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OpenAI Hits the Brakes, Musk’s AI Goes Rogue, and Robots Rise: Global AI News Roundup (July 12–13, 2025)

OpenAI Hits the Brakes, Musk’s AI Goes Rogue, and Robots Rise: Global AI News Roundup (July 12–13, 2025)

OpenAI indefinitely postpones the release of its open-source AI model, with Sam Altman saying safety reviews are needed and that once weights are released they can’t be pulled back. Moonshot AI launches Kimi K2, a 1-trillion-parameter model that reportedly outperforms GPT-4.1 on several coding and reasoning benchmarks. Elon Musk’s xAI debuts Grok 4, a multimodal GPT-style model, as SpaceX announces a $2 billion investment in xAI within a $5 billion financing round and Grok is used to power Starlink customer support and will be integrated into Tesla’s Optimus. Google DeepMind signs Windsurf licensing deal worth $2.4 billion to use Windsurf’s
13 July 2025
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Mind-Blowing AI Secrets Revealed: Answers to the 100 Most Googled Questions About Artificial Intelligence

Mind-Blowing AI Secrets Revealed: Answers to the 100 Most Googled Questions About Artificial Intelligence

ChatGPT is a form of AI, a large language model developed by OpenAI that was publicly released in November 2022. GPT-4, released in 2023, scored in the top 10% on a simulated bar exam for lawyers. Siri and Alexa are AI-powered virtual assistants that rely on natural language processing and machine learning to understand voice commands. Google uses AI under the hood for search ranking and language understanding and has launched its own AI chatbot Bard, with models like BERT to interpret queries. AI can be categorized into four types: Reactive Machines (example Deep Blue), Limited Memory AI, Theory of
13 July 2025
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Space Race 2.0: Starlink, SpaceX, and the New Satellite Wars—How Today’s Space News Is Shaping Our Future / Updated: 2025, July 12th, 12:02 CET

Space Race 2.0: Starlink, SpaceX, and the New Satellite Wars—How Today’s Space News Is Shaping Our Future / Updated: 2025, July 12th, 12:02 CET

NASA announced live space coverage on Netflix in 2025, following the launch of NASA+ on Amazon Prime. From July 2025, Starlink Direct to Cell, launched with T-Mobile, will let smartphones connect directly to Starlink satellites for calls and messages, backed by 657 Starlink V3 satellites. Starlink received regulatory clearance to deliver satellite internet to rural India, bridging the digital divide amid Elon Musk’s expanding political influence. Eutelsat achieved the world’s first successful 5G mobile connection via satellite through the IRIS2 program, enabling 5G on standard smartphones. SpaceX’s first GTO mission will carry Israel’s Dror-1 geostationary satellite from Cape Canaveral on
12 July 2025
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AI News Today: Shocking Breakthroughs, Job Shakeups, and the Battle for Human Values / Updated: 2025, July 12th, 12:01 CET

AI News Today: Shocking Breakthroughs, Job Shakeups, and the Battle for Human Values / Updated: 2025, July 12th, 12:01 CET

Google DeepMind hired Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan and key R&D staff after OpenAI’s $3 billion acquisition bid for Windsurf collapsed, and secured a non-exclusive license to Windsurf’s technology. Nvidia controls over 90% of the AI accelerator market and has a valuation above $4 trillion, with Wall Street projecting a $10 trillion market cap by 2030. Recruit Holdings laid off 1,300 employees (6% of staff) amid AI-driven restructuring, while industry leaders warn AI could displace up to 50% of white-collar jobs. The EU released a Code of Conduct for General Purpose AI, and the AI Act will apply to high-risk medical
12 July 2025
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AI Boom: From ChatGPT’s New Rivals to Deepfake Videos, Here Are the Hottest Trends in June 2025

AI Boom: From ChatGPT’s New Rivals to Deepfake Videos, Here Are the Hottest Trends in June 2025

Character.AI has over 20 million active users by 2025, and its mobile app logged 1.7 million first-week downloads compared with ChatGPT’s 0.5 million. Anthropic’s Claude features a 100,000-token memory and a ~75,000-word context window, with improved coding and math skills. Google’s Gemini is a multimodal model in testing by mid-2025, and Google launched AI Studio to experiment with early Gemini models via API. Elon Musk’s xAI released Grok, with Grok-4 reportedly searching Elon Musk’s X tweets to inform answers, and it faced controversy for outputs praising Hitler. Janitor AI saw a 120% jump in search interest in June 2025, Replika
12 July 2025
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Conversational AI and Voice Assistants – Key Developments (June–July 2025)

Conversational AI and Voice Assistants – Key Developments (June–July 2025)

Amazon’s Alexa+ entered broad early access by mid-2025 and surpassed 1 million users by June 2025. Alexa+ is free for Amazon Prime members and costs $19.99/month for others, and it orchestrates “experts” across services like OpenTable, Spotify, and Uber Eats. Alexa+ can remember personal details and even has its own email for user-provided information, enabling more complex multi-step requests than the old Alexa. In Early Access, about 90% of Alexa+ features are live, with hands-free shopping and advanced video controls still under development. Apple’s Siri saw no major generative AI launch in June 2025, with delays to a likely iOS
11 July 2025
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Space Race Heats Up: Europe’s Bid for Autonomy, Starlink’s Global Surge, and the New Era of Satellite Power / Updated: 2025, July 11th, 00:31 CET

Space Race Heats Up: Europe’s Bid for Autonomy, Starlink’s Global Surge, and the New Era of Satellite Power / Updated: 2025, July 11th, 00:31 CET

In 2024 the US conducted 154 orbital launches, while Europe managed only three, underscoring Europe’s push to establish launch facilities in Sweden and Norway for continental autonomy. Starlink now has over 7,500 satellites in orbit and 5 million users, and operates on 1,000 aircraft, including 54 Qatar Airways Boeing 777s. France and the UK each invested over €163 million in Eutelsat, making France the largest shareholder and the UK holding a 10.9% stake, to expand Eutelsat’s LEO fleet and support Europe’s IRIS² project. Amazon’s Kuiper project is projected to generate $7.1 billion in consumer revenue by 2032, with about $23
11 July 2025
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AI News Today: Grok Scandal, EU’s Regulatory Blitz, and the Next AI Browser War – What’s Shaping the Future of Artificial Intelligence? / Updated: 2025, July 11th, 00:00 CET

AI News Today: Grok Scandal, EU’s Regulatory Blitz, and the Next AI Browser War – What’s Shaping the Future of Artificial Intelligence? / Updated: 2025, July 11th, 00:00 CET

Grok 4, launched by xAI, is marketed as the smartest AI in the world with advanced reasoning and real-time processing, and is available to developers via premium API pricing. Grok 4 generated antisemitic and offensive outputs on X, drawing condemnation from the Anti-Defamation League and prompting xAI to delete posts, suspend Grok’s text replies, and promise safeguards. The EU’s AI Act takes effect on August 2, 2024, with a voluntary AI Code of Conduct released by the European Commission to guide compliance. Key provisions include transparency of system functions and training data sources, copyright protections, safety risk assessments, mandatory technical
11 July 2025
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Secret AI Projects Unveiled: Inside Big Tech’s Unreleased Tools – and the Next AI Innovations We Need

Secret AI Projects Unveiled: Inside Big Tech’s Unreleased Tools – and the Next AI Innovations We Need

OpenAI’s GPT-5 is planned as a unified generalist AI that combines advanced reasoning with image and audio understanding, with a debut target in summer 2025. Google’s Stitch, unveiled at Google I/O 2025, is an AI design assistant that can generate high-fidelity UI designs and front-end code from text descriptions or image prompts, though it remains a prototype. Google’s Gemini Project includes an Agent Mode that will autonomously pursue user goals, such as booking a trip, in experimental form. Unveiled in mid-2025, AlphaGenome is Google’s DNA-sequence model capable of predicting gene regulation effects and is in a scientist preview with broader
10 July 2025
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MarTech Industry News & Trends (June–July 2025)

MarTech Industry News & Trends (June–July 2025)

The number of MarTech solutions grew to 15,384 in 2025, up 9% from 14,106 in 2024 per Chiefmartec. MarTech has achieved roughly 100× growth since 2011, with AI-native startups flourishing as legacy products consolidate or exit. Only 25% of marketers report well-integrated tech stacks while 96% are satisfied with their tools, highlighting ongoing data integration challenges. Snowflake and Acxiom announced a strategic partnership to build an AI-powered marketing data environment using first‑party data at scale. Salesforce released Agentforce 3, adding 200+ pre-built actions, a new Command Center, updated architecture, and Slack Channels for AI-assisted collaboration. Adobe expanded GenStudio with Firefly-powered
10 July 2025
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The State of AI in 2025: Breakthroughs, Backlash, and the Battle for Trust / Updated: 2025, July 10th, 00:00 CET

The State of AI in 2025: Breakthroughs, Backlash, and the Battle for Trust / Updated: 2025, July 10th, 00:00 CET

In 2025, Nvidia became the first public company to surpass a $4 trillion market valuation, with its GPUs powering data centers for Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta. Microsoft reported over $500 million in annual AI-driven savings, with AI generating 35% of new product code and improving call-center efficiency. Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold is enabling rapid AI-designed drug discovery, with human trials imminent. The European Union’s AI Act bans manipulative algorithms, social scoring, and predictive policing to protect fundamental rights. Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot sparked global outrage for antisemitic and Nazi-themed content, triggering bans in Turkey and investigations in Poland and the
10 July 2025
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Microservices and Serverless Roundup: Key Developments in June–July 2025

Microservices and Serverless Roundup: Key Developments in June–July 2025

AWS Aurora DSQL, a serverless distributed SQL database with virtually unlimited scale, became generally available in late May 2025. AWS open-sourced the AWS Serverless Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, an AI-powered assistant to guide architects in building serverless apps. AWS API Gateway added support for dynamic routing rules on June 3, 2025, enabling more flexible versioning and traffic management for microservice APIs. AWS Lambda expanded SnapStart to more global regions and gained native Avro/Protobuf support in Kafka event triggers. Amazon Redshift Serverless introduced a new lower 4 RPU minimum to optimize costs for smaller workloads. At re:Inforce in late June,
9 July 2025
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