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The State of Artificial Intelligence: Global Impacts, Controversies, and the Road Ahead / Updated: 2025, July 4th, 12:01 CET

The State of Artificial Intelligence: Global Impacts, Controversies, and the Road Ahead / Updated: 2025, July 4th, 12:01 CET

Over 45 major European firms—including ASML, Airbus, Mercedes-Benz, and Siemens Energy—urged the EU to delay the AI Act by two years to protect innovation. AI engineers now command $2–10 million per year, as Meta commits up to $72 billion to AI in 2025. Microsoft’s MAI Diagnostic Orchestrator (MAI-DxO) diagnoses diseases four times more accurately and cheaply than human doctors, achieving 80% accuracy. The Velvet Sundown, an AI-generated band, has Spotify streams exceeding 750,000 per month, fueling debates about authenticity in AI-driven music. The European Commission postponed the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice, delaying its release to late 2024 or beyond.
4 July 2025
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Claude AI Revolution: An Up-to-Date 2025 Guide to Anthropic’s ChatGPT Rival

Claude AI Revolution: An Up-to-Date 2025 Guide to Anthropic’s ChatGPT Rival

In May 2025, Anthropic released Claude 4 as Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4, introducing a 200K+ token context window, code execution, and agentic tool use with a new Files API. Claude 2.1, released in November 2023, expanded the context to 200K tokens, cut hallucinations by about 2x, and added beta support for tool use such as API calls and web search. The Claude 3 family launched in March 2024 with Haiku, Sonnet, and Opus, added multimodal support (text and images) and a tiered model lineup, with Claude 3 Opus maintaining 200K context and experiments hinting at up to
3 July 2025
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Google Gemini’s 2025 Takeover: How Google’s AI Powerhouse Stacks Up Against GPT-4, Claude & More

Google Gemini’s 2025 Takeover: How Google’s AI Powerhouse Stacks Up Against GPT-4, Claude & More

Gemini Ultra scored 90.0% on the MMLU academic exam and 59.4% on the MMMU multimodal benchmark, becoming the first AI to surpass human experts on MMLU and achieving top results on 30 of 32 benchmarks. Gemini Ultra is Google’s largest and most capable model for highly complex tasks, with final testing including external red-teaming and a broader release planned for 2025. In late 2024 Bard switched to a fine-tuned Gemini Pro, dramatically improving Bard’s reasoning and planning abilities. The Pixel 8 Pro uses Gemini Nano on-device to power Recorder auto-summarization and Gboard smart replies, with Android 14 introducing AICore to
3 July 2025
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Why Everyone’s Talking About Character.AI in 2025 – Major Updates, New CEO & Controversy

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
3 July 2025
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Space News Roundup: July 2025 / Updated: 2025, July 3rd, 12:00 CET

Space News Roundup: July 2025 / Updated: 2025, July 3rd, 12:00 CET

Europe launched its first geostationary atmospheric sounding satellite, MTG-S1, as part of the Meteosat Third Generation program, equipped with a hyperspectral infrared sounder and Copernicus Sentinel-4 for air-quality monitoring, with a 9–12 month commissioning phase. Russia’s Kosmos-2558 approached the U.S. reconnaissance satellite USA-326, with a sub-satellite ‘Object C’ displaying high maneuverability and potential anti-satellite capabilities. MethaneSAT, an $88 million climate satellite launched in March 2024 by EDF, Google, and SpaceX, lost contact after 15 months, creating a gap in global methane-emissions monitoring. SpaceX marked its 500th Falcon 9 launch, deploying Starlink satellites as the booster landed successfully and its overall
3 July 2025
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AI Specialist Salaries in 2024–2025: A Comprehensive Report

AI Specialist Salaries in 2024–2025: A Comprehensive Report

In the United States, data scientists average about $156,790 in total pay annually, with New York around $160,000 and San Francisco topping $178,000. Switzerland leads Europe with data scientists averaging about $143,360 per year. OpenAI compensation data shows a median total of about $875,000, with entry-level around $238,000 and senior levels around $1.34 million, and top researchers sometimes earning over $10 million. Google DeepMind has offered top researchers up to $20 million per year, with London-based researchers previously earning around £295,000 including bonuses. Meta has reportedly offered top researchers multi-year packages up to $100 million, and by 2025 some top
2 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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Internet Access in Kuwait (2025 Comprehensive Report)

Internet Access in Kuwait (2025 Comprehensive Report)

Kuwait had approximately 4.29 million internet users, about 99% of the population, as of early 2024 per DataReportal. The country had around 7.89 million cellular mobile connections in 2024, equating to 182% of the population due to multiple SIM usage. Zain Kuwait launched 5G in 2019, becoming the first to roll out 5G among the three major operators, with 5G coverage reaching about 97% of the population by 2020. In July 2024, the Ministry of Communications announced the shutdown of copper services in several districts of Kuwait City and suburbs, encouraging customers to switch to fiber via ONTs. By 2022,
2 July 2025
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Major AdTech Developments – June & July 2025

Major AdTech Developments – June & July 2025

GroupM trimmed its 2025 global ad revenue growth forecast to about 6%, down from 7.7%, with total ad revenue expected around $1.08 trillion in 2025. Magna projects 2025 global ad revenues at $979 billion (up 4.9% vs. 2024), with retail media and search rising about 8% to $359 billion to offset declines in legacy media. Meta plans to enable brands to create and target ads with AI by 2026, while analysts warn AI-driven search interfaces could erode traditional keyword-based search revenue. DoorDash announced the $175 million acquisition of Symbiosys in June 2025 to enhance its retail media ads business, while
2 July 2025
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Semiconductor Industry Roundup (June–July 2025): Advanced Chips, Equipment, and Geopolitics

Semiconductor Industry Roundup (June–July 2025): Advanced Chips, Equipment, and Geopolitics

In summer 2025, TSMC reported near 90% yield on its 3 nm process, versus Samsung’s roughly 50% yield. Samsung, which pioneered 3 nm gate-all-around transistors in 2022, continues to struggle with yields but has won Google’s Tensor G5 on 3 nm and other new clients for older nodes. TSMC and Samsung are racing toward 2 nm (N2-class) technology, with TSMC’s 2 nm on track for risk production and high-volume manufacturing in late 2025 or early 2026. Intel detailed an 18A process (approximately 1.8 nm class) at the mid-June VLSI Symposium, promising >30% logic density scaling and up to ~20% higher
1 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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Apple Eyes Anthropic Claude and OpenAI GPT to Reinvent Siri: Inside the Negotiations, Delays, and High-Stakes AI Gamble

Apple Eyes Anthropic Claude and OpenAI GPT to Reinvent Siri: Inside the Negotiations, Delays, and High-Stakes AI Gamble

Apple is negotiating with Anthropic and OpenAI to license their large-language models to power a major Siri upgrade, signaling a shift away from Apple’s traditional in-house AI development. The talks include training versions of these models to run on Apple-owned private cloud infrastructure for internal testing. If finalized, the plan would replace Apple’s own Foundation Models, marking a significant strategic pivot. Siri’s generative makeover was delayed from an early-2025 debut to the 2026 iOS 19 cycle, with Tim Cook reportedly losing confidence in AI chief John Giannandrea as Mike Rockwell took over leadership. Anthropic’s Claude 3+ emerged as the best
30 June 2025
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AI in 2025: Breakthroughs, Risks, and the Road Ahead / Updated: 2025, June 30th, 14:34 CET

AI in 2025: Breakthroughs, Risks, and the Road Ahead / Updated: 2025, June 30th, 14:34 CET

AI in 2025: Breakthroughs, Risks, and the Road Ahead Table of Contents Introduction: The AI Tipping Point AI in Industry: From Automation to Transformation Manufacturing, Logistics, and Maintenance Healthcare and Biotechnology Finance, Insurance, and Investment Retail, Real Estate, and Marketing AI in Public Sector and Society Government, Administration, and Urban Planning Education and Research Law, Justice, and Regulation AI and the Workforce: Disruption, Opportunity, and Anxiety Job Creation, Loss, and Transformation Skills, Training, and the Talent War AI Technology: Models, Infrastructure, and Energy Model Advances and Agentic AI Infrastructure, Chips, and Energy Demands Environmental Impact and Green AI AI Risks:
30 June 2025
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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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SEO in 2025: Embracing AI, User Experience & Evolving Search Algorithms (June 2025)

SEO in 2025: Embracing AI, User Experience & Evolving Search Algorithms (June 2025)

From March 13–27, 2025, Google rolled out a broad Core Update focused on relevance, quality and user intent. In 2024 Google released four confirmed core updates (March, August, November, December), with the December update rolling out in six days—the fastest on record. Google’s 2024 spam updates targeted keyword spam, malicious content, and link schemes, with SpamBrain and a scaled-content policy emphasizing behavior over quantity. By 2025, Core Web Vitals consist of LCP, CLS and INP, with INP replacing FID and thresholds of LCP under ~2.5s, CLS under 0.1, and INP in a good range. Google’s mobile-first indexing is fully in
27 June 2025
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Latest Digital Trends as of Mid‑2025 (Updated: June 27th, 2025)

Latest Digital Trends as of Mid‑2025 (Updated: June 27th, 2025)

Gartner projects worldwide generative AI spending will reach $644 billion in 2025, up 76% from 2024. By mid-2025, over 72% of companies have adopted some form of AI, with about 65% of firms using generative AI in 2024. Deloitte predicts 25% of AI-using companies will pilot autonomous “agentic AI” systems in 2025, rising to 50% by 2027. The global AI agent market is projected to grow from $5.1 billion in 2024 to $47.1 billion by 2030, a 45% CAGR. The EU AI Act, in force since 2024, bans AI with “unacceptable risk” from February 2025 and will add transparency and
27 June 2025
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2025 Mid-Year Gadget & Consumer Tech Trends Report (Updated: June 27th, 2025)

2025 Mid-Year Gadget & Consumer Tech Trends Report (Updated: June 27th, 2025)

Generative AI integration is a unifying theme across wearables, smart home devices, AR/VR headsets, AI-powered assistants, personal audio, and home robotics in 2025. Apple’s Series 10 Watch (launched late 2024) features ECG-based atrial fibrillation detection and can turn AirPods Pro into hearing-assist devices via a software update. Circular Ring 2 from CES 2025 offers an onboard ECG sensor, FDA-cleared AFib detection, an 8-day battery life, and a titanium build. Viture One XR Glasses won Best of Show at AWE 2025, delivering a 60° field of view with micro-OLED displays and a consumer launch planned for late 2025. Snap’s next-generation Spectacles
27 June 2025
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Latest AI Developments June 2025: Breakthroughs, Trends, and Future Outlook

Latest AI Developments June 2025: Breakthroughs, Trends, and Future Outlook

Waymo’s robotaxis are now providing over 150,000 autonomous rides per week in U.S. cities. By 2025 AI drives an estimated 80–90% of trading volume in major stock markets. The EU AI Act entered into force in August 2024, with prohibitions enforceable by February 2025, general-purpose AI rules taking effect by August 2025, and high-risk requirements starting mid-2026. China’s CAC issued Measures for the Labeling of AI-Generated Content, taking effect September 1, 2025, requiring clear AI labels and embedded metadata. The World Economic Forum projects up to 97 million new AI and tech jobs globally by the end of 2025. PwC
27 June 2025
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Quantum Computing Trends 2025: Major Breakthroughs, Key Players, and Global Insights

Quantum Computing Trends 2025: Major Breakthroughs, Key Players, and Global Insights

In 2025, researchers unveiled the first topological quantum processor, an 8-qubit device using Majorana particles. D-Wave’s Advantage quantum annealing computer solved a complex magnetic simulation in minutes, a problem that would take classical supercomputers millions of years. In late 2024 Google debuted the 105-qubit Willow superconducting chip with unprecedented error-correction performance. IBM crossed the 1,000-qubit milestone with its Condor processor. IonQ surpassed 99.9% two-qubit fidelity on a prototype trapped-ion system. PsiQuantum announced ultra-low-loss photonic chips and detectors in 2025 and aims for a million-qubit fault-tolerant photonic computer in the second half of the 2020s. D-Wave is upgrading to a 7,000-qubit
27 June 2025
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Stock Market Today

Big Tech’s $630B AI data-center spending surge is squeezing chips, electricians — and investor patience

Big Tech’s $630B AI data-center spending surge is squeezing chips, electricians — and investor patience

8 February 2026
Amazon shares fell 9% Friday after announcing a $200 billion capital spending plan for 2026. Alphabet and Meta also outlined record capex, raising concerns about free cash flow and forcing potential cuts to buybacks or increased borrowing. Investors punished several tech stocks, including Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, ServiceNow, and Salesforce, while Nvidia rose. The surge in AI infrastructure spending is straining supply chains and power capacity.
New MEXC safety review puts proof-of-reserves and withdrawal locks in the spotlight

New MEXC safety review puts proof-of-reserves and withdrawal locks in the spotlight

8 February 2026
A security review published Sunday highlighted MEXC’s use of withdrawal locks, two-factor authentication, and an account-freeze tool to counter account takeovers. MEXC restricts service in the U.S., Singapore, and other major markets. The company’s guides detail whitelist-based withdrawal controls and anti-phishing codes. Proof-of-reserves reports, often cited by exchanges, may not reveal all risks, according to U.S. audit authorities.
Nu Holdings stock jumps to $17.40 — what to watch next for Nubank shares

Nu Holdings stock jumps to $17.40 — what to watch next for Nubank shares

8 February 2026
Nu Holdings shares closed at $17.40 Friday, up 3.5%, as the Dow topped 50,000 for the first time. The Brazil-based fintech recently received conditional U.S. approval to form a national bank but still needs further regulatory sign-offs. Investors await Nu’s fourth-quarter earnings on Feb. 25.
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