AI News Roundup – November 21, 2025
How Sovereign AI is Reshaping Global Innovation
A new innovation corridor is forming between India, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Africa to accelerate Sovereign AI development and create a major innovation hub
What to know about Trump’s draft proposal to curtail state AI regulations
Trump is reportedly drafting an executive order to block states from passing their own AI regulations, arguing it stifles innovation and competitiveness
First it was GPUs and electricity, now AI is eating up the memory industry
The AI boom is causing a shortage of standard memory chips as suppliers prioritize high-bandwidth memory for data centers, driving up prices for consumers
America’s Open Source AI Gambit: Two Labs, One Question—Can the US Compete?
Two major US labs are taking different paths to catch up to China in open-source AI, sparking a debate about independence versus efficiency
Building more with GPT-5.1-Codex-Max
OpenAI has released GPT-5.1-Codex-Max, a new coding agent model capable of handling massive, complex projects that take hours to complete
A new era of intelligence with Gemini 3
Google has introduced Gemini 3, its most intelligent model yet, which excels in reasoning and multimodal understanding and is rolling out across its products
Introducing Google Antigravity, a New Era in AI-Assisted Software Development
Google Antigravity is a new agent-first development platform powered by Gemini 3 that allows AI agents to autonomously plan and execute complex software tasks
Microsoft is turning Windows into an ‘agentic OS,’ starting with the taskbar
Microsoft is transforming Windows into an ‘agentic OS’ by embedding AI agents into the taskbar that can perform long background tasks for users
A single beam of light runs AI with supercomputer power
Researchers have found a way to run complex AI math operations using a single beam of light, promising significantly faster and more energy-efficient AI hardware
Running Your Own Local Open-Source AI Model Is Easy—Here’s How
It is now easier for non-developers to run powerful open-source AI models locally on their home computers for privacy and offline use

