AI News Roundup: Tech Giants Unveil Next-Gen AI, Billion-Dollar Bets, Regulatory Rush & Warnings (Aug 1–2, 2025)
Google DeepMind released Gemini 2.5 "Deep Think" on August 1, offering it to AI Ultra subscribers at $250 per month after the model scored 35/42 at the 2025 International Mathematical Olympiad. OpenAI plans to launch GPT-5 this month, integrating the 'o3' model and multiple specialized systems. Meta will sell $2.04 billion in data-center assets to co-develop AI supercomputing centers. Palo Alto Networks agreed to buy CyberArk for $25 billion.