This Week in AI (Aug 29, 2025): GPT-5 lands, Gemini upgrades, EU AI Act deadlines hit, and Nvidia pushes robotics

TL;DR OpenAI shipped GPT-5, Google rolled out big Gemini upgrades (including new image editing and deeper “Live” capabilities), critical EU AI Act obligations for general-purpose AI took effect, and Nvidia’s Blackwell platform reached robotics developers while chip export talks re-entered the spotlight. OpenAI+1blog.google+1Digital StrategyBaker McKenzieNVIDIA NewsroomReuters OpenAI releases GPT-5: smarter across…

Nvidia’s New AI Chips 2025 Promise Faster Training and Lower Costs for Global Data Centers

What’s New in Nvidia’s 2025 AI Hardware Nvidia has unveiled its next-generation accelerator families (Nvidia AI Chips 2025) designed to redefine the economics of AI at scale. These chips introduce substantial improvements in memory bandwidth, interconnect speed, and compiler-level optimizations. Together, these advances allow for better utilization of GPUs when…

Nvidia Spectrum-XGS and Meta’s AI Pivot: Rethinking Infrastructure and Strategy

The AI Data Centre Space Constraint and Nvidia’s Solution The growth of artificial intelligence has pushed data centers to their physical limits. About Nvidia Spectrum-XGS. As workloads expand, single-site facilities are struggling with power, cooling, and space constraints. Building ever larger mega-centers is becoming less viable—both economically and environmentally. According to Artificial…

Google DeepMind’s New AI Reasoning Model Outperforms Humans in Complex Problem-Solving

What Changed Google DeepMind unveiled a new reasoning architecture that narrows the gap between chain‑of‑thought planning and reliable execution. The model better decomposes multistep problems, tests intermediate hypotheses against known constraints, and uses tool‑augmented checks to prevent cascading errors. Early benchmarks suggest state‑of‑the‑art results on complex math, code reasoning, and…

Meta Halts AI Hiring Amid Strategic Reorg: What It Means for Research, Infra and AGI Ambitions

Overview Meta has reportedly paused AI hiring as part of a broader strategic reorganization. While headlines focus on the “freeze,” the deeper story is about refocusing teams, consolidating research tracks, and reassessing where model training, inference infrastructure, and product integration deliver the most value. In this analysis we unpack why…

AI for Climate: Better Extreme‑Weather Forecasts and What They Change

AI for Climate: Better Extreme‑Weather Forecasts and What They Change Summary: Faster and finer climate forecasting can save lives and money. AI‑accelerated weather models are now delivering neighborhood‑scale predictions that inform evacuations, grid management, crop planning, and insurance pricing. Here’s how teams are deploying these tools responsibly. What’s different in…