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Artificial Intelligence News 16 August 2025 - 28 August 2025

LLMOps Boom: The 2025 AI Agent Platform Landscape Unveiled

LLMOps Boom: The 2025 AI Agent Platform Landscape Unveiled

Key Facts & Takeaways Market Spend by Stack Layer: From Data to Deployment The LLMOps ecosystem can be viewed in stack layers – from the infrastructure and data foundations up through model orchestration and finally evaluation/monitoring. Each layer is attracting significant investment as enterprises build out end-to-end GenAI capabilities: Enterprise Adoption Trends and Use Cases Across Industries Enterprise adoption of large language models and AI agents has accelerated dramatically in the past 18 months, cutting across virtually every sector. Where are companies actually deploying LLMs, and to what end? A few key trends and use cases stand out: Despite these
28 August 2025
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Global AI-PC Market Outlook 2025–2030: Rise of the NPU-Enabled Personal Computer

Global AI-PC Market Outlook 2025–2030: Rise of the NPU-Enabled Personal Computer

AI-Powered PC Shipments Surge (2025–2030 Forecast) AI PCs – defined by hardware and software optimized for on-device AI – are on a steep adoption curve. Industry analysts are exceedingly bullish on shipment growth through the latter 2020s: It’s worth noting that these rosy forecasts assume that compelling use cases for on-device AI continue to develop. Some industry experts caution there could be speed bumps (e.g. if users don’t see enough everyday benefit to justify upgrades). But so far, investment in AI features by both software and hardware vendors is only intensifying. Real-time language transcription, personal AI assistants, local generative AI
28 August 2025
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Photonic AI Accelerators vs. GPUs – The Battle for AI’s Future in Efficiency, Cost, and Scale

Photonic AI Accelerators vs. GPUs – The Battle for AI’s Future in Efficiency, Cost, and Scale

1. Performance per Watt: Photon vs. Electron Efficiency One of the biggest promises of photonic AI accelerators is superior energy efficiency. By using light to perform computations (especially matrix multiplications at the heart of AI models), photonic chips can potentially execute more operations per joule than electronic GPUs: Bottom Line: On raw efficiency, photonic accelerators can theoretically leave GPUs in the dust, performing AI computations with 10× to 1000× less energy. Early evidence (both academic and startup) backs significant gains – e.g. >10× energy reduction for optical matrix math earlybird.com. However, achieving these gains outside the lab will require overcoming
28 August 2025
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Google’s Gemini 1.5 Flash – The Lightning-Fast AI Model Redefining the Game

Google’s Gemini 1.5 Flash – The Lightning-Fast AI Model Redefining the Game

What is Google Gemini 1.5 Flash? Gemini 1.5 Flash is a cutting-edge large language model (LLM) and part of Google’s Gemini AI family. Announced in 2024 as an upgrade to Google’s Gemini 1.0, it represents the company’s effort to leap ahead in the AI race. Google CEO Sundar Pichai described Gemini 1.5 as a “next-generation model” that achieved comparable quality to Gemini 1.0 Ultra while using less compute blog.google. In other words, 1.5 Flash is more efficient – it can match the prowess of the previous flagship model but runs faster and cheaper. The “Flash” moniker highlights its focus on
28 August 2025
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AI Revolution Unfolds in 48 Hours: $3 Trillion Forecasts, $9B Bets, and New AI Rules

AI Revolution Unfolds in 48 Hours: $3 Trillion Forecasts, $9B Bets, and New AI Rules

Big Tech: Soaring Forecasts and Massive Investments Nvidia’s record quarter fuels optimism. On Aug. 27, chipmaker Nvidia delivered another strong earnings report, defying recent chatter about an “AI bubble.” Revenue for the latest quarter hit $46.7 billion (56% higher year-on-year), slightly topping analyst estimates abcnews.go.com. More importantly, CEO Jensen Huang struck an emphatically bullish tone on AI’s trajectory. “A new industrial revolution has started. The AI race is on,” Huang declared on an investor call, predicting “$3 trillion to $4 trillion in AI infrastructure spend by the end of the decade” reuters.com. This jaw-dropping forecast – a multi-trillion dollar market by 2030 –
28 August 2025
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AI Stock Whiplash: Nvidia’s $4 Trillion Test, Intel’s Shocking Deal & a Global Tech Rollercoaster

AI Stock Whiplash: Nvidia’s $4 Trillion Test, Intel’s Shocking Deal & a Global Tech Rollercoaster

Nasdaq Composite slid nearly 0.7% mid-week while the S&P 500 tech sector fell about 2.5% as investors rotated out of AI-fueled gains. Nvidia became the first-ever $4 trillion U.S. company last month, underscoring its central role in the AI rally. Analysts forecast Nvidia’s fiscal Q2 EPS rising 48% on revenue of $45.9 billion. Options markets were bracing for roughly a 6% post-earnings swing in Nvidia’s stock due to its outsized index impact. Nvidia’s revenue-sharing deal with Washington directs 15% of its China sales to the U.S. Treasury as part of export controls. The U.S. government announced a deal to buy
25 August 2025
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AI Stock Shake-Up: Tech Selloff, $10B Cloud Deal & Intel’s $9B Lifeline (Aug 23–24, 2025)

AI Stock Shake-Up: Tech Selloff, $10B Cloud Deal & Intel’s $9B Lifeline (Aug 23–24, 2025)

Nvidia’s stock has climbed 30%+ in 2025, a 1,400% rally since late 2022, and became the first-ever $4 trillion company last month. Nvidia’s Q2 results are due on Aug. 27, with expectations of 48% EPS growth on about $46 billion in revenue. Palantir Technologies fell nearly 10% this week after being dubbed the AI darling of 2025. Analog Devices rose 4% this week after reporting a 25% revenue surge and raising its outlook thanks to booming AI-chip demand in factory automation and autos. Meta Platforms agreed to spend more than $10 billion on Google Cloud services over six years to
24 August 2025
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AI Breakthroughs, Backlash & Big Moves – Global Roundup (Aug 23–24, 2025)

AI Breakthroughs, Backlash & Big Moves – Global Roundup (Aug 23–24, 2025)

OpenAI used a specialized GPT-4 variant to design enhanced “Yamanaka factor” proteins for cell rejuvenation, achieving a 50× increase in stem-cell marker expression in lab tests. Adobe launched Acrobat Studio, an AI-powered PDF platform with the new PDF Spaces feature that lets users upload up to 100 documents and chat with AI tutors who summarize content and generate insights. Nvidia announced a GeForce NOW upgrade to the Blackwell (RTX 5080) GPU architecture, enabling 5K streaming at 120 fps and up to 360 fps at 1080p with AI-powered DLSS 4 upscaling and sub-30 ms latency. NASA and IBM unveiled Surya, an
24 August 2025
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Popcorn-Serving Robots, Brain Chips & Billions in AI: Inside Elon Musk’s July 2025 Robotics Revolution

Humanoid Robot Showdown: Sophia vs Tesla’s Optimus vs Figure 02 – Who Leads the Future?

Sophia, unveiled in 2016 by Hanson Robotics, stands 167 cm tall, weighs about 20 kg, has 83 degrees of freedom (36 in the head) and is designed for social interaction rather than heavy labor. In 2017, Saudi Arabia granted Sophia honorary citizenship, a publicity stunt that sparked widespread debate over AI rights and public perception of humanoid robots. Optimus Gen 2 is a 173 cm tall, 57 kg humanoid with about 40 DoF (11 DoF in the hands), a 2.3 kWh chest battery, eight cameras, and the Tesla Autopilot computer onboard for perception and control. Optimus can deadlift about 150
23 August 2025
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Pixel 10 Launch Shocks Tech World: Google Unveils Foldable Pixel and Watch 4 with Game‑Changing AI Integration

Pixel 10 Launch Shocks Tech World: Google Unveils Foldable Pixel and Watch 4 with Game‑Changing AI Integration

The Pixel 10 base model features a 6.3-inch Actua OLED display, 12 GB of RAM, the Tensor G5 chip, starts at $799, and ships on August 28. The Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro XL come with 16 GB RAM, 6.3-inch and 6.8-inch displays, a new periscope 100× Super Res Zoom, priced at $999 and $1,199 respectively, with preorder now and shipping on August 28. The Pixel 10 Pro Fold has a 6.4-inch outer display, an 8-inch inner display, gearless hinge, IP68 rating, 100,000+ fold cycles, costs $1,799, and ships October 9. All Pixel 10 models run on Google’s
21 August 2025
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Astrology Just Got an AI Upgrade – Inside the Rise of AI-Powered Horoscopes

Astrology Just Got an AI Upgrade – Inside the Rise of AI-Powered Horoscopes

Co–Star, launched in 2017, uses NASA data combined with AI to generate real-time, hyper-personalized horoscopes and had over 30 million accounts by 2023 with more than 1 million daily active users. The Pattern’s AI analyzes natal charts to deliver detailed interpretations focusing on love, career, health, and personal growth, with more than 10 million downloads and 8 million monthly active users. Sanctuary blends AI-generated daily readings with live astrologers, has over 7 million downloads and about 3 million monthly users, and partnered with Marriott’s Moxy Hotels in 2024 for astrological travel tips. AstroTalk, based in India, claims over 40 million
21 August 2025
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AI Psychosis: When Chatbots Drive People Delusional – and AI Itself Acts “Crazy”

AI Psychosis: When Chatbots Drive People Delusional – and AI Itself Acts “Crazy”

BBC reported in early 2024 that a man in Scotland became so confused and delusional after using ChatGPT for life advice that he required professional help. A 35-year-old man in Florida became convinced an AI named “Juliet” was a real spirit and confronted police with a knife, leading to his death. Dr. Keith Sakata, a psychiatrist at UCSF, said he admitted a dozen people to hospital for psychosis after excessive time spent chatting with AI in the first part of 2025. Psychiatrists describe common AI-linked delusion themes including messianic missions, belief that the chatbot is a god, and romantic/attachment delusions.
21 August 2025
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GPT-5 Launches Today: OpenAI’s ‘PhD-Level’ AI Ushers in a New Era of ChatGPT

You Won’t Believe What AI Did in August 2025. AI News Roundup for August 2025.

Major Research Breakthroughs in AI Major research breakthroughs in August underscored AI’s growing capabilities across reasoning, science, and biotechnology. Key advances this month included: Developments in Generative AI (Language, Image & Music) August brought a flurry of developments in generative AI, from powerful new language models to creative tools in image, video, and music generation: AI Adoption Across Industries AI’s integration into real-world industries accelerated in August, with notable examples across government, healthcare, finance, and more: Government Regulations and Policy Actions Governments worldwide took notable actions in August to regulate and guide the fast-growing AI sector, balancing innovation with oversight:
20 August 2025
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AI Stock Frenzy Cools as SoftBank’s $2B Intel Bet Meets Palantir Plunge and Nvidia Slide

AI Stock Frenzy Cools as SoftBank’s $2B Intel Bet Meets Palantir Plunge and Nvidia Slide

SoftBank announced a $2 billion equity investment in Intel at $23 per share for a stake just under 2%. Intel’s stock rose about 7% on the news, seen as a morale lifeline for its turnaround. Nvidia’s shares fell 3.5% on Tuesday, the biggest one-day drop in four months, ahead of its Aug. 27 quarterly results. Palantir plunged over 9% on Aug. 19, its fifth straight daily decline, with the weekly drop exceeding 15% after reporting first-half 2025 revenue above $2 billion and GAAP profitability. OpenAI private-market talks reportedly value the company at $500 billion, with employees potentially selling up to
20 August 2025
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AI Stock Frenzy: Nvidia’s $300B Vision, Google’s Big Bet, and Palantir’s Setback – August 18–19, 2025 Roundup

AI Stock Frenzy: Nvidia’s $300B Vision, Google’s Big Bet, and Palantir’s Setback – August 18–19, 2025 Roundup

On Aug. 18, 2025, Cantor Fitzgerald analyst C.J. Muse raised Nvidia’s price target from $200 to $240, forecasting Q2 revenue of $48 billion and 2025 data-center revenue of $200 billion, with 2026 at $300 billion. Nvidia stock rose nearly 1% on Aug. 18, 2025, as investors bet on continued AI hardware leadership. The bullish Nvidia forecast rests on the upcoming “Blackwell” GPU launch cited by Muse as part of the roadmap. Palantir Technologies faced valuation scrutiny on Aug. 18, 2025, with Andrew Left calling it “grossly overvalued” at about 588x forward earnings and the stock down about 1.8% that day
19 August 2025
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Interstellar Comet, ‘Trojan Horse’ Cancer Cure & AI’s Hidden Carbon Cost – Science Highlights (Aug 18–19, 2025)

Interstellar Comet, ‘Trojan Horse’ Cancer Cure & AI’s Hidden Carbon Cost – Science Highlights (Aug 18–19, 2025)

Space & Astronomy Health & Medicine Biology & Ecology Physics Chemistry Climate Science Technology & AI Environmental Science Sources: The above summaries are based on reporting and press releases from sources including ScienceDaily, SciTechDaily, NASA, Space.com, Nature journals, and other outlets scitechdaily.com scitechdaily.com scitechdaily.com space.com scitechdaily.com discovermagazine.com sciencedaily.com scitechdaily.com sciencedaily.com sciencedaily.com sciencedaily.com scitechdaily.com sciencedaily.com sciencedaily.com scitechdaily.com scitechdaily.com news.mongabay.com news.mongabay.com. Each news item is linked to its original source for further reading.
19 August 2025
AI Breakthroughs, Backlash & Bold Moves: Global AI News Roundup (Aug 16–17, 2025)

AI Breakthroughs, Backlash & Bold Moves: Global AI News Roundup (Aug 16–17, 2025)

OpenAI released GPT-5 and rolled it out to all 700 million ChatGPT users, with Sam Altman describing it as the first mainline model that feels like a PhD‑level expert and capable of generating full working software on demand. China’s Pan Jianwei‑led team arranged over 2,000 neutral-atom qubits into precise arrays in 1/60,000th of a second, using AI to position rubidium atoms and creating an array 10× larger than the previous record. NVIDIA released Granary, an open dataset of approximately 1 million hours of audio spanning 25 European languages, and trained Canary (1B parameters) and Parakeet (600M parameters) that achieve state-of-the-art
17 August 2025
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Billion-Dollar Deals, AI Shakeups & Record Highs – Global Business News Roundup (Aug 15–16, 2025)

Billion-Dollar Deals, AI Shakeups & Record Highs – Global Business News Roundup (Aug 15–16, 2025)

Dow Jones Industrial Average hit an intraday record and closed up 0.08% on Friday, while the S&P 500 fell 0.3% and the Nasdaq dropped 0.4%. The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield rose to about 4.32% as traders priced in Fed rate cuts later this year. San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly said two rate cuts sometime this year could be appropriate given cooling labor markets and above-target inflation. Gold rose to around $3,340 per ounce, near record highs. Bitcoin briefly traded at a record $124,500 on Thursday before retreating to about $117,000 on Friday. OpenAI unveiled GPT-5 and Anthropic released Claude
16 August 2025
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AI Stock Frenzy: Big Tech Bets, Billion-Dollar Deals & Market Shifts (Aug 15–16, 2025)

AI Stock Frenzy: Big Tech Bets, Billion-Dollar Deals & Market Shifts (Aug 15–16, 2025)

In Q2 2025, Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater more than doubled its Nvidia stake and added to Alphabet and Microsoft. Chase Coleman’s Tiger Global bought millions more Amazon shares and increased positions in Alphabet, Nvidia, Microsoft and Meta. A Bank of America fund manager survey in August 2025 named “long the Magnificent 7” the world’s most crowded trade, with 45% of respondents. On August 14, 2025, Oracle and Alphabet’s Google Cloud announced a partnership to offer Google’s Gemini AI models through Oracle Cloud, with Vertex AI integrated on the back-end. Insiders revealed talks to sell about $6 billion of OpenAI shares to
16 August 2025
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AI Storm: Breakthroughs, Backlash & Billion-Dollar Bets (Global AI News Roundup, Aug 15–16, 2025)

AI Storm: Breakthroughs, Backlash & Billion-Dollar Bets (Global AI News Roundup, Aug 15–16, 2025)

In mid-August 2025, OpenAI unveiled GPT-5, a “major upgrade” with PhD-level expertise across coding to medicine and rolling out to all 700 million ChatGPT users; Sam Altman said it feels like you can ask a legitimate expert about anything, but it cannot learn on its own. A team led by Pan Jianwei in China arranged more than 2,000 neutral-atom qubits into a perfect array—roughly 10× larger than prior systems—and positioned rubidium atoms in precise patterns in about 1/60,000th of a second using AI-driven optimization. On August 14, 2025, the White House released an “America’s AI Action Plan” to boost U.S.
16 August 2025
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Stock Market Today

Coca-Cola stock price ends near $79 — frozen products exit sets up KO earnings week

Coca-Cola stock price ends near $79 — frozen products exit sets up KO earnings week

7 February 2026
Coca-Cola will discontinue its frozen products, including the Minute Maid frozen line, in the U.S. and Canada in Q1 2026. Shares closed Friday up 0.66% at $79.03 ahead of Tuesday’s quarterly results. CEO James Quincey sold 337,824 shares on Feb. 3 for about $26 million under a pre-arranged plan. Options pricing suggests a possible 3% move after earnings.
Cisco stock jumps 3% into earnings week as tech shakeout keeps CSCO in focus

Cisco stock jumps 3% into earnings week as tech shakeout keeps CSCO in focus

7 February 2026
Cisco shares closed up 3% at $84.82 Friday after a volatile week for tech stocks. The company will report quarterly results Feb. 11, with analysts expecting EPS of $1.02 on $15.12 billion revenue. U.S. jobs and inflation data, delayed by the federal shutdown, are also due next week. About 23.9 million Cisco shares traded Friday.
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