On 11 September 2025, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched an investigation into the AI chatbot technologies of seven major companies to assess their potential negative impacts on children and teenagers. As part of the inquiry, the FTC sent formal requests for information to Alphabet (Google), OpenAI, Meta, xAI,
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
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
Hackers have uncovered a critical security flaw in Google Gemini AI, through which even a seemingly harmless calendar entry could be enough to take control of smart home systems. The vulnerability was disclosed in August 2025, and it became clear that attackers could bypass standard authentication processes and gain access
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, announced on the X social platform on June 10th, 2025, that the release of the company's first open-source AI model will be delayed until later this summer. The model, previously announced in April 2025, is being postponed due to safety concerns, highlighting the
Meta's AI chatbot service recently raised serious privacy concerns after thousands of users discovered their supposedly private conversations appeared publicly in the app's Discover feed. The issue came to light in early June 2025, when users reported seeing their personal health questions, dating advice, and other
The EU AI Code of Practice establishes a significant new benchmark for AI safety practices, setting mandatory requirements for models exceeding 10^25 FLOPs. The European Commission released the three chapters of the General Purpose AI Code of Practice on July 10, 2025, as a voluntary tool to help industry
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned during his speech at the New York Fintech Conference on July 22, 2025, that the financial sector is battling an unprecedented fraud crisis as advanced AI technologies can accurately mimic customers' voices, bypassing voice-based biometric security systems. According to Altman, financial institutions reported $7.
In July 2025, a serious privacy flaw was discovered in the Meta AI application that caused users' conversations to automatically become public due to default settings, making personal questions and answers visible to anyone, which most users were unprepared for. The root of the problem was the app'
Mattel and OpenAI announced a strategic collaboration on June 12, 2025, to develop AI-powered toys and experiences expected to launch later this year. The Barbie maker will utilise OpenAI's technology to "bring the magic of AI to age-appropriate play experiences" with an emphasis on innovation, privacy,
A Polish researcher demonstrated in April 2025 that ChatGPT-4o can be used to create a convincing fake passport in just 5 minutes that passes automated KYC (Know Your Customer) checks. The fraudulent document created by Borys Musielak was so realistic that it successfully bypassed automated verification systems of major fintech
