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Industry Trends News 30 July 2025 - 23 August 2025

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
AI Breakthroughs, Billion-Dollar Bets & Backlash – Global AI News Roundup (Aug 14–15, 2025)

AI Breakthroughs, Billion-Dollar Bets & Backlash – Global AI News Roundup (Aug 14–15, 2025)

OpenAI released GPT-5 in August 2025, described as multiples more capable than the previous generation by Kunal Kothari of Aviva Investors. Anthropic unveiled Claude for Financial Services in mid-July 2025, setting context for the GPT-5 release. Apple plans a desk
AI Stocks Roar to Record Highs Amid Bold Deals and China Backlash (Aug 12–13, 2025 Roundup)

AI Stocks Roar to Record Highs Amid Bold Deals and China Backlash (Aug 12–13, 2025 Roundup)

On August 12, 2025, Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 closed at record highs as AI stocks drove gains and cooling inflation boosted expectations for a Fed rate cut. Nvidia (NVDA) surged to an intraday high of about $184.50 on August
AI’s Frenzy: Billion-Dollar Bets, Breakthroughs & Backlash – Global AI News Roundup (Aug 5–6, 2025)

AI’s Frenzy: Billion-Dollar Bets, Breakthroughs & Backlash – Global AI News Roundup (Aug 5–6, 2025)

MIT and Duke University researchers used AI to design tougher plastics, identifying iron-based ferrocene additives and mechanophores that make polymer networks absorb stress, with results published in ACS Central Science. Profluent Bio used generative AI to create OpenCRISPR-1, the first
AI’s 48-Hour Whirlwind: Tech Giants Launch Next-Gen Tools as Regulators Strike Back (July 29–30, 2025)

AI’s 48-Hour Whirlwind: Tech Giants Launch Next-Gen Tools as Regulators Strike Back (July 29–30, 2025)

OpenAI rolled out a new ChatGPT “study mode” on July 29, 2025, turning the chatbot into a personal tutor with step-by-step prompts, interactive quizzes, and tailored hints. Google DeepMind upgraded Google Search AI Mode on July 29, 2025, introducing Canvas
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