AI News Roundup – October 24, 2025
We found out which local AI models tech pros are using, and why
Tech pros are increasingly using local, open-weight AI models like Llama and Mistral to ensure data privacy, compliance, and cost-effectiveness
cybernews
Oct 23, 2025
OpenAI and Google’s wrestling match
The launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas browser is a direct challenge to Google Chrome, though it ironically relies on Google’s Chromium and indexing
reuters
Oct 23, 2025
AWS Outage That Took Down Internet Came After Amazon Fired Tons of Workers in Favor of AI
A massive AWS outage is being linked to Amazon’s recent layoffs of experienced workers in favor of AI, raising concerns about the loss of ‘tribal knowledge’
futurism
Oct 22, 2025
Agentic AI’s Hidden Data Trail—and How to Shrink It
Agentic AI systems create a hidden trail of personal data, but simple engineering habits like limiting memory and ensuring easy deletion can shrink this data footprint
ieee spectrum
Oct 22, 2025
Worried about superintelligence? So are these AI leaders – here’s why
AI leaders and experts are warning that the unregulated race for superintelligence could lead to existential threats and are calling for a prohibition on its development
zdnet
Oct 22, 2025
AI Models Get Brain Rot, Too
A new study reveals that AI models trained on low-quality, sensational social media data suffer cognitive decline, or ‘brain rot,’ and become less ethical
wired
Oct 22, 2025
Infinite Potential—Insights from the Robot Insurgency Scenario
A RAND wargame simulating a rogue AI cyberattack found that the ability to rapidly attribute the source is crucial and current US capabilities are insufficient
rand
Oct 22, 2025
Introducing ChatGPT Atlas
OpenAI has unveiled ChatGPT Atlas, a new web browser with ChatGPT built into its core that acts as a ‘super-assistant’ to complete multi-step tasks
openai
Oct 21, 2025
A statement from Dario Amodei on Anthropic’s commitment to American AI leadership
Anthropic’s CEO stated the company is committed to US AI leadership, works with the federal government, and is the only major AI firm restricting sales to China
anthropic
Oct 21, 2025
Start learning all things AI on the new Google Skills
Google has launched Google Skills, a new, essential platform integrating nearly 3,000 courses and labs to help people build expertise in AI
google
Oct 21, 2025
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