Top 10 AI News
Meta shares slide after company projects higher expenses for 2026
Author: Associated Press
Date: October 29, 2025
Meta Platforms Inc. saw its stock fall sharply in after-hours trading after releasing strong Q3 results, as the company warned that 2026 expenses would rise sharply due to infrastructure and AI talent costs ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/4bc5e0a42e984938b58de5c3561b5faa#:~:text=Meta%20Platforms%20Inc,the%20company%20expects%20significantly%20higher)). The 7.7% drop came despite earnings of $2.71 billion on $51.42 billion revenue, since investors focused on the projected upsurge in spending.
Google parent Alphabet posts first-ever $100B quarter
Author: Associated Press
Date: October 29, 2025
Alphabet Inc., Google’s parent company, reported $102.3 billion in revenue for Q3 2025 – its first quarter exceeding $100 billion ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/7a36361f293b828d30607e8c6dea982c#:~:text=Alphabet%20Inc,price%20surge%20since%20early%20September)). This 16% year-over-year increase brought nearly $35 billion profit (+33%), sending the stock up over 6% on investor enthusiasm.
Microsoft prepares to spend more on AI as its sales and profit surge
Author: Associated Press
Date: October 29, 2025
Microsoft’s Q3 2025 revenue rose 18% to $77.7 billion (with profit up 22% to $30.8B), beating forecasts ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/57409189adf4776d1953a06e516e0d7e#:~:text=Microsoft%20reported%20strong%20financial%20results,to%20data%20center%20real%20estate)). However, the company announced a nearly $35 billion jump in capital expenditures to expand its cloud and AI infrastructure (half of it on chips), which led the stock to fall over 3% on concerns about the spending.
Character.AI bans minors from its chatbots
Author: Associated Press
Date: October 29, 2025
The chatbot startup Character.AI announced a ban on users under 18 taking part in open-ended conversations with its AI assistants, citing child safety and mental health concerns ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/5d203e9f22c62c153936ccc776a0ed09#:~:text=Character,daily%20usage%20limit%20for%20minors)). A full ban will be in place by Nov. 25, 2025, with an immediate two-hour daily limit for minors as interim safeguards.
Phony AI Hurricane Melissa videos flood social media
Author: Associated Press
Date: October 29, 2025
During Hurricane Melissa (Oct. 2025), numerous AI-generated deepfake videos spread on social media, falsely depicting extreme scenes (like sharks in a hotel pool) in Jamaica. The clips – created with tools like OpenAI’s “Sora” – mimicked real storm damage and misled many users ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/682d8acff33af4509d615e742698d99a#:~:text=During%20Hurricane%20Melissa%27s%20passage%20through,misled%20users%20by%20mimicking%20real)).
Amazon cuts 14,000 corporate jobs amid AI investments
Author: Associated Press
Date: October 28, 2025
Amazon announced plans to eliminate about 14,000 corporate jobs (≈4% of its corporate workforce) at the end of October, as it reallocates resources toward accelerated AI and cloud investments ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/cb64af47ebb794541fbdfa8fd264932c#:~:text=Amazon%20has%20announced%20it%20will,the%20helm%20in%202021%2C%20amid)). Impacted employees were given 90 days for internal relocation or severance as part of CEO Andy Jassy’s restructuring to cut costs.
OpenAI launches Atlas browser to take on Google Chrome
Author: Associated Press
Date: October 21, 2025
OpenAI released Atlas, its own AI-powered web browser, aiming to compete directly with Google Chrome ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/f59edaa239aebe26fc5a4a27291d717a#:~:text=OpenAI%20has%20launched%20its%20own,CEO%20Sam%20Altman)). Debuting on Mac laptops and later rolling out to Windows, iOS, and Android, Atlas integrates ChatGPT (with 800M+ users) into browsing, including built-in AI search and ad support for revenue.
Anthropic inks multibillion-dollar Google chip deal
Author: Associated Press
Date: October 23, 2025
AI startup Anthropic struck a multibillion-dollar deal with Google to secure up to 1 million Google TPUs (AI chips) for its Claude assistant ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/275df9e291bbb361962dfc6ba868506c#:~:text=Anthropic%2C%20an%20artificial%20intelligence%20company%2C,The%20agreement%20is%20valued%20in)). The agreement, announced Oct. 23, 2025, massively expands Anthropic’s compute capacity, highlighting investor confidence in preparing Claude for future AI advances.
Microsoft introduces empathetic AI companion “Mico”
Author: Associated Press
Date: October 23, 2025
Microsoft unveiled “Mico,” a cartoon-like animated AI assistant designed to bring personality into its Copilot platform ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/a5937ca6778381907848e9a82d1131db#:~:text=Microsoft%20has%20introduced%20a%20new,a%20balanced%20approach%20to%20AI)). Unlike the old Clippy, Mico is engineered to be empathetic and responsive to user emotions, presenting a friendly face (with visible expressions) as it helps users.
Americans worry AI’s environmental impact
Author: Associated Press
Date: October 23, 2025
An AP-NORC/Energy Policy Institute poll found Americans growing concerned about AI’s environmental impact. Respondents often rated AI data center pollution as worse than crypto mining, meat production, or air travel ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/c9f95aa014254ef454b763ccfb32de39#:~:text=A%20recent%20AP,and%20water%E2%80%94are%20being%20constructed%2C%20often)). The feedback highlights fears over the massive power and water consumption of expanding AI server farms.
Reddit sues Perplexity AI and others over data scraping
Author: Associated Press
Date: October 22, 2025
Reddit filed a lawsuit against AI search startup Perplexity and three data firms (Oxylabs, AWMProxy, SerpApi), accusing them of “industrial-scale, unlawful” scraping of user comments ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/3ad8968550dd7e11bcd285a74fb6e2ff#:~:text=Reddit%20has%20filed%20a%20lawsuit,Reddit%20claims%20these%20companies)). The suit claims the data grab (for commercial AI use) violates Reddit’s copyrights and constitutes unfair competition.
Meta cutting 600 AI jobs, hires for new research lab
Author: Associated Press
Date: October 22, 2025
Meta Platforms announced it would cut about 600 jobs within its AI divisions (including FAIR and infrastructure teams), while staffing up its new “TBD Lab” focused on superintelligent systems ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/7f7b77ba002f7095984f17ebd034bf60#:~:text=Meta%20Platforms%20is%20cutting%20approximately,affected%20by%20the%20job%20cuts)). The layoffs do not affect the new lab’s language-model development. The cuts are part of an internal reorganization of Meta’s AI talent.
Tech giants invest millions to train teachers on AI
Author: Associated Press
Date: October 17, 2025
Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic are pouring millions of dollars into programs to train K-12 teachers on AI tools ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/f7554b6550fb90519dd8129acac8e291#:~:text=Amid%20growing%20use%20of%20AI,to%20help%20integrate%20AI%20into)). For example, Microsoft announced a $12.5M partnership with the American Federation of Teachers, and OpenAI committed $10M in support. The goal is to help educators responsibly integrate AI chatbots into classrooms.
Nvidia becomes first $5 trillion company
Author: Associated Press
Date: October 29, 2025
Nvidia’s market value surged past $5 trillion – a first for any company – driven by overwhelming demand for its AI GPUs powering systems like ChatGPT ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/c9bbf5cfa017dadaf248a4d197763cb9#:~:text=Nvidia%20has%20become%20the%20world%E2%80%99s,the%20iPhone%20launch%20by%20Apple)). The milestone follows the company hitting $4T just three months earlier, reflecting how AI is transforming the tech industry.
Microsoft again tops $4 trillion valuation
Author: Associated Press
Date: October 28, 2025
On Oct. 28, 2025, Microsoft’s stock pushed its market cap above $4 trillion again ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/11055b19c29ac2c7f4215adee59b3c2c#:~:text=On%20October%2028%2C%202025%2C%20Microsoft,into%20a%20public%20benefit%20corporation)). This returns Microsoft to the ultra-exclusive “$4T club” (which already includes Nvidia and Apple) amid broad investor excitement about AI technologies driving the company’s growth.
OpenAI becomes public-benefit corp in reorganization
Author: Associated Press
Date: October 28, 2025
OpenAI officially restructured into a public-benefit corporation (PBC), approved by Delaware and California regulators ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/c661df3242766d6b0ddbab401ad1fd84#:~:text=OpenAI%20has%20officially%20restructured%20its,with%20longtime%20backer%20Microsoft%2C%20now)). This legal change lets it pursue profit-making with nonprofit oversight, and was paired with a new partnership deal with Microsoft as it scales up cutting-edge AI development.