AI News Roundup – October 31, 2025
DeepSeek may have found a new way to improve AI’s ability to remember
DeepSeek has a new technique to fix AI ‘context rot’ by using visual tokens to store memories more efficiently
mit technology review
Oct 29, 2025
Scientists Need a Positive Vision for AI
Scientists must champion a positive vision for AI, proposing four steps: Reform, Resist, Responsibly use, and Renovate
ieee
Oct 29, 2025
Meta, Google, and Microsoft Triple Down on AI Spending
Microsoft, Meta, and Google are ‘tripling down’ on AI infrastructure spending, accelerating concerns about a potential market bubble
wired
Oct 29, 2025
Nvidia becomes the world’s first $5 trillion company, buoyed by AI boom
Nvidia became the world’s first $5 trillion company, buoyed by the explosive demand for its GPUs, which are powering the AI boom
cbs news
Oct 29, 2025
Chat in NotebookLM: A powerful, goal-focused AI research partner
Google’s NotebookLM has been upgraded with latest Gemini models, a 1M token context window, and a new feature to personalize chat with custom goals or personas
google
Oct 29, 2025
Extropic Aims to Disrupt the Data Center Bonanza
A startup named Extropic aims to disrupt the data center boom with new thermodynamic chips that are thousands of times more energy-efficient
wired
Oct 29, 2025
Breakthrough optical processor lets AI compute at the speed of light
Researchers have developed a breakthrough optical processor (OFE2) that uses light instead of electricity to compute AI decisions at the speed of light
science daily
Oct 28, 2025
The next chapter of the Microsoft–OpenAI partnership
Microsoft and OpenAI have a new agreement valuing Microsoft’s stake at $135B, extending Azure’s exclusivity but giving OpenAI more flexibility
openai
Oct 28, 2025
Advancing Claude for Financial Services
Anthropic is advancing Claude for financial services with a new Excel add-in, connectors to live market data, and new Agent Skills
anthropic
Oct 27, 2025
Alibaba’s Qwen Deep Research Creates Live Webpages, Podcasts in Seconds
Alibaba’s Qwen AI can now generate comprehensive research documents and instantly convert them into live webpages or multi-speaker podcasts
yahoo!tech
Oct 26, 2025
AI Talks 