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OpenAI Unveils ‘100X Scaling’ Vision: Over 1 Million GPUs to Go Live by Year-End
July 21, 2025 – OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman has just announced an ambitious plan: the company aims to deploy over one million GPUs by the end of 2025, marking the first official unveiling of its “100x Expansion” technological vision. This bold move underscores OpenAI’s aggressive strategy in the global race for AI infrastructure dominance, with…

ChatGPT’s Native Excel & PPT Editing: OpenAI’s Bold Move Against Microsoft Office
July 17, 2025 – According to a report from The Information today, OpenAI is actively working on enhancing ChatGPT’s productivity capabilities. The company is aiming to introduce native support for Excel (.xlsx) and PowerPoint (.pptx) files, enabling users to create, open, and edit these documents directly within the ChatGPT interface. At present, ChatGPT can generate…

Amazon Delays Web – Based Alexa AI Launch: Workload Underestimation to Blame, Set for Post – July 31 Rollout
July 16, 2025 – According to a recent blog post by tech media outlet Windows Central, Amazon has decided to postpone the launch of its web – based Alexa service to after July 31. This delay comes as the company underestimated the scale of work required to bring the service online. Earlier reports indicated that…

Figure AI CEO: Humanoid Robots to Match Human Population ‘Within Years’
July 14, 2025 – In a recent episode of the tech podcast Around the Prompt, Brett Adcock, founder of humanoid robotics startup Figure AI, declared that the world is just a few years away from a future where humanoid robots can perform “practically useful tasks.” Adcock emphasized that breakthroughs in hardware reliability over the past…

Perplexity CEO Lauds Moonshot AI’s Kimi K2, Eyes Post-Training Collaboration
July 14, 2025 – Aravind Srinivas, the CEO of the U.S.-based AI startup Perplexity, announced today that the company is impressed by the impressive performance of Moonshot AI’s Kimi K2 model in recent tests and is considering using it for post-training development. Earlier this year, in January, Live Mint reported that Perplexity had previously incorporated…

Meta Finalizes Acquisition: PlayAI Team Joins the Tech Giant This Week
July 14, 2025 – According to a Bloomberg report on the 11th local time, Meta has finalized its acquisition of voice AI startup PlayAI, with the entire PlayAI team set to join Meta this week. It’s worth noting that the scale of this deal is larger than what was previously reported by the same media…

Elon Musk’s Grok 4: The New Benchmark for AI, Achieving PhD-Level Academic Mastery
July 10, 2025 – In a live event today, Elon Musk unveiled Grok 4, asserting it as the world’s most advanced AI model, with academic problem-solving capabilities on par with doctoral-level expertise. The 53-minute presentation showcased Grok 4’s multimodal capabilities, lightning-fast reasoning, and other innovative features. According to official benchmarks, Grok 4 has delivered impressive…

Apple Learns from Siri Stumble: Ends Pre-Announcements for Upcoming iOS Features
July 10, 2025 – Yesterday, on July 9, tech media outlet 9to5Mac published a blog post highlighting a significant strategic shift by Apple in how it promotes new features for its iOS operating system. According to the report, Apple has decided to stop pre-announcing major features for upcoming iOS versions that won’t be available to…

Elon Musk Unveils Grok 4: Live Launch Set for July 10th on X!
July 8, 2025 – Elon Musk took to social media today to reveal that xAI’s highly – anticipated Grok 4, the next – generation large language model, is set to be unveiled. The launch event will take place at 8 p.m. Pacific Time on Wednesday, and it will be streamed live on the X platform….

Tesla Halts Optimus Production: Focused on Refining Key Components
July 5, 2025 – According to a post by Digitime on July 4, Tesla has reportedly put its production plan for the humanoid robot Optimus on hold. This decision comes as the company aims to refine some crucial technological components of the robot, and it now faces the daunting task of a complete redesign. Back…