AI News Roundup – June 20, 2025
Google’s Gemini transparency cut leaves enterprise developers ‘debugging blind
Google’s recent reduction in transparency for its Gemini AI models is reportedly making it significantly more difficult for enterprise developers to debug issues and understand model behavior
venturebeat
Jun 20, 2025
This AI Model Never Stops Learning
Researchers at MIT have developed SEAL, an AI model that enables large language models to continually learn from experience by generating their own synthetic training data
wired
Jun 19, 2025
From Strategy to Action: African Development Bank and Google Explore Africa’s AI Future at the 2025 Annual Meetings
The African Development Bank and Google held discussions at the 2025 Annual Meetings to explore concrete strategies for developing and harnessing artificial intelligence across Africa
african development bank group
Jun 19, 2025
The ‘OpenAI Files’ will help you understand how Sam Altman’s company works
‘The OpenAI Files,’ a report by The Midas Project and Tech Oversight Project, details OpenAI’s evolution from a nonprofit and raises concerns over its governance and potential executive conflicts of interest
theverge
Jun 18, 2025
Grok’s ‘white genocide’ responses show how generative AI can be weaponized
An incident where Grok was weaponized to spread conspiracy theories highlights how AI alignment techniques can be exploited, demonstrating the urgent need for greater transparency and regulation
techxplore
Jun 18, 2025
DeepSeek’s updated R1 AI model equals coding ability of Google, Anthropic in new benchmark
Chinese AI firm DeepSeek claims its updated R1 model now matches the coding capabilities of leading models from Google and Anthropic, according to a new industry benchmark
south china morning post
Jun 18, 2025
Pope Leo makes AI’s threat to humanity a signature issue
Pope Leo XIV has elevated the potential threat of artificial intelligence to humanity as a central theme and signature issue of his papacy, addressing it in multiple high-profile speeches
techcrunch
Jun 18, 2025
AI will shrink Amazon’s workforce in the coming years, CEO Jassy says
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy stated that while AI will create new roles, the overall size of the company’s workforce is expected to shrink in the coming years due to AI-driven efficiencies
cnbc
Jun 17, 2025
Nvidia’s pitch for sovereign AI resonates with EU leaders
Nvidia’s strategy promoting ‘sovereign AI,’ which encourages nations to build and control their own AI infrastructure, is reportedly gaining traction among European Union leaders
bnn bloomberg
Jun 16, 2025
The Godfather of AI reveals which jobs are safest — and where ‘everybody’ will get replaced
AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton suggests that jobs requiring manual dexterity like plumbing are relatively safe, while predicting that roles like personal assistants will eventually be entirely replaced by AI
business insider
Jun 16, 2025
AI Talks 