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👀 Weekly AI news: Did you miss it?!
👨🚀 The most important AI updates at a glance
Die AInauten
May 17, 2025
👀 Weekly AI news: Did you miss it?!
👨🚀 The most important AI updates at a glance
AIHOY and happy weekend, dear AInauts!
Maybe you didn't catch all the exciting news, tools and hacks about AI last week, or maybe you've just joined us. No need to worry!
We have summarized our highlights of the past week for you:
Finally, there is the most important quick news for you - so you can keep an eye on all relevant developments with just one click! Ready? Let's go!
We first "produced" the music with Suno 4.5, trying out different genres. An astronaut generated by ChatGPT was used for the visual implementation, which was then fed into Hedra together with the song. The Character-3 model then lip-synced and danced to bring the astronaut to life. Total cost: $20. Fun factor: Priceless!
A huge leak reveals Claude's system prompt with over 24,000 tokens! The majority (80%) describe the use of external tools. The "personality matrix", which teaches Claude to be authentic and a strong leader, is particularly exciting. No boring poems, clear recommendations and structured thinking are a must! The hard-coded facts such as Trump's presidency in 2025 and curious rules for February 29 are also interesting. The leak shows why Claude often seems more human - there's a real system behind it!
A new mini-GPT called "Mom, I have some questions..." offers a special alternative to traditional Mother's Day gifts. Based on 25 profound questions from the New York Times, the AI bot enables real, meaningful conversations instead of superficial gestures. Just send it to mom and see what comes back!
OpenAI boss Sam Altman reveals: Polite phrases in ChatGPT cost millions - and are worth every penny! Around two thirds of users already speak to AI systems in a friendly manner. Tests confirm this: Polite requests lead to better results. Just like with human employees, respectful interaction pays off. Not only does the quality of response increase - we also train positive communication patterns and shape a respectful digital future. So: be polite to your AI buddy!
The Rise of AI conference shows that Europe's AI scene is struggling with subdued expectations. Instead of developing its own flagship models, the opportunity lies in the smart integration of AI into existing industries.
The French start-up Mistral demonstrates how it's done: with their new Medium 3 model, they deliver state-of-the-art performance at a fraction of the cost - and prove that with the right mix of talent, capital and political support, world-class AI made in Europe is possible.
AI is revolutionizing the healthcare sector with specialized language models such as BioMistral. OpenAI's HealthBench sets new standards with 5,000 simulated doctor-patient conversations, with GPT-4.1 nano performing surprisingly well. Google's AlphaFold dramatically accelerates protein research. The AI Scientist project, in which AI systems conduct scientific research independently - from hypothesis to paper - is particularly exciting. Germany is benefiting from this thanks to its strong players in the healthcare sector, even if the technology should still be treated with caution.
Europe may be on the downward curve of the AI hype cycle, but that's perfectly fine! We are learning that AI transformation is challenging and does not work miracles immediately. But Europe has all the prerequisites for AI success: excellent research, brilliant talent and a strong industrial base. Regulation is moving in the right direction. Now it's time to keep at it, keep building and keep learning. We all have the chance to drive AI forward - even without a technological background!
📰 AI news quickie: HAI highlights from the industry
AI never sleeps! Here is the most important news of the last few days.
OpenAI & Microsoft: Strategic moves and record revenues
OpenAI is gaining strong ground and now has 32.4% of US companies as paying customers for its AI models - all competition pales in comparison!
OpenAI is negotiating with Microsoft to change its billion dollar partnership to secure future funding.
CEO Sam Altman estimates that the AI model o3 has "genius-level intelligence" - quite an announcement, read the details here.
The OpenAI for Countries program aims to support governments in the development of AI infrastructure.
OpenAI improves ChatGPT's Deep Research tool with a GitHub connector that allows developers to ask questions about code repositories.
OpenAI welcomes ex-Instacart CEO Fidji Simo as new CEO of Applications and leverages her expertise to drive growth as a global product and infrastructure company.
Microsoft plans to host Elon's Grok AI model via the Azure AI Foundry.
OpenAI's Stargate project is struggling to get on track. Reason: rising tariffs and uncertain economic situation are delaying SoftBank's multi-million investment!
Remember the power struggle when Altman was sacked and then reinstated shortly afterwards? More background here.
Apple & Google: Race for AI-powered search
Apple plans to integrate AI search engines such as OpenAI, Perplexity and Anthropic into Safari to counteract declining search queries. This could end the partnership with Google...
Have you tried the new Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview from Google yet? It promises better coding capabilities.
Google is bringing a new feature called "implicit caching" to the Gemini API, which can offer developers up to 75% cost savings on recurring requests.
Gemini now has a Github integration that allows you to easily reproduce repositories just by copying and pasting the link. A dream come true for Vibe coders!
Google is now using AI to fight online fraud more effectively via Chrome and Android. Millions of scammy search results are blocked every day.
OpenAI and Google consolidate their leadership position and pass Anthropic - an exciting development from the latest Poe report!
Google has unveiled new strategies for designing prompts for the Gemini API - clear instructions and examples make for better answers.
Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, advises students to understand their learning styles and focus on basic skills.
Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro has beaten Pokémon Blue - with the help of an engineer.
New AI models and developer tools on the rise
Jan has the perfect offline ChatGPT alternative - 100% open source and without privacy issues. Or maybe Msty? Learn more here.
Mistral AI has introduced the new Pixtral Large model: 124B multimodal parameters, outperforms others in image and math processing.
LTX Video 13B is the best open source model for video generation with depth of detail and more dynamic scene understanding - and runs locally on GPUs!
LTX Studio presents the Motion Generation Video Model, a tool for generating motion in images - upload an image and create a video!
With Manus you can now also generate images.
Text-to-speech models can be optimized with Unsloth.
Amazon is working on the Kiro project, which uses AI agents to make programming faster and more efficient.
At Automate 2025, Siemens is presenting revolutionary AI agents that can independently control entire industrial processes and thus increase production efficiency by up to 50%.
The current LLM Leaderboard shows the developments in the AI world in 2025: Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Grok-3 and Gemini 2.5 Pro are in the lead - but the field is very close. Also interesting: the EvalPlus Leaderboard and the VBench Leaderboard.
AI on the rise: business, labor and new opportunities
The Ramp AI Index shows steady growth in the adoption of AI technologies by U.S. companies, based on data-driven spending and not just surveys. However, the results may understate actual usage, especially for free tools.
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna reports that AI has replaced hundreds of employees, but new jobs have been created in programming and sales.
CrowdStrike is cutting 500 jobs, about 5% of its workforce, and relying fully on AI to realign its business.
The IRS plans to replace laid-off employees with AI to continue collecting taxes efficiently.
Mark Zuckerberg wants to automate the entire industry with a new AI advertising tool!
Want to take your company to the next level? According to the 2025 CEO Study, five mindshifts are needed: courage, AI-driven innovation, data houses, ROI and creative partnerships!
Job interview invitations explode with the help of ChatGPT . Sea of opportunity or impostor syndrome? LinkedIn launches a new AI tool that allows users to find jobs simply by describing their dream job - bye-bye, rigid search filters!
Klarna and Duolingo experience an AI-first debacle! While Klarna resorts to human support, Duolingo is flooded with outraged users.
AI controversies: Between hype, hallucination and critical reflection
A new study by Giskard shows that short questions to chatbots can lead to more hallucinations: Brevity often trumps accuracy!
A new study by Duke shows that the use of AI tools such as ChatGPT can damage professional reputations. Employees are often perceived as less competent and lazy.
After an incident with manipulated comments, Reddit is planning stricter verification to lock out human-like AI bots.
Elon Musk is angry with his own AI chatbot Grok because it considers The Atlantic and The BBC to be trustworthy sources.
Pope Leo XIV cites AI as a reason for his name and sees challenges in it similar to those of the industrial revolution. The Church faces up to AI and its importance for human dignity and justice.
Marc Andreessen believes that AI can never take over his role as a venture capitalist. We'll see ...
Researchers have shown how to plant false memories in ElizaOS, leading to extreme money-grubbing.
Have you ever played with secret ink or strange text formats? Now there's P4RS3LT0NGV3, which allows you to use any number of prompt encoding methods, including Morse code, Leetspeak and even Braille…
Politics, regulation & international AI strategies
The USA is relaxing the rules for chip exports, giving Nvidia and Co. green cards for business ventures. Time to boost business!
A US senator has proposed the Chip Security Act, which calls for location tracking for export-controlled AI chips to limit China's access.
The United Arab Emirates is integrating AI into the curriculum from the 2025-2026 school year to put itself at the forefront of AI development.
After criticizing her practice in AI training, Trump wants to fire the head of the US Copyright Office without authority.
Experts are testing how AI can help in diplomacy - but there is still a long way to go.
The USA will become a net exporter of AI talent by 2025 . With growing problems of stagnating innovation and declining jobs, countries like India, Germany and the UK are moving into focus.
Two thirds of Germans already use AI, but we are in second last place in the world when it comes to AI skills…
The once coveted and highly paid position of Prompt Engineer is already considered obsolete and is becoming an essential skill.
And that’s a wrap! Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
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Fabian & Reto
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