Musk announced Macrohard, a purely AI-based software company operating under xAI, on August 22, 2025, posing a direct challenge to Microsoft. The venture's name is a play on words that pokes fun at Microsoft, though Musk emphasized that the project is genuine and serious. The entrepreneur stated that
Chinese AI firm DeepSeek released its new 685-billion parameter V3.1 artificial intelligence model on August 19, 2025. This system directly challenges American AI giants, as the model uploaded to the Hugging Face platform achieved a 71.6% score on the Aider coding benchmark. This result surpasses Claude Opus 4&
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
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
China published its Global AI Governance Action Plan on 26 July, just days after the United States released its AI blueprint on 23 July. Premier Li Qiang announced the establishment of a new global AI cooperation organisation at Shanghai's World Artificial Intelligence Conference, where over 800 companies showcased
Leading technology billionaires including Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos are actively investing in artificial general intelligence (AGI) and superintelligence development, claiming their goal is to save humanity. Still, experts suggest these grandiose visions conceal their true motivations. Analysis published by Live Science indicates that AGI is
