Artificial Intelligence News 17 October 2025 - 19 October 2025

Intel’s stock market roller-coaster has become one of 2025’s top stories. After languishing in the teens and low-$20s in early 2025, INTC shares have roared higher in recent months. By Oct. 17 the stock closed around $37, its highest since 2023 ts2.tech. As TS2.tech notes, the shares have “nearly doubled from its lows in January” on hopes of a turnaround ts2.tech. Much of the surge is tied to investor excitement over Intel’s role in the AI chip revolution and a flurry of unexpected big-money deals. One key catalyst was Washington’s intervention. In late August the Trump administration announced it would

NVDA Stock Rollercoaster Near Record Highs Nvidia’s stock (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been on a wild ride this month. Shares reached an all-time high around $195.62 in early October amid frenzied buying, only to reverse sharply a few days laterts2.tech. By Oct. 14, NVDA plunged over 4% in one session to roughly $180 as traders took profits and a broader tech sell-off hit high-flying namests2.tech. The pullback was short-lived – by the end of the week the stock rebounded to the low-$180s, showing resilience after the mid-week dipts2.tech. Nvidia is still trading near its peak levels, about 58% higher than a

Tech Titans Chase the Holy Grail of AGI For decades, achieving artificial general intelligence – machines with human-level cognitive abilities across any task – has been the holy grail of AI research. In 2023, the stunning leap of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and GPT-4 brought that distant dream much closer to mainstream plausibility. Now in late 2025, the world’s largest tech companies are locked in an “unprecedented” arms race, spending hundreds of billions to be the first to cross the AGI finish line ts2.tech. Together, firms like OpenAI (with backer Microsoft), Google (through DeepMind), Meta, Anthropic, Amazon and more plan to invest

Intel Stock Price: Recent Moves and Momentum Intel’s share price has been on a roller-coaster in recent days, reflecting both excitement and caution. As of market close on Oct. 17, INTC traded in the high-$36 rangets2.tech, roughly flat for the week. The stock briefly spiked toward $38 earlier in the month – a new 52-week high – after reports that Intel was in talks to have AMD as a chip fabrication customerts2.tech. That October 2 report (via Semafor) sent Intel up almost 4% intradayts2.tech, but gains faded when Deutsche Bank quickly warned the stock was overextended at those levels, urging

Key Facts: – Oscar Health (NYSE: OSCR) shares have surged in early October 2025, recently trading around $21–22 (up ~40% YTD)ts2.techmarketbeat.com. The stock hit about $21.50 on Oct 3 (+11% on the day) and was trading near $21.76 on Oct 14 (+6.7%)ts2.techmarketbeat.com. – Oscar announced a $410 million convertible debt offering in September 2025 to fund AI-driven technology and growth initiativests2.tech. Proceeds will back “strategic initiatives focused on AI” and expansion of member servicesbusinesswire.comts2.tech. – The company also forged a major partnership with Midwestern grocer Hy‑Vee: launching “Hy‑Vee Health with Oscar”, an employer health plan in Iowa. CEO Mark Bertolini