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Innovation News 28 June 2025 - 5 July 2025

Hailuo AI – The Viral Video Generator Shaking Up 2025 Content Creation

Hailuo AI – The Viral Video Generator Shaking Up 2025 Content Creation

In June 2025, MiniMax’s Hailuo released the Hailuo-02 model that sparked the Cat Olympics trend with viral clips of cats performing Olympic dives. The Hailuo-02 model delivers native 1080p HD video output (1920×1080) with 5–10 second clips and richer scene dynamics via prompt-based camera effects. Hailuo originated as a free research demo in 2024 and by mid-2025 shifted to a credit-based freemium model offering a one-time welcome pack of 500 credits plus daily login credits. On June 18, 2025, Hailuo introduced paid subscriptions including Standard, Pro, and Master; Standard is about $14.9 per month and includes 1,000 credits monthly, with
5 July 2025
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AI News Today: Regulation, Innovation, and Societal Impact / Updated: 2025, July 5th, 00:00 CET

AI News Today: Regulation, Innovation, and Societal Impact / Updated: 2025, July 5th, 00:00 CET

The EU’s AI Act is moving forward without delays, with general-purpose AI obligations beginning in August 2024 and high-risk models following in August 2026, with penalties up to 7% of global revenue. More than 45 European CEOs signed open letters urging a two-year pause, warning that overly complex regulation could hinder Europe’s global competitiveness and stifle innovation. OpenAI and Oracle signed a major deal to secure 4.5 GW of data-center capacity for AI projects as part of the Stargate initiative. Nvidia’s market cap surged to about $3.92 trillion, nearly $4 trillion, driven by demand for AI chips. The Velvet Sundown,
5 July 2025
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Tech News Deep Dive: July 2025’s Biggest Stories in Innovation, Gaming, and the Cosmos / Updated: 2025, July 5th, 00:00 CET

Tech News Deep Dive: July 2025’s Biggest Stories in Innovation, Gaming, and the Cosmos / Updated: 2025, July 5th, 00:00 CET

Microsoft laid off about 9,100 employees in 2025, primarily in the Xbox division, with Turn 10, Rare, The Initiative, and ZeniMax Europe hit hardest and projects like Perfect Dark, Everwild, and Blackbird canceled. The Stop Killing Games campaign surpassed 1,000,000 signatures, prompting the European Commission to review remote game shutdowns and digital preservation, with supporters including Elon Musk and PewDiePie; examples cited include Ubisoft’s The Crew and Anthem. EA announced Anthem servers will shut down on January 12, 2026, with premium currency sales already ceased and the game removed from EA Play in August 2024, and no offline mode. 3I/ATLAS,
5 July 2025
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OpenAI’s Meteoric Rise: Breakthroughs, Billions, and Backlash in 2025

OpenAI’s Meteoric Rise: Breakthroughs, Billions, and Backlash in 2025

In April 2025 OpenAI announced the GPT-4.1 model family, featuring improved coding abilities and a 1,000,000 token context window. In March 2025 OpenAI released the new multimodal image generation model called 4o, enhancing image capabilities. In June 2025 OpenAI and Mattel announced an AI-powered toy collaboration, with the first Mattel product using OpenAI tech expected late 2025. In February 2025 OpenAI and SoftBank Group disclosed a plan to deploy Advanced Enterprise AI, including a Cristal intelligence system, with SoftBank committing $3 billion per year and a SB OpenAI Japan joint venture. In March 2025 veteran researcher Mark Chen was promoted
4 July 2025
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Global Battery Tech and Energy Storage Developments (June–July 2025)

Global Battery Tech and Energy Storage Developments (June–July 2025)

BYD field-tested solid-state EV batteries with nearly 400 Wh/kg energy density, enabling about 1,500 km ranges on a 12-minute (80%) charge, with prototypes in real cars and aims for industrial scale by 2030. Nissan plans its first solid-state EV in 2028 as part of a broader industry push including Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, CATL, and Stellantis. Kalmar (Cargotec) launched a second-generation Li-ion battery system for heavy electric forklifts and port equipment, delivering 10 hours of operation and improved thermal stability. Global EV sales through May 2025 reached 7.2 million units, with China contributing 4.4 million and May 2025 alone at 1.0 million,
4 July 2025
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Tech News Deep Dive: July 2025 / Updated: 2025, July 4th, 00:01 CET

Tech News Deep Dive: July 2025 / Updated: 2025, July 4th, 00:01 CET

Microsoft laid off about 9,000 employees, roughly 4% of its global workforce, in July 2025, with the Xbox division heavily affected. Microsoft’s AI push includes an $80 billion investment in AI infrastructure for fiscal 2025, plus a $30 billion annual cloud deal with Oracle to support Project Stargate via Azure. Microsoft’s gaming division seismic changes include the cancellation of Perfect Dark and Everwild, the closure of The Initiative, and departures of Gregg Mayles and Matt Firor, while the Xbox hardware roadmap remains reportedly intact. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Z Fold7, Galaxy Z Flip7, and Galaxy G Fold at Galaxy Unpacked,
4 July 2025
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Global AI Powerhouses Clash: China’s AI Revolution Challenges U.S. Tech Dominance

Global AI Powerhouses Clash: China’s AI Revolution Challenges U.S. Tech Dominance

DeepSeek and Alibaba’s Tongyi Qianwen now rival top U.S. models in capability, and DeepSeek costs about $0.55 per million tokens versus roughly $15 for OpenAI. OpenAI’s ChatGPT has more than 910 million downloads, while DeepSeek has about 125 million. HSBC and Standard Chartered began testing DeepSeek, Saudi Aramco deployed it in its main data center, and Amazon, Microsoft, and Google now offer DeepSeek on their cloud platforms. DeepSeek was trained on Nvidia H800 GPUs, which were not blocked by export bans, yet its performance matches models trained on newer hardware. Alibaba’s Tongyi Qianwen was open-sourced, spawning over 100,000 variant models,
3 July 2025
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AI-Generated Music Is Exploding in 2025 – Inside the Revolution Shaking the Music Industry

AI-Generated Music Is Exploding in 2025 – Inside the Revolution Shaking the Music Industry

A viral AI deepfake song titled “Heart on My Sleeve” mimicked Drake and The Weeknd and racked up millions of streams before Universal Music Group demanded its removal. In June 2024, the RIAA and the Big Three labels (UMG, Sony, Warner) sued Suno and Udio for alleged en masse copyright infringement, seeking up to $150,000 per infringed work. Google opened public access to MusicLM via its AI Test Kitchen in mid-2023, and MusicLM was trained on about 280,000 hours of music. Meta released MusicGen under the Audiocraft project in 2023, trained on 20,000 hours of licensed music and able to
2 July 2025
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Edge Computing Global News & Trends Roundup (June–July 2025)

Edge Computing Global News & Trends Roundup (June–July 2025)

Verizon Business launched the Edge Transportation Exchange, a 5G MEC-based V2X platform enabling real-time data sharing among vehicles, infrastructure, and pedestrians, piloted with Volkswagen, state transportation departments, and universities across Arizona, Delaware, and New Jersey. Rockwell Automation introduced OptixEdge, an on-site industrial gateway that processes factory machine data locally and integrates with FactoryTalk Optix, reducing cloud reliance and addressing the 44% of data currently used effectively in manufacturing. 1623 Farnam completed a major expansion of its Omaha, Nebraska data hub, adding 1.5 MW capacity to support surging Midwest edge traffic and lower-latency services. Mimik Technology partnered with AMD to integrate
2 July 2025
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Global FinTech Developments – June–July 2025

Global FinTech Developments – June–July 2025

Revolut will integrate the European Payments Initiative’s Wero wallet into the Revolut app for customers in France, Belgium and Germany, a system launched in 2024 that already has over 40 million users and aims to add e-commerce payments by late 2025 (announced June 26, 2025). Lunar, the Nordic digital bank, announced in June 2025 partnerships with Visa-owned Pismo for card issuing and with Wise Platform for global transfers, making Lunar the first Nordic bank to deploy these cloud and platform solutions. In the UK, Visa launched a new pay-by-bank A2A service in early June 2025 that uses real-time Faster Payments
2 July 2025
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The State of Artificial Intelligence: July 2025 / Updated: 2025, July 2nd, 00:01 CET

The State of Artificial Intelligence: July 2025 / Updated: 2025, July 2nd, 00:01 CET

Meta launches Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL) to pursue AGI and superintelligence, led by Alexandr Wang, recruiting top talent from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Anthropic with leadership compensation reportedly up to $300 million over four years and unifying Llama models under MSL. Microsoft unveils MAI Diagnostic Orchestrator (MAI-DxO), achieving 85.5% accuracy in diagnosing complex medical cases—four times the rate of experienced physicians—by orchestrating multiple LLMs to simulate a panel of experts. China deploys Tianli Qiming AI Study Companion, the first large-scale campus AI model for education, now deployed in 107 schools serving 250,000 teachers and students, enabling personalized learning and breaking
2 July 2025
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Latest Developments in AI (June–July 2025)

Latest Developments in AI (June–July 2025)

In mid-June 2025, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman indicated that an anticipated open-source AI model would be delayed to later in the summer, not June. On June 30, 2025, Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta’s Meta Superintelligence Labs, naming Alexandr Wang as Chief AI Officer and Nat Friedman as a partner, with Meta hiring 11 engineers from Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and OpenAI that month. In June 2025, Google began integrating its Gemini AI into consumer apps with parental controls, while Microsoft expanded AI copilots across Windows and Office. In late June 2025, Air Canada refunded a customer after its AI chatbot provided incorrect
1 July 2025
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Space News Roundup: Satellite Internet, Climate Monitoring, and the Expanding Role of Space Technology (June 30, 2025) / Updated: 2025, June 30th, 14:21 CET

Space News Roundup: Satellite Internet, Climate Monitoring, and the Expanding Role of Space Technology (June 30, 2025) / Updated: 2025, June 30th, 14:21 CET

Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite internet constellation, now has over 5 million customers in 125 countries, with rivals including Eutelsat OneWeb, Globalstar, and Amazon’s Project Kuiper and government-led IRIS2 and QianFan programs. Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile formed SatCo, a Luxembourg-based joint venture aiming to deliver direct-to-device satellite connectivity across Europe by 2026, integrating with 4G/5G networks. MTG-S1, Europe’s next-generation Meteosat Third Generation Sounder, carries the Sentinel-4 payload for air quality and atmospheric monitoring over Europe and North Africa, and will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 with major European industry partners Thales Alenia Space, Airbus, GMV, and SENER. Japan’s GOSAT-GW climate satellite
30 June 2025
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Global EV Powertrain and Platform Developments (May–June 2025)

Global EV Powertrain and Platform Developments (May–June 2025)

Tesla reaffirmed plans for affordable next-generation EVs on a new platform, with production targeted for the first half of 2025. Toyota announced 9 new BEV models for Europe in 2025–2026 (6 Toyota and 3 Lexus) as part of its multi-pathway carbon-reduction strategy. Ford unveiled a low-cost EV platform led by a 500-member skunkworks team, with the first vehicle a mid-size electric pickup designed to match Chinese cost structures and a platform that will support up to 8 body styles. GM introduced a “layered” Ultium battery design reducing cell count in a pack by up to 75% and unveiled Lithium Manganese
30 June 2025
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AI in the European Union: Latest Developments and Trends (June 2025)

AI in the European Union: Latest Developments and Trends (June 2025)

The EU’s AI Act, agreed in late 2023, is being rolled out in phases with August 2, 2025 as the deadline for major obligations on providers of advanced general-purpose AI models. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson urged the EU to pause the AI Act’s implementation at the European Council meeting in late June 2025. European Commission Vice-President for digital policy Henna Virkkunen indicated flexibility, saying a targeted delay could be considered if standards and guidelines are not ready in time. Reuters reports that over two-thirds of European businesses struggle to understand their AI Act responsibilities. The European Commission aims to
30 June 2025
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China’s rapid advancements in AI – from cutting-edge models to new regulations – made headlines in June 2025.

China’s rapid advancements in AI – from cutting-edge models to new regulations – made headlines in June 2025.

ByteDance launched Doubao-1.6 multimodal reasoning model and cut AI API prices by more than 60% in June 2025. SenseTime unveiled SenseChat upgrades powered by SenseNova V6, enabling real-time audio, video, and visual reasoning, including a Cantonese version for Hong Kong in June 2025. <li Alibaba's DAMO Academy and Zhejiang Cancer Hospital announced the DAMO GRAPE AI model for early gastric cancer screening, published in Nature Medicine on June 24, 2025, from a 100,000-patient study. Huawei began mass production of the Ascend 910C AI chips and rolled out the AI CloudMatrix 384 training system (384 Ascend 910C chips) in June 2025,
30 June 2025
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AI News / Updated: 2025, June 30th, 00:00 CET

AI News / Updated: 2025, June 30th, 00:00 CET

AI News Table of Contents Introduction: AI’s Ubiquity and Disruption AI in the Global Economy: Growth, Jobs, and Talent Wars AI Policy, Regulation, and Public Trust AI in Industry: From Agriculture to Finance AI in Healthcare and Medicine AI in Education: Promise, Pitfalls, and Policy AI and the Future of Work AI in Consumer Technology and Daily Life AI Safety, Ethics, and Deception AI Innovation Hotspots: China, US, and Beyond AI in Robotics: Humanoids, Sports, and Industry AI and Creativity: Arts, Language, and Cultural Heritage Conclusion: The Road Ahead for AI Introduction: AI’s Ubiquity and Disruption Artificial Intelligence (AI) is
30 June 2025
Artificial Intelligence in Iran: Recent Developments and Outlook (June 30, 2025)

Artificial Intelligence in Iran: Recent Developments and Outlook (June 30, 2025)

In June 2024, the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution approved the National Artificial Intelligence Document, a comprehensive policy blueprint for AI development. By July 2024, Iran established the National AI Organization as an independent body under the President’s supervision to steer the AI ecosystem and aim to be among the world’s top 10 AI powers within the next decade. In May 2025, Iran’s parliament approved a National AI Plan with an overwhelming majority of 187–33, deeming AI an urgent national imperative. At the start of 2025, the government allocated about $115 million USD for AI research and development in
29 June 2025
Major Tech Developments in June 2025 and H2 2025 Outlook

Major Tech Developments in June 2025 and H2 2025 Outlook

At WWDC 2025, Apple opened on-device AI—a ~3-billion-parameter LLM—to third-party developers. Microsoft reported 33% year-over-year Azure growth in Q1 2025 and noted roughly 30% of its code is AI-authored. Google rolled out the Search Generative Experience with AI Mode and launched the AI Ultra Plan at $250 per month in June 2025. OpenAI reached a $10 billion annual revenue run-rate by June 2025 and began using Google’s TPUs alongside Azure. Nvidia reported Q1 fiscal 2026 revenue of $44.1 billion, up 69% year over year, with data-center sales of $39 billion and began full-scale production of Blackwell NVL72 chips in mid-2025.
28 June 2025
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June 2025 AI News Roundup: Breakthroughs, Surprises, and Global Developments

June 2025 AI News Roundup: Breakthroughs, Surprises, and Global Developments

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced GPT-5 is expected to launch in summer 2025 and is reportedly materially better than GPT-4. Midjourney unveiled its first text-to-video system, Model V1, producing 16-second videos with advanced motion and style control in June 2025. China’s MiniMax released the M1 large model as an open-source Apache 2.0-licensed challenger claiming cutting-edge performance with far less computing power. Meta’s next-generation LLaMA 4 Behemoth was delayed to late 2025 due to performance issues. Google DeepMind introduced Gemini Robotics On-Device, a vision-language-action model that runs entirely on robots with on-board processing and can be fine-tuned with as few as
28 June 2025
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Stock Market Today

Energy stocks set for a geopolitical week after Iran warning and oil rebound

Energy stocks set for a geopolitical week after Iran warning and oil rebound

7 February 2026
U.S. energy stocks rose Friday, with the S&P 500 energy sector up 1.88% and Exxon Mobil gaining 2.03%. Brent crude settled at $68.05 a barrel after Iran threatened U.S. bases if attacked. Saudi Aramco cut March Arab Light crude prices to a five-year low for Asia. Kazakhstan’s CPC Blend exports may drop 35% this month due to Tengiz oilfield disruptions.
Financial services stocks rally as XLF jumps, Dow hits 50,000 — what to watch next week

Financial services stocks rally as XLF jumps, Dow hits 50,000 — what to watch next week

7 February 2026
U.S. financial stocks rose Friday, with the XLF fund up 1.8% and the Dow closing above 50,000 for the first time, gaining 2.47%. Goldman Sachs jumped 4.3%, JPMorgan 3.9%, and Citigroup 6.0%. The Federal Reserve held rates steady, and San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly signaled possible cuts this year. Investors await January jobs and inflation data next week.
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