Controversy News 3 July 2025

Trump Media’s Wild Ride: DJT Stock Soars on Politics, Crypto & Controversy

Stock Price and Recent Performance As of mid-October 2025, DJT stock hovers around $15–$16, a far cry from its highs. It closed at $15.97 on October 10, 2025 investing.com investing.com, continuing a downward trend. The stock has lost roughly half its value in 2025 alone, and over the past year it’s down about 32% tickernerd.com. For context, DJT’s 52-week range spans from $15.42 up to $54.68 investing.com tickernerd.com – meaning it has collapsed about 70% from its peak. That peak came amid tremendous enthusiasm earlier in Trump’s presidential term, but momentum has since faded. Wild volatility is a hallmark of

11 October 2025

Cures, Cash & Controversy: Global Biotech & Health Roundup (Aug 14–15, 2025)

Breakthroughs in Biotech & Pharma Big Deals & Industry Moves Regulatory & Health Policy Updates Public Health Developments Noteworthy Medical Research Healthcare Technology & Innovation Sources: Original news reports, press releases and scientific publications from Aug 14–15, 2025 fda.gov fiercebiotech.com fiercepharma.com paho.org fiercebiotech.com, as cited above. Each development is attributed to reputable sources including FDA announcements, company press statements, peer-reviewed journals, and expert commentary to ensure accuracy and context.

15 August 2025

Biotech · Controversy · Global News · Health · Innovation · NASDAQ:PGEN · NASDAQ:PRLD · NYSE:NVO

AI Frenzy: Billion-Dollar Deals, Breakthroughs & Backlash (Aug 3–4, 2025)

On August 2, 2025, the EU AI Act reached a milestone with governance standards, general-purpose AI (GPAI) classification and a sanctions regime coming into force, as Alphabet’s Google signed the EU’s voluntary AI Code of Practice while Meta declined. A U.S. Senate plan led by Ted Cruz and Marsha Blackburn to preempt state AI regulations was revised to a five-year moratorium with carve-outs on issues like artists’ voices and child safety, drawing opposition from 17 Republican governors led by Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and criticism from Senator Maria Cantwell. At WAIC, Chinese Premier Li Qiang proposed a new international

4 August 2025

AI · Business · Controversy · Innovation · Tech News

Inside the NSFW AI Revolution: How AI-Generated Porn Is Changing the Game and Courting Controversy

The Take It Down Act was passed in April 2025 and signed into law in May 2025, making it a federal crime to create or share nonconsensual AI-generated intimate imagery and requiring platforms to remove such content within 48 hours. In May 2025, Mr. Deepfakes shut down after a critical service provider withdrew support, effectively dismantling the central hub of the deepfake porn network. A landmark Sensity report found that 95–96% of online deepfakes were nonconsensual sexual imagery, highlighting the scale of this abuse. In May 2024, Google updated its policies to ban advertisements for platforms that create deepfake porn

30 July 2025

AI · Controversy · Digital Trends · NSFW · Technology

AI Revolution: 48 Hours of Breakthroughs, Battles, and Backlash (July 17–18, 2025)

On July 17, 2025, OpenAI launched ChatGPT Agent, introducing an agent mode that can take actions such as booking reservations, shopping, or drafting documents and can connect to apps like Gmail and GitHub, with safeguards that the system will always ask for user confirmation before major actions and can be interrupted. Starting immediately, subscribers to ChatGPT Pro, Plus, and Team plans can activate this agent mode. At the AWS Summit New York on July 17, Amazon announced Bedrock AgentCore, a platform with seven core services to enable autonomous AI agents, plus an AI Agents & Tools marketplace and a $100

18 July 2025

AI · Controversy · Industry Trends · Innovation · NASDAQ:AAPL · NASDAQ:AMZN · NASDAQ:META · NYSE:C · Technology

Janitor AI: The Unfiltered Chatbot Revolution Hooking Millions (and Stirring Controversy)

Janitor AI was founded by Australian software developer Jan Zoltkowski and launched in June 2023. In its first weeks, Janitor AI attracted over 1 million users within a week or two of launch. By September 2023, the platform had amassed around 3 million users, having hit the 1-million mark in 17 days. As of early 2024, more than 70% of its users were female, reflecting a romance/roleplay demographic skew. In July 2023, OpenAI issued a cease-and-desist and cut off Janitor AI’s access to the GPT API. After losing OpenAI access, Janitor AI rebuilt on-premise with hundreds of GPUs and launched

3 July 2025

AI · Chatbots · Controversy · Social Media · Technology

Why Everyone’s Talking About Character.AI in 2025 – Major Updates, New CEO & Controversy

In June 2025 Karandeep Anand, formerly Meta VP, was named CEO of Character.AI, succeeding co-founder Noam Shazeer, and he pledged a 60-day plan to improve memory, filters, and creator features. In 2025 Character.AI launched Scenes, AvatarFX, Streams, and memory tools, with Chat Memories available in May 2025, AvatarFX live on web in June, and Streams rolling out in summer 2025. Google’s 2024 licensing deal valued at about $2.5–$3 billion gave Google a non-exclusive license to Character.AI’s LLM, bought out early investors in a reverse acquihire, and kept Character.AI independent. By early 2025 Character.AI had about 20 million MAU and over