Artificial Intelligence News 17 October 2025 - 18 October 2025

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

Stock Performance & Recent Moves: Rekor stock has surged lately on a combination of upbeat corporate news and broader tech buzz. After closing around $2.60 on Oct. 16, REKR jumped roughly 20% on Oct. 17 (trading near $3.17)tradingview.com. This continued a steep one-month rally: TS2.tech notes the shares have climbed about 73% in the past 30 daysts2.tech. This meteoric rise came as the company previewed blowout third-quarter results and rolled out new contracts. Wall Street observers say the valuation – now about 5.8× sales – appears “fair” relative to peers given Rekor’s growth outlookts2.tech. (By comparison, Rekor grew revenue ~7%