AI News Roundup – May 23, 2025

Agentic AI: Winning In A World That Doesn’t Work That Way

To succeed with agentic AI, businesses must recognize that while these systems are designed for optimization, real-world application requires understanding human complexities beyond simple game-like scenarios.

forbes May 23, 2025

Introducing Claude 4

Anthropic launched Claude 4, featuring state-of-the-art coding and reasoning capabilities, improved tool use for AI agents, enhanced memory, and hybrid modes for both instant responses and deeper thinking.

anthropic May 22, 2025

Sam Altman Tells Staff Plan to Ship 100 Million Devices That See Everything in Users’ Lives

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, with designer Jony Ive, reportedly plans to ship 100 million unobtrusive wearable AI devices designed to be ‘fully aware’ of users’ lives and surroundings.

futurism May 22, 2025

Introducing Stargate UAE

OpenAI announced ‘Stargate UAE,’ its first international AI infrastructure deployment and a partnership under its ‘OpenAI for Countries’ initiative to help the UAE build sovereign AI capabilities.

openai May 22, 2025

Another DeepSeek? Chinese quant fund publishes paper on AI training breakthrough

Chinese quant fund Goku Technologies unveiled a new AI training framework called SASR, claiming superior performance through algorithmic optimization similar to DeepSeek’s approach.

south china morning post May 22, 2025

After Klarna, Zoom’s CEO also uses an AI avatar on quarterly call

Zoom CEO Eric Yuan utilized an AI avatar for part of a quarterly earnings call, highlighting a growing trend among tech leaders to use AI for corporate communications.

techcrunch May 22, 2025

Google I/O 2025: From research to reality

Google I/O 2025 showcased significant advancements in Gemini models, the new Google Beam 3D video communication, Gemini Live’s real-world understanding, and an upcoming ‘Agent Mode’ for more personalized AI assistance.

google May 20, 2025

Smarter memory could help AI stop hallucinating

IBM is developing AI systems with editable, short-term memory inspired by human cognition, aiming to reduce LLM hallucinations by allowing models to revise facts without full retraining.

ibm May 20, 2025

Microsoft Build 2025: The age of AI agents and building the open agentic web

Microsoft Build 2025 highlighted the new age of AI agents, introducing GitHub Copilot as an agentic partner and new Azure AI and Microsoft 365 Copilot tools for developers to build and orchestrate specialized AI agents.

microsoft May 19, 2025

AI strategies from the front lines

Effective AI strategies from the front lines focus on tangible returns and overcoming operational hurdles, emphasizing that user adoption and addressing workflow concerns are key to realizing business value.

mit technology review May 19, 2025

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