Google Introduces New AI Feature Providing Voice-Based Summaries of Search Results, Expanding the Search Labs Experimental Platform Google launched testing of Audio Overviews on its Search Labs platform on June 13, 2025, allowing users to listen to brief voice summaries of search results rather than reading them on screen. This
The European Commission adopted a delegated act on April 15, 2025, regulating independent researchers' access to data from very large online platforms (VLOPs) and very large online search engines (VLOSEs) under the Digital Services Act (DSA). This legislation marks a milestone as it establishes, for the first time, a
Generative artificial intelligence tools are increasingly being integrated into scientific research practice. While these technologies offer significant productivity benefits, their application is not without considerable challenges. Due to their inherent nature, generative models are prone to producing factually inaccurate but convincingly presented content, which poses a serious risk to scientific
Google DeepMind unveiled a new artificial intelligence model called Gemini Robotics On-Device on June 24, 2025, designed to execute tasks locally on robots without an internet connection. This vision language action (VLA) model builds on the company's previous cloud-based Gemini Robotics released in March, but has been specifically
Meta signed a 20-year agreement with Constellation Energy to secure nuclear power for meeting rising energy needs from AI infrastructure, announced on June 3rd. The deal will expand Clinton Clean Energy Center's output by 30 megawatts, preserve 1,100 local jobs and generate $13.5 million in annual
Research published on June 3rd by the Alan Turing Institute and supported by the LEGO Group reveals that 22% of children aged 8-12 use generative AI, primarily ChatGPT, for learning and play. The study surveyed 780 children, their parents, and 1,001 teachers, and conducted workshops with 40 children in
In May 2025, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned the public that AI technology could eliminate 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs within the next five years, potentially causing unemployment to spike to between 10% and 20%. Amodei stated that companies and the government are "sugarcoating" the risks of AI
The High-Level Expert Panel on Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), convened by the UN Council of Presidents of the General Assembly (UNCPGA), released its report titled "Governance of the Transition to Artificial General Intelligence: Urgent Considerations for the UN General Assembly" in 2024, calling for urgent, coordinated international action
In the European Union, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as a foundational instrument, mandating stringent controls on personal data processing within AI systems (Novelli et al. 2024). Complementary legislation, such as the EU AI Act, introduces risk-based classifications to ensure ethical deployment (European Data Protection Board 2024). In
Meta Platforms is in talks to make an investment that could exceed $10 billion in Scale AI, an artificial intelligence startup currently valued at $13.8 billion. Bloomberg News reported on the not-yet-finalised deal on June 8, 2025, which would mark Meta's largest external AI investment to date.
Walt Disney and Comcast Universal studios filed a copyright lawsuit against Midjourney on June 11, 2025, calling it a "bottomless pit of plagiarism". In the complaint filed in California Federal Court, the companies allege that the AI image generator created and distributed innumerable copies of their iconic characters
ChatGPT, OpenAI's popular AI chatbot, suffered a decisive defeat against a 46-year-old Atari 2600 chess program when researcher Stephen Cobb pitted the two systems against each other in March 2024. During the experiment, the gaming console won five out of six matches, with ChatGPT securing only a single
