🌐 Major Industry Moves & Investments
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Meta invests $14 b in Scale AI
Meta acquired a 49% stake in Scale AI, investing between $14–14.8 billion, bringing Scale CEO Alexandr Wang into its boardroom as it ramps up its ambitions in “superintelligence.”
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OpenAI secures its Scale AI ties
OpenAI reassured stakeholders it remains partnered with Scale despite Meta's stake, aiming to ensure independence and innovation continuity.
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Data-infrastructure M&A heats up
Nearly 25% of 2025’s global M&A deals are now AI-focused, with giants like Salesforce and Meta buying into data pipeline firms crucial for model training.
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💻 Breakthroughs in AI Chips
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AMD unveils MI400 & MI350 GPUs
AMD’s “Advancing AI” event revealed the MI400 (2026 launch) and MI350, offering 4x performance over its predecessor. OpenAI is among the early adopters.
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🤖 New Model Launches & Upskilling
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OpenAI rolls out O3 Pro and cuts prices
O3 Pro is now in ChatGPT Pro and Team with stronger reasoning, multimodal features, and 80% cheaper usage rates, just $8 per million tokens.
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Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview released
Google launched Gemini Preview 06-05, boasting huge benchmark jumps in reasoning (+24) and coding (+35) performance.
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Agentic AI highlighted at Microsoft event
At the 1819 Innovation Hub, agentic AI, self-directed systems capable of planning and acting, was spotlighted as the next evolution.
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🧠 Workforce & Policy
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Generative AI demand explodes
A WCVB editorial noted 86% of companies see generative AI as transformative. The IMF predicts it could impact 60% of jobs in advanced economies.
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U.S. Senate weighs AI regulation rules
A draft Senate bill suggests withholding broadband funding from states that ban AI use, steering toward federal control instead of local moratoriums.
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