Updates

13 Aug 2025

OpenAI updates GPT-5 with new personality and modes

CEO Sam Altman highlighted that reasoning-focused model use is growing but still limited, prompting updates to GPT-5 for better user control.

13 Aug 2025

Perplexity AI offers US$34.5b for Google Chrome

Google faces pressure over antitrust remedies as Perplexity AI proposes a multibillion-dollar deal for its Chrome browser.

13 Aug 2025

AI agents face prompt injection and persistence risks, researchers warn

Layered defence, strict access controls, and monitoring are essential as AI agents roll into production.

13 Aug 2025

YouTube’s AI flags viewers as minors, creators demand safeguards

Over 50,000 creators protest YouTube’s AI, which flags viewers for ID scans, citing privacy, surveillance, and misclassification fears.

13 Aug 2025

Meta leads booming AI smart glasses market in first half of 2025

AI-powered models made up 78% of all smart frame shipments worldwide.

13 Aug 2025

Staff welcome AI but call for clear boundaries

Nine in ten workers believe AI can make them more productive.

13 Aug 2025

Santander expands AI-first strategy with OpenAI

ChatGPT Enterprise is set to reach 30,000 Santander employees this year.

13 Aug 2025

UK-based ODI outlines vision for EU AI Act and data policy

ODI’s manifesto urges EU to adopt six principles for trusted, inclusive, and competitive AI and data governance.

13 Aug 2025

UK minister defends use of live facial recognition vans

She refutes claims that facial recognition is implemented outside legal limits.

13 Aug 2025

AI browsers accused of harvesting sensitive data, according to new study

Researchers warn that AI-powered browsers track and share personal data, sometimes during private browsing, potentially breaching GDPR and US privacy regulations.