AI News Roundup – September 05, 2025
All Marketing Leaders Say Their Employees Have Embraced AI for Their Marketing and Advertising Work
A new survey reveals that all marketing leaders say their employees are using AI, with many reporting increased efficiency despite concerns about brand safety and job loss
Imagining the future of banking with agentic AI
Agentic AI is rapidly transforming banking, with 70% of executives already using it for tasks like fraud detection, security, and improving customer experience
Synthesia’s AI clones are more expressive than ever. Soon they’ll be able to talk back
Synthesia is creating increasingly human-like AI avatars with expressive voices and natural mannerisms, and is exploring interactive versions that can talk back
Tech companies pledge to ready Americans for an AI-dominated world
Tech giants like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft have pledged significant resources and funding to train Americans and integrate AI into education
Google’s AI rivals get a boost from data-sharing order, but tech giant far from routed
A recent antitrust ruling requires Google to share its search data with AI competitors, giving a boost to rivals like OpenAI and Perplexity
Canada’s Stealthy AI Strategy: Why the Future is B2B, Not Just Chatbots
Canada is pursuing a ‘stealthy’ AI strategy by focusing government investment on secure, enterprise-grade B2B solutions rather than consumer chatbots
Google’s NotebookLM now lets you customize the tone of its AI podcasts
Google’s NotebookLM now allows users to customize the tone and format of its AI-generated audio summaries, offering options like ‘Deep Dive’ or ‘Debate’
Tesla Dojo: The rise and fall of Elon Musk’s AI supercomputer
Tesla has shut down its ambitious Dojo AI supercomputer project, with Elon Musk citing it as an ‘evolutionary dead end’ and shifting the company’s focus
Latam-GPT: Meet the Open Source AI of Latin America
Latam-GPT is a new open-source large language model being built collaboratively and trained on data specific to Latin American cultures and languages
Doctors develop AI stethoscope that can detect major heart conditions in 15 seconds
Doctors have developed an AI-powered stethoscope that can detect major heart conditions in just 15 seconds by picking up subtle differences in heartbeats and blood flow

