AI News Roundup – October 3, 2025
Latin America and the Caribbean Accelerate the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence, though Challenges Remain in Investment, Talent, and Governance
AI adoption is accelerating in Latin America and the Caribbean, but the region faces serious challenges, including a brain drain of talent and low investment
eclac
Oct 03, 2025
Virtual Jesus? People of faith divided as AI enters religion
The use of AI in religion, with apps like ‘Text With Jesus,’ is proving divisive, with some seeing it as an educational tool while others worry it lacks spiritual depth
techxplore
Oct 03, 2025
Perplexity’s Comet browser is now available to everyone for free
Perplexity has made its AI-powered browser, Comet, available to everyone for free, positioning it as a major competitor to browsers like Chrome
theverge
Oct 02, 2025
Tech war: Chinese AI models deemed a security risk by new US government report
A new US government report has flagged Chinese AI models like those from DeepSeek as a national security risk due to performance gaps and built-in state censorship
south china morning post
Oct 02, 2025
Sora 2 is here
OpenAI has unveiled Sora 2, its latest video and audio generation model that is more physically accurate and includes synchronized sound and dialogue
openai
Sep 30, 2025
Reuters launches AI-generated earnings summaries
Reuters is now using AI to generate summaries for an additional 10,000 companies, with every summary being reviewed by a human journalist for accuracy
talkingbiznews
Sep 30, 2025
OpenAI Releases List of Work Tasks It Says ChatGPT Can Already Replace
OpenAI has introduced a new metric called GDPval to evaluate how well frontier AI models perform on economically valuable work tasks across various professions
futurism
Sep 30, 2025
Introducing Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic has released Claude Sonnet 4.5, which it calls its best coding model yet, with major improvements in math, reasoning, and safety alignment
anthropic
Sep 29, 2025
Governor Newsom signs SB 53, advancing California’s world-leading artificial intelligence industry
California has become the first state to pass comprehensive AI safety legislation with SB 53, a law that aims to balance innovation with public safety
governor gavin newsom
Sep 29, 2025
Vibe working: Introducing Agent Mode and Office Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft is introducing ‘Agent Mode’ and ‘Office Agent’ to its 365 Copilot to handle complex, multi-step tasks like financial analysis and presentation drafting
microsoft
Sep 29, 2025
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