

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

South Korea Halts Ambitious AI Textbook Programme Amid Teachers’ and Parents’ Criticism

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South Korea Halts Ambitious AI Textbook Programme Amid Teachers’ and Parents’ Criticism

On August 5, 2025, the South Korean Ministry of Education announced the cancellation of its previously ambitious AI textbook programme, which had originally launched in 2023 with 300 billion won (approximately $230 million) in government funding. The programme, which was part of President Yoon Suk Yeol's K-Digital initiative,

Anthropic has introduced two new learning methods for developers and users.

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Anthropic has introduced two new learning methods for developers and users.

On August 13, 2025, Anthropic unveiled Claude AI's two new educational styles: Explanatory and Learning modes, which completely transform how programming is taught and learned. The Explanatory mode enables Claude to explain its reasoning step-by-step, sharing architecture decisions, tradeoffs, and best practices while writing code. The Learning mode,

Cloudflare Accuses Perplexity of Bypassing Website Protections Against Content Scraping

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Cloudflare Accuses Perplexity of Bypassing Website Protections Against Content Scraping

In its August 2025 report, Cloudflare accused Perplexity AI of deliberately bypassing website protection systems and technical restrictions designed to prevent their content being harvested for AI training. The company identified suspicious activity across more than 32,000 websites in the space of three months. According to the report, Perplexity’