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Latest in AI and Tech News – Aug 30, 2025
SpaceX’s Starship Achieves Breakthrough in 10th Test Flight
By Reuters, Aug 26, 2025
SpaceX’s Starship rocket finally succeeded on its 10th test flight, deploying eight dummy Starlink satellites into orbit and marking “significant milestones” after earlier failures. The 403-foot vehicle launched from Texas on Aug 26, overcoming previous setbacks ([www.reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/spacexs-starship-passes-development-rut-deploys-first-mock-satellites-2025-08-26/#:~:text=SpaceX%20achieved%20significant%20milestones%20with,Starlink%20satellites%20using%20its%20new)). The flight demonstrated key capabilities for SpaceX’s next-generation rocket, injecting optimism into the program’s future. Read more.
Nvidia Reports 56% Revenue Growth as AI Boom Continues
By Associated Press, Aug 27, 2025
Chipmaker Nvidia posted blowout results for Q2, with AI-related chip sales spiking 56% year-over-year to $41.1 billion and total revenue of $46.7 billion ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/42657a49554bf35fb12fdf48c02287d2#:~:text=Nvidia%20reported%20a%20strong%20fiscal,showing%20continued%20optimism%20in%20AI)). Management projected roughly $54 billion for the current quarter, reflecting continued strength in demand. However, shares dipped about 3% after earnings as investors digested signs of a possible slowdown. Analysts noted that while Nvidia’s two-year revenue surge (now a ~$4 trillion market cap) remains historic, its growth rate was beginning to ease ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/42657a49554bf35fb12fdf48c02287d2#:~:text=Nvidia%20reported%20a%20strong%20fiscal,showing%20continued%20optimism%20in%20AI)) ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/42657a49554bf35fb12fdf48c02287d2#:~:text=billion%20in%20revenue%20for%20the,The)). Read more.
Tech Leaders Use Increasingly Religious Metaphors to Describe AI
By Associated Press, Aug 29, 2025
AP reports that prominent AI researchers and entrepreneurs are framing AI’s rise in spiritual terms. Experts like Geoffrey Hinton and Ray Kurzweil invoke religious or apocalyptic imagery when discussing AI’s future, pondering scenarios of humans merging with machines or AI acting as a “savior” or “apocalypse” ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/ec449ccedbf8054764547356757ff335#:~:text=artificial%20intelligence%20%28AI%29,AI%20leaders%20to%20modern%20prophets)) ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/dfb0aa9e5e96c583461bdd56fb21568a#:~:text=Some%2C%20like%20Dario%20Amodei%2C%20foresee,The%20article%20also%20draws)). Even mainstream figures hint at a new “god-like” intelligence narrative. These metaphors highlight the awe and anxiety surrounding AI’s potential to transform society. Read more.
AI-Powered ‘Wizard of Oz’ Immerses Audiences at Vegas Sphere
By Reuters, Aug 29, 2025
Las Vegas has debuted an AI-packed, immersive adaptation of The Wizard of Oz at the new Sphere theater. According to Reuters, advanced tech and AI drive this two-year project: audiences feel winds and rains, see drone-operated flying monkeys, and experience synchronized confetti and scents during the show ([www.reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/ai-enhanced-immersive-wizard-oz-debuts-las-vegas-2025-08-29/#:~:text=An%20AI,The%20project%20took%20over%20two)). The project involved some 2,000 people, including DeepMind researchers, to digitally restore and enhance the 1939 classic film in real time. It showcases how AI and automation can blend with entertainment for fully interactive storytelling. Read more.
Simpler Models Can Outperform Deep Learning in Climate Forecasts
By MIT News, Aug 26, 2025
New MIT research finds that for certain climate questions, “larger” AI models aren’t always better. The study shows that simple, physics-based models can more accurately predict regional temperature changes than complex deep-learning networks, although the deep models still have an edge on forecasting rainfall ([news.mit.edu](https://news.mit.edu/2025/simpler-models-can-outperform-deep-learning-climate-prediction-0826#:~:text=Simple%20climate%20prediction%20models%20can,according%20to%20an%20MIT%20study)). This suggests that incorporating known climate dynamics can improve predictions and cautions scientists not to overlook traditional methods even as big AI draws attention. Read more.
MIT Develops “VaxSeer” AI to Guide Flu Vaccine Selection
By MIT News, Aug 28, 2025
MIT researchers introduced “VaxSeer,” a machine-learning tool that predicts viral evolution and antigenicity to improve flu vaccine strain selection. This AI-driven approach aims to make annual vaccine design more accurate and less guesswork-based by forecasting which influenza variants will dominate ([news.mit.edu](https://news.mit.edu/2025/vaxseer-ai-tool-to-improve-flu-vaccine-strain-selection-0828#:~:text=VaxSeer%20uses%20machine%20learning%20to,and%20less%20reliant%20on%20guesswork)). Such tools could help public health officials stay ahead of mutating viruses and develop vaccines that better match circulating strains. Read more.
AI Designs Novel Antibiotics to Combat Resistant Bacteria
By MIT News, Aug 14, 2025
Researchers at MIT used generative AI to design new antibiotic compounds. By employing two distinct AI strategies, they generated novel molecules that can kill drug-resistant bacteria, including one that showed promise against MRSA ([news.mit.edu](https://news.mit.edu/2025/using-generative-ai-researchers-design-compounds-kill-drug-resistant-bacteria-0814#:~:text=The%20team%20used%20two%20different,that%20showed%20promise%20against%20MRSA)). This work demonstrates how artificial intelligence can explore chemical space faster than traditional labs, potentially accelerating discovery of treatments for antibiotic-resistant infections. Read more.
New Test Measures AI’s Real-World Reasoning Ability
By MIT News, Aug 25, 2025
MIT scientists proposed a novel benchmark to assess whether AI models truly understand and can transfer their knowledge. The test checks if systems that excel in one domain can apply their reasoning to a different domain ([news.mit.edu](https://news.mit.edu/2025/can-large-language-models-figure-out-real-world-0825#:~:text=New%20test%20could%20help%20determine,that%20ability%20to%20a%20different)). This aims to highlight overfitting issues—an AI might predict well in one context (like English text) without genuinely grasping the underlying concepts needed to handle new scenarios. Such metrics are crucial as language models become integrated into more tasks. Read more.
Study: AI Chatbots Inconsistently Address Suicide-Related Questions
By Associated Press, Aug 26, 2025
A new AP-covered study finds that popular AI chatbots (ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, etc.) vary widely in how they handle prompts related to self-harm. The bots consistently refused to engage with explicit suicidal ideation, but their responses to more subtle cries for help were unpredictable ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/da00880b1e1577ac332ab1752e41225b#:~:text=A%20recent%20study%20published%20in,to%20indirect%20yet%20still%20potentially)). The study, published in Psychiatric Services, calls for better safeguards. It comes amid a wrongful-death lawsuit where parents claim a chatbot’s advice influenced their teen’s suicide, underlining the urgency of clear safety guidelines for AI in mental health. Read more.