AI News Roundup – June 13, 2025
Google’s Gemini AI will summarize PDFs for you when you open them
Google is rolling out a new Gemini feature for Workspace that proactively displays summary cards and suggested actions within Google Drive when users open PDF documents.
How we’re supporting better tropical cyclone prediction with AI
Google DeepMind’s Weather Lab is using an experimental AI model trained on historical data to generate more accurate, long-range predictions for tropical cyclone formation and intensity.
CEO Says AI Will Replace So Many Jobs That It’ll Cause a Major Recession
Klarna’s CEO, Sebastian Siemiatkowski, predicts that widespread AI adoption will displace a significant number of white-collar jobs, potentially leading to a major economic recession in the short term.
Big Tech Tests Data Center Flexibility
Tech giants like Google and Microsoft are participating in the DCFlex initiative, exploring ways for data centers to flexibly manage power consumption to stabilize and support the electric grid.
Vibe Coding Is Coming for Engineering Jobs
The rise of ‘vibe coding,’ where developers use natural language prompts for AI to generate code, is reshaping software engineering roles and raising questions about the future of developer jobs.
Introducing the V-JEPA 2 world model and new benchmarks for physical reasoning
Meta introduced V-JEPA 2, a new AI world model trained on video data to understand and predict physical interactions, alongside new benchmarks to evaluate physical reasoning.
After Slashing Thousands of Jobs, Trump’s FDA Wants to Use AI to Rapidly Approve New Drugs
Following significant staff layoffs, the FDA under the Trump administration plans to use AI to increase the efficiency and speed of the drug approval process.
Google’s AI search features are killing traffic to publishers
Google’s AI Overviews feature is reportedly causing a significant decline in click-through rates and traffic to publisher websites by providing direct summaries instead of requiring users to click links.
New AI minister says Canada won’t ‘over-index’ on AI regulation
Canada’s new AI Minister Evan Solomon stated that the government will pursue a balanced approach to AI, aiming to foster innovation without creating overly burdensome regulations.
The Gentle Singularity
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman describes a ‘gentle singularity,’ where AI’s rapid, continuous improvements are already profoundly transforming science and human productivity, making superintelligence a gradual and ongoing process.

