Top 20 AI International News

2025-08-29 11:34:41

Here are summaries of the top AI news items today:

  1. Top AI Tools of 2025: ChatGPT rivals like Google’s Gemini and xAI’s Grok are closing the gap, according to an Andreessen Horowitz report.
    Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com
  2. OpenAI Launches Operator: OpenAI rolled out Operator, an AI agent that handles tasks directly on the web, and free-tier ChatGPT users will soon gain access to the o3-mini model.
    Source: techstartups.com
  3. Stargate Project Plans Massive AI Investments: The Stargate Project is a bold initiative to inject $500 billion into advanced AI infrastructure over the next four years.
    Source: techstartups.com
  4. Anthropic Adds Citations to Claude: Anthropic announced a new Citations feature for its Claude AI, allowing the model to ground its answers in source materials.
  5. Freepik Teams Up with Google’s Imagen 3: Freepik has added Google’s Imagen 3 to its toolkit, strengthening its offerings in AI-generated design.
  6. DeepSeek Releases a Cost-Effective Model: DeepSeek launched DeepSeek-R1, a reasoning model positioned as a compelling alternative to OpenAI’s o1 model.
  7. Perplexity Assistant Arrives on Android: Perplexity AI officially launched its Assistant for Android, bringing a versatile tool designed to simplify everyday life.
  8. Google DeepMind’s Gemini 2.0 Makes Waves: Google DeepMind unveiled Gemini 2.0, a model built to solve advanced challenges in math, science, and more.
  9. Tencent Debuts Hunyuan3D 2.0: Tencent revealed Hunyuan3D 2.0, a tool that transforms simple inputs into detailed 3D assets.
  10. ByteDance Expands AI Offerings: ByteDance launched Doubao 1.5 Pro and UI-TARS, with Doubao 1.5 Pro being an upgraded AI model designed to enhance reasoning and performance.
  11. Online age checks are proliferating, but so are concerns they curtail internet freedom"
    Source: apnews.com
  12. A hacker used AI to automate an 'unprecedented' cybercrime spree, Anthropic says"
    Source: www.nbcnews.com
  13. The family of teenager who died by suicide alleges OpenAI's ChatGPT is to blame"
    Source: www.nbcnews.com
  14. In another AI push, China holds the world's first sports event for humanoid robots"
    Source: www.nbcnews.com
  15. OpenAI's Sam Altman sees AI bubble forming as industry spending surges"
    Source: www.nbcnews.com
  16. The era of AI hacking has arrived"
    Source: www.nbcnews.com
  17. China used three private companies to hack global telecoms, U.S. says"
    Source: www.nbcnews.com
  18. China probes Nvidia over AI chip 'tracking' security risks"
    Source: www.nbcnews.com
  19. Talking to chatbots can lead to 'AI psychosis'. Is this a growing mental health risk?"
    Source: www.firstpost.com
  20. Remove chatbots that eroticise children: Brazil tells Meta as tech giant lets AI sensualise kids"
    Source: www.firstpost.com