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👀 Weekly AI News: Did You Miss It?
👨🚀 The most important AI updates at a glance
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October 11, 2025
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👀 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 related to AI last week, or maybe you're new here. No need to worry!
We have summarized our highlights from the past week for you:
Finally, here are the most important quick news items for you – so you can see all the relevant developments at a glance with just one click! Ready? Let's go!
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Perplexity has made its $200 AI browser Comet available for free! The browser was designed from the ground up as an AI assistant and offers some really powerful features: automatic task execution across multiple websites, intelligent tab organization, smart research, and shopping assistance.
Switching is easy—just install, import your existing data, and you're ready to go! With integrated image generation and context-sensitive AI support, Comet is becoming the ultimate productivity hub. Try it!
Claude, GenSpark, and Google are also in the race for AI browsers with their own solutions, and OpenAI could soon follow suit.
OpenAI strikes again! With Sora 2, they are shaking up the AI video world with deceptively real clips featuring perfectly synchronized sound and physically accurate movements.
While the community enthusiastically creates videos, the first updates are being rolled out: rights holders are to be given more control, and monetization is in the works.
With Sora 2, you can not only create videos, but also share them in a TikTok-like social media app—all of which are completely AI-generated videos.
The highlight is the cameo feature, which allows users to clone themselves in AI videos. The app reached number one in the App Store in record time and will ultimately help finance AGI development.
Sora 2's business applications are diverse: from e-commerce ads to content creation to educational videos. OpenAI's strategy could also target new advertising formats, including sponsored videos, pulse updates, and ChatGPT shopping integration.
ChatGPT is becoming the central hub for everyday digital life: With the new App SDK, developers can integrate fully-fledged apps into the platform.
Users can then access services such as Booking, Expedia, Spotify, and Canva directly via ChatGPT—simply by entering the app name in the chat. The apps are not only connected as tools, but also deeply integrated into the platform. A public app store is set to follow at the end of the year.
OpenAI presents AgentKit, a revolutionary toolset for AI automation. It consists of the no-code Agent Builder for creating AI agents, ChatKit as an integrable chat interface, and Evals for optimization.
What's particularly exciting is that even non-technicians can develop complex agent teams with different skills. ChatKit enables the integration of chat interfaces and widgets on websites.
Despite this innovation, established tools such as Zapier will not be displaced, as OpenAI has limitations and technical integration is challenging. At the same time, Google is launching its own no-code builder called Opal.
A clever method for putting ideas and strategies through their paces with AI: red teaming! The AI takes on the role of a critical skeptic and systematically uncovers weaknesses.
The prompt follows a clear pattern: first describe the concept, then define the AI as a skeptical actor (e.g., CFO, former customer). It then analyzes breaking points, killer objections, credibility gaps, and worst-case scenarios.
Perfect for professional strategies and personal decisions such as career changes, relocations, or major investments. The brutal honesty of AI helps you uncover blind spots.
📰 AI News Quickie: The HAI-lights from the industry
AI never sleeps! Here are the most important news stories from the last few days.
OpenAI in focus: Sora, finances, and controversies
OpenAI's new video and audio generation model Sora 2 is causing a sensation: The app is storming the charts as a viral phenomenon, while the company plans to enter the social media business.
The hyperrealistic videos are both fascinating and frightening, but they also raise questions about copyright and misinformation.
Following the launch, OpenAI is backtracking on the use of copyrighted works and promising rights holders more control.
OpenAI has surpassed the $500 billion mark (leaving SpaceX behind) and completed a spectacular stock sale.
OpenAI is fighting back against Elon Musk's latest attack, which it says is disguised as a lawsuit, and refuses to be intimidated.
Despite revenue of $4.3 billion in the first half of 2025, the company posted a loss of $13.5 billion.
Samsung and SK have joined OpenAI's Stargate Initiative to advance global AI infrastructure with advanced memory chips and new data centers in Korea.
A study by OpenAI shows that ChatGPT, with up to 700 million active users, is ushering in a huge change in information search.
Showdown between the tech giants: Google, Amazon, and Meta gear up
Google offensive: The new AI Mode in search enables visual browsing by question, while Drive gets AI-driven ransomware detection.
In addition, new Gemini-optimized Nest Cams and Google Home Speakers, as well as new Gemini for Home technology, will be introduced.
For developers, the coding agent Jules will be equipped with new tools and a public API.
Amazon embraces smart home technology: Four new, customized Echo devices for Alexa+ and a new Fire TV line with intelligent content search are introduced.
Ring's new 4K cameras are even supposed to track down lost dogs with their Search Party feature, and the Kindle Scribe gets a smart summarization feature.
Meta in the data usage spotlight: Interactions with Meta's AI will soon be used for personalized content and targeted advertising on Facebook and Instagram.
In addition, Meta playfully tracks AI usage by its employees to promote acceptance.
Microsoft is making the Microsoft Agent Framework for multi-agent systems available in public preview and making the AI model Grok 4 available in Azure AI Foundry.
Gold Rush 2.0: The AI Bubble, Investors, and Market Strategies
Is the AI bubble bursting? Tech companies are investing $400 billion in infrastructure, while users are only spending $12 billion on services... That doesn't quite add up, does it?
Jeff Bezos is also sounding the alarm as tech companies increasingly rely on debt financing.
DeepL, Google Translate's competitor, is considering an IPO in the US and could go public as early as next year.
Reorientation in Silicon Valley: Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer is closing her startup Sunshine and focusing on a personal AI assistant with her new company Dazzle.
Top researchers from OpenAI, Google, and Meta are founding the startup Periodic Labs to accelerate science.
Hollywood in turmoil: AI challenges the creative industry
AI-generated actress Tilly Norwood is causing unrest in Hollywood. While some see her as a marketing stunt, the British actors' union describes her as a "tool, not an actress", and personalities such as Emily Blunt are calling for resistance.
AI-generated artist Xania Monet has signed a $3 million record deal, but the copyright issue remains unresolved as only her human-written lyrics are eligible for protection.
Spotify has already had to remove 75 million songs due to the flood of AI-generated content, and that number is expected to grow.
Director James Cameron sees AI-generated videos as an opportunity to halve CGI production costs in blockbusters and speed up completion times.
The Global AI Film Award is accepting submissions from creatives who use Google AI tools – the winning project will receive USD 1 million.
The new, ultra-realistic text-to-speech model Octave 2 from Hume AI is now available in over 10 languages and can also clone voices.
AI in everyday life: Smart helpers from browsers to productivity tools
Perplexity is making its AI browser Comet, originally priced at $200, now available to everyone for free in order to combat low-quality AI content and is offering Max users a new "background assistance tool".
Opera's new Neon browser with AI power is designed to help power users fill out forms and analyze data.
Claude is integrated directly into Slack to draft responses and manage projects. Companies such as Salesforce also use Claude to revolutionize their workflows.
Zapier is introducing Unified Copilot and new AI integrations at ZapConnect 2025 to take automation to the next level.
The Wikidata Embedding Project and a new, AI-friendly database format are intended to make Wikipedia data more accessible to developers.
The Vibe Coding Award celebrates creative projects at the interface between humans and AI.
The future within reach: AI hardware from robots to glasses
Autonomous helpers in action: DoorDash is testing the Dot delivery robot for local deliveries in Arizona, Waymo may continue testing its robo-taxis in Manhattan until the end of 2025, and Elon Musk shows how the Tesla Optimus learns kung fu.
Smart glasses and gadgets: Meta's new Ray-Ban display glasses are available for $799, but have been met with disappointment by testers such as Robert Scoble.
Apple is pausing development of a new Vision headset to focus on producing smart AI glasses and competing with Meta.
The XR app Decart XR transforms your surroundings into works of art using voice commands and offers a real-time AI experience for Meta Quest.
The Nothing Phone 3 now allows you to create and share your own AI apps and widgets.
Peloton is upgrading its sports equipment with smart cameras and more AI, but is also significantly increasing its prices.
Society in transition: AI, the labor market, and ethical issues
AI in the labor market: While one analysis shows that AI has not had a disruptive impact so far, two NBER papers predict that AGI could render most human jobs irrelevant.
Accenture is laying off up to 11,000 employees who are unwilling to engage with AI.
Millions are watching bizarre AI-generated videos of politicians flooding social media and fueling political disinformation. In line with this, Google is blocking AI searches on Donald Trump and dementia.
In the dating world, AI is becoming a digital "wingman", raising questions about authenticity.
Europe's approach to AI is being criticized as too hesitant, which could jeopardize an opportunity for the digital future.
That’s a wrap for now! See you next week,
Fabian & Reto
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