OpenAI announced a partnership with Broadcom on October 14 to design custom AI processors, joining the race to control infrastructure costs and reduce dependence on NVIDIA.
Google rolled out AI Mode across 40+ EU countries on October 8, transforming search into direct answers instead of blue links—with early data showing dramatic traffic drops for websites.
OpenAI launched AgentKit at DevDay 2025, a visual agent builder that lets you create production-ready AI workflows in minutes—directly challenging n8n, Zapier, and Make.
Sora 2 launched October 1, 2025 as an iOS social app with invite-only access, while developers wait for an API that's only 'coming soon'—signaling a consumer-first shift.
Anthropic just dropped Claude Sonnet 4.5, claiming it's the best coding model in the world. The breakthrough? It can work autonomously for 30 hours without human oversight.
Meta just launched an AI video feed to massive backlash. Here's what the response tells us about the real appetite for AI-generated content—and what it means for developers building with generative AI.
Nvidia announced a record $100 billion investment in OpenAI to deploy 10 gigawatts of AI infrastructure—but analysts are calling it 'circular financing' since OpenAI will use the money to buy Nvidia chips, creating the largest self-reinforcing deal in AI history.
YouTube unveiled its largest AI transformation at Made on YouTube 2025, integrating Veo 3 Fast, Ask Studio, and revolutionary creator tools that could fundamentally change how content is made and monetized on the world's largest video platform.
Chinese startup DeepSeek revealed their breakthrough R1 model cost just $294,000 to train—340x cheaper than Western competitors—triggering the largest single-day stock loss in history and forcing a complete rethink of AI economics.
OpenAI is building an AI-powered hiring platform to directly compete with Microsoft's LinkedIn, even though Microsoft has invested $13 billion in the ChatGPT maker—revealing deep cracks in the AI industry's most important partnership.
Apple's September 9 iPhone 17 event will test whether playing it safe in AI was the right strategy. While competitors rushed to market, Apple delayed its AI features—and paid the price with a $75 billion market cap loss and worst-in-class stock performance among the Magnificent Seven.
Google's secret 'Nano Banana' AI dominated testing platforms for weeks with cryptic banana emojis before being revealed as Gemini 2.5 Flash Image—now the world's top-rated image editing model. The stealth launch strategy rewrote the AI product playbook while Anthropic raised $13 billion at a $183 billion valuation.
