Throughout 2025, a number of things have taken their toll on the technology sector, dampening enthusiasm around the AI trend. In the beginning of the year, Chinese start-up DeepSeek shocked investors around the world after claiming it could build and train AI models at parity with ChatGPT and other leading platforms but at a fraction of the cost.

The dampened investor mood over AI — relative to the frenzy over the theme in 2024, at least — doesn’t reflect the priorities of companies.

A concern about AI reaching AGI is that some people will believe that a supernatural force is at play. This could be harmful. Here are ways we need to prepare for this.

Recent research by AI company Anthropic further shows that its Claude 3 chatbot was at its most persuasive when allowed to fabricate information and engage in deception. Given AI chatbots have no moral inhibitions, they are poised to be much better at deception than humans.

OpenAI has recruited Jony Ive, the designer behind Apple’s iPhone, to lead a new hardware project for the artificial intelligence company that makes ChatGPT.

Is it dishonest to say ‘AI will never replace human doctors?’ Some say yes, some say no, but 25 years is an eternity in tech years. A few predictions.

The delivery giant ended the project a year after it poached talent from an artificial intelligence startup to bolster the effort.

Amazon is testing AI-powered short-form audio summaries on select product detail pages, the e-commerce giant said on Wednesday, as tech companies continue to integrate artificial intelligence across their platforms.