Top 10 AI News
The brain power behind sustainable AI
October 24, 2025
PhD student Miranda Schwacke explores how brain-inspired computing can power energy-efficient AI. Her work aims to make future AI systems more sustainable by mimicking neural processes.
Creating AI that matters
October 21, 2025
The MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab is working on AI-sociotechnical systems for the future. Researchers are shaping how AI interacts with society by focusing on real-world impact and ethics.
New software designs eco-friendly clothing that can reassemble into new items
October 17, 2025
To reduce textile waste, MIT’s Refashion program generates adaptable clothing patterns. For example, it can outline pants that users reconfigure into a dress, swapping and restyling components easily.
Method teaches generative AI models to locate personalized objects
October 16, 2025
MIT researchers developed a training technique for vision-language models so they can find a specific unique object in a scene. For instance, after this training, a model can scan an image and pinpoint “Snoofkin the cat” among other cats.
OpenAI Plans For IPO
October 30, 2025
By Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes Staff
OpenAI is preparing for an initial public offering. Analysts caution about potential pitfalls, noting that companies eyeing IPOs sometimes face scrutiny over practices like inflated expenses.
Legal AI Startup Harvey Raises $150 Million At $8 Billion Valuation
October 29, 2025
By Iain Martin, Forbes Staff
Harvey, a San Francisco startup that makes AI tools for lawyers, closed a $150M funding round at an $8B valuation. The round, led by Andreessen Horowitz, is the company’s third this year as demand for legal AI grows.
AI Video Startup Synthesia Valued At $4 Billion In New $200 Million Raise
October 29, 2025
By Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes Staff
Synthesia, an AI startup that generates video from text, raised $200M in a new round led by Alphabet’s venture arm GV. This funding nearly doubles the company’s valuation to $4B amid booming interest in generative video technologies.
An AI Boom Is Catapulting Markets And Raising Fears A Bubble Is Near
October 28, 2025
By Jeffrey Marcus, Forbes Staff
The stock market is rallying on excitement over AI-driven growth. Experts warn that while AI is fueling real advances, the feverish investment could risk an AI bubble if expectations aren’t met.
Khosla Ventures And Cleveland Clinic Partner On Healthcare Tech
October 15, 2025
By Amy Feldman and Alex Knapp, Forbes Staff
Venture firm Khosla Ventures announced a new partnership with the Cleveland Clinic to co-invest in healthcare startups. The collaboration will focus on innovative medical and biotech technologies to improve patient care.
These Well-Funded AI Startups Are Building Humanoid Robots In Stealth
October 15, 2025
By Anna Tong, Forbes Staff
Two Silicon Valley startups have each secured $100M funding rounds to develop humanoid robots in stealth. Their efforts reflect a growing interest in combining AI and robotics to create general-purpose robotic assistants.
Medicare Administrator Turned Health Venture Capitalist Raises $440 Million For New Fund
October 15, 2025
By Amy Feldman, Forbes Staff
A former head of Medicare, now a healthcare venture capitalist, announced a new $440M fund to invest in health-tech startups. The fund will back innovations in medicine and wellness, continuing her focus on improving healthcare delivery.
Equity And Serving The Community With AI
October 30, 2025
By John Werner, Contributor
Building AI tools for underserved communities requires a human-centered approach. The article argues that interdisciplinary design and ethics reviews are critical to ensure AI serves real community needs, not just technology hype.
Google Chrome Fights Back Against AI Browsers With New Features
October 30, 2025
By Paul Monckton, Senior Contributor
Google introduced AI-powered tools into Chrome’s new tab page, like an image generator and research assistant, aiming to keep Chrome competitive as specialized AI-powered browsers emerge.
AI Layoffs: Why Understanding Intent May Save Your Job
October 30, 2025
By Jason Snyder, Contributor
As AI-driven automation leads to job cuts, this article explains how employees can remain valuable by focusing on tasks that require human insight and understanding the intent behind data, rather than just processes AI can handle.
Will AI Wearables Tell Us To Love More?
October 30, 2025
By John Werner, Contributor
Strong social connections boost health, and while AI-powered wearables can track fitness data, they cannot replace real human relationships. Technology can aid health, but purpose, joy, and love are human concerns.
5 ChatGPT Prompts For Coaches Ready To Level Up With AI
October 30, 2025
By Jodie Cook, Senior Contributor
The article provides five specific ChatGPT prompts that coaches (business and life coaches) can use to create AI-augmented frameworks and products. It emphasizes the need for coaches to adapt to AI to avoid obsolescence.
Apple delivers strong quarter despite trade war challenges and ongoing artificial intelligence issues
October 30, 2025
Apple reported quarterly sales topping $100B, beating analysts’ expectations even as the company contends with global trade tensions and race to keep pace in AI technology.
Mistake-filled legal briefs show the limits of relying on AI tools at work
October 30, 2025
AP News reports a case where a prosecutor used AI to draft a legal brief and found several factual mistakes. The episode highlights that AI tools can be helpful but still make significant errors without human oversight.
Universal Music and AI song tool Udio settle lawsuit and partner on new platform, sparking backlash
October 30, 2025
Universal Music Group reached a settlement with AI music startup Udio. The companies plan a new joint music platform, a move that some musicians criticize as a troubling embrace of AI in creative industries.
Samsung reports 32% rise in operating profit and predicts continued AI-related growth
October 30, 2025
Samsung announced a 32% jump in operating profit, driven by strong chip demand. The company said it expects this trend to continue as AI-related applications boost demand for its technology.
Meta shares slide after company projects higher expenses for 2026
October 30, 2025
Meta (formerly Facebook) said it will spend more on AI and other innovations in 2026, which led to a drop in its stock price. Despite a profitable quarter, investors grew cautious about the ramped-up spending.
Phony AI-generated videos of Hurricane Melissa flood social media sites
October 31, 2025
Social media were flooded with fabricated videos during Hurricane Melissa, such as sharks swimming in hotel pools. AP News confirmed these were AI-generated deepfakes, underscoring the misinformation risk during disasters.
Robo-chef on wheels: Silicon Valley startup serves up delivery that cooks itself en route
October 30, 2025
A Silicon Valley company has built an autonomous delivery robot with an onboard kitchen. The vehicle fries and sautés dishes while driving, delivering hot, freshly cooked meals directly to customers.
Amazon cuts 14,000 corporate jobs as spending on artificial intelligence accelerates
October 30, 2025
Amazon announced it is eliminating 14,000 positions, blaming the cuts on a need to curb spending growth. This comes as the company ramps up investment in AI, cloud computing and other strategic areas.
OpenAI Atlas browser could put pressure for ad dollar revenue on other platforms like Google Chrome
October 30, 2025
OpenAI launched Atlas, a new web browser that integrates ChatGPT directly. Analysts say this approach could disrupt browser-based advertising, diverting clicks (and ad revenue) away from traditional platforms like Google Chrome.
Microsoft deploys a fix to Azure cloud service that’s hit with outage
October 30, 2025
Microsoft reported a multi-hour outage affecting its Azure cloud platform. The company’s engineers deployed a fix late on Oct 30, restoring service for the affected customers.
Elon Musk launches Grokipedia to compete with online encyclopedia Wikipedia
October 30, 2025
Elon Musk has introduced “Grokipedia,” an AI-powered encyclopedia built on xAI’s Grok. Positioned as a rival to Wikipedia, it aims to leverage AI for real-time information, though critics question its reliability.
Character.AI is banning minors from interacting with its chatbots
October 29, 2025
Character.AI announced that users under age 18 will no longer be allowed to create or chat with AI characters on their platform. The decision is intended to protect minors from exposure to adult content in the chatbots.
AI chipmaker Nvidia is the first $5 trillion company
October 29, 2025
Semiconductor maker Nvidia hit a $5 trillion market capitalization, the first company ever to do so. Its dominance in providing GPUs for AI and cloud computing drove this historic valuation milestone.