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Weekly News Summary
Week of 2025-12-22
2025-12-28
Nvidia acquires AI chip challenger Groq’s tech for $20B.
Week of 2025-12-15
2025-12-21
A turbulent week saw hardware bankruptcies from iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power, while AI advanced with Luma’s new video model, GPT-5.2-Codex, app submissions to ChatGPT, and new ChatGPT Images. Meta also updated its AI glasses and released the SAM audio model.
Week of 2025-12-08
2025-12-14
AI continues to rapidly reshape industries, with BBVA, Instacart, and Disney partnering with OpenAI to transform banking, shopping, and entertainment, alongside the launch of GPT-5.2. At the same time, Google unveiled its most advanced research agent, AI leaders were named TIME’s 2025 Person of the Year, OpenAI expanded certifications, and copyright tensions around AI intensified.
Week of 2025-12-01
2025-12-07
Meta drives major AI updates with the Limitless acquisition, real-time news in Meta AI, and a new 24/7 support hub. OpenAI expands with an Australia launch and the Neptune acquisition, while Snowflake’s $200M Anthropic deal, EY–NVIDIA’s physical AI platform, Accenture’s OpenAI partnership, and UK–Germany quantum plans round out a big week in tech.
Week of 2025-11-24
2025-11-30
Instagram added global creator tools, ChatGPT launched shopping research, and GPT-5 helped solve a decades-old math problem. Major funding poured into US and Indian AI ecosystems, while Australia boosted AI safety and global businesses gained broader data residency options.
Week of 2025-11-17
2025-11-23
AI developments are speeding up as OpenAI teams with Target and Intuit and advances its tools with GPT-5.1-Codex-Max, while Meta unveils SAM 3 and SAM 3D for interactive 3D worlds. Meanwhile, the Trump administration may step back from opposing state-level AI regulations.
Week of 2025-11-10
2025-11-16
A wave of major AI updates arrived this week, from OpenAI’s Ireland launch, GPT-5.1 upgrades, and new ChatGPT features to Google’s Private AI Compute and Apple’s crackdown on third-party AI data sharing. Industry momentum is accelerating as Cursor raises $2.3B, ElevenLabs partners with celebrities, and Chinese models like Baidu’s ERNIE and Moonshot claim to surpass GPT and Gemini.
Week of 2025-11-03
2025-11-09
Tinder uses its users' Camera Roll photos for personalisation, Apple is close to a $1B deal to use Google AI in Siri, SoftBank and OpenAI formed a Japan venture, Perplexity will power Snapchat search for $400M, WhatsApp arrives on Apple Watch, and OpenAI is spreading a $600B cloud investment across major providers.
Week of 2025-10-27
2025-11-02
Nvidia plans to invest up to $1B in Poolside, while Google will offer free AI Pro access to Jio users in India. OpenAI introduced Aardvark, a new agentic security researcher, and launched gpt-oss-safeguard for open-source safety. Cursor released version 2.0 with a multi-agent Composer model, and ChatGPT Go will be free for a year in India.
Week of 2025-10-20
2025-10-26
OpenAI is expanding rapidly with a new generative music tool, the acquisition of Sky’s maker, and the launch of ChatGPT Atlas, a browser with ChatGPT built in. Meanwhile, Intel’s foundry recovery, Instagram’s new AI editing tools, and a cloud partnership between Anthropic and Google highlight broader AI momentum across the tech industry.
