DuckDuckGo’s $9.99-per-month subscription now provides access to the most advanced AI models via its Duck.ai chatbot, including GPT-5, Claude Sonnet 4 and Llama Maverick. The free plan remains available, but only with older models such as GPT-4o mini or Claude 3.5 Haiku. The company stressed that
The OECD's August 2025 analysis of AI openness reveals that traditional "open source" terminology does not fully capture the complexities specific to AI systems. The study published in August 2025 demonstrates that AI openness exists on a spectrum from fully closed systems with restricted access to
Character.AI, once a billion-dollar startup promising to bring personalized superintelligence to everyone, has implemented a significant strategic shift. Karandeep Anand, appointed as the company's CEO in June 2025, announced that the firm has abandoned its founders' Noam Shazeer and Daniel de Freitas' aspirations to develop
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
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,
California will launch the nation's first artificial intelligence-based electrical grid management system on August 1, 2025, which is expected to reduce power outages by 47% and significantly improve renewable energy integration. The $289 million investment, approved by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), deploys an advanced AI system
WOOHOO, the first fully AI-operated restaurant, will open its doors on August 15, 2025, in Dubai, marking a significant milestone in hospitality automation and practical applications of AI technology. The restaurant is being jointly developed by the Dubai Future Foundation and Emirates Hospitality Group, and will be located in the
The United States Senate voted 99-1 to strike down the proposed state AI regulation moratorium after 4 a.m. on July 1, 2025, which had originally been included in President Trump's tax cut legislation. The proposal initially sought a 10-year ban on state AI laws, later reduced to
India has launched an ambitious strategy to achieve technological independence in artificial intelligence, focusing on domestically developed AI models and infrastructure. The Indian government announced the Bhashini Digital India AI Mission programme on June 15, 2025, which allocates $12 billion (1 trillion rupees) investment over the next five years in
AI infrastructure startup Parasail officially launched its AI Deployment Network platform on 2 April 2025, offering real-time, on-demand access to GPU resources, including Nvidia's H100, H200, A100, and 4090 GPUs, at significantly lower costs than traditional cloud providers. The company's proprietary orchestration engine automatically matches workloads
