AI Weekly News Briefing: OpenAI Restructures, AWS Flexes Silicon, and LSEG Goes All In on AI Data
This week in AI: OpenAI has officially grown up with a new governance structure and fresh regulatory sign-offs, Microsoft tightens its grip with a mega-stake, and the capital taps are opening wider than ever.
We dig into what this new structure means for trust, safety, and OpenAI’s future power plays, plus the SoftBank funding wave and why enterprise buyers suddenly look a lot more comfortable betting big on AI.
Meanwhile AWS isn’t waiting around. It’s pushing its own silicon agenda at massive scale, setting up a compute showdown with Nvidia that could reshape AI economics. And in London, the LSEG deal shows how premium financial data is sliding straight into AI assistants with enterprise-grade controls.
We also hit the shifting AI security landscape, fresh EU moves to police deepfakes and election interference, and Google rolling Gemini into the smart home world.
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AI Weekly News Briefing: From Real World AI Progress to From Superintelligence Fears
Everything that mattered in AI in the last week in one focused briefing. We start with headline moments that shift markets and compute supply: SoftBank’s massive final tranche for OpenAI and Anthropic’s scale up with Google TPUs.
Then we move to product and policy: Microsoft Copilot’s memory and group features and a 30,000 person NHS pilot that reported 43 minutes saved per worker per day. We explain why OpenAI’s UK data residency matters for public sector adoption, how India’s proposed labeling thresholds could reshape platform UX, and how Amazon and EA are turning AI into operational and creative power tools.
Finally, we cover Anthropic’s vertical push into life sciences and a prominent international appeal to halt superintelligence development.
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Did AgentKit Just Kill n8n? Spoiler: No
OpenAI’s new AgentKit dropped, and the internet instantly declared n8n dead. Spoiler: it’s not even close.
In this episode of The AI Breakdown, I put AgentKit and n8n head-to-head after weeks of hands-on testing. I dive into where each tool shines, what they’re actually built for, and which one you should reach for when building your next automation or AI agent.
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Weekly AI News Briefing: OpenAI vs Hollywood, eBay's £3M AI Gift, and ChatGPT's Evolution
This week in AI: OpenAI's Sora 2 ignites a firestorm in Hollywood as studios and unions raise alarm over AI-generated videos featuring real people's likenesses. Google unveils Gemini 2.5 Computer Use, a breakthrough model that can actually click, scroll, and navigate websites like a human, no APIs required. eBay launches a £3 million initiative giving 10,000 small businesses free access to ChatGPT Enterprise, leveling the playing field for sellers who want to harness AI.
Plus, OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT Search to all users (including free tier) and introduces Advanced Voice Mode with real-time video input, bringing universal accessibility features that let you point your phone at anything and get instant voice responses.
From copyright battles to browser automation breakthroughs, this week showcases both AI's incredible potential and the tensions it creates. Your complete AI news roundup in under 10 minutes.
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Chris McCausland: AI Through a Blind Comedian’s Eyes
Imagine using AI to tell you who's smiling at your jokes, and then turning that into the punchline. That's exactly what Chris McCausland does.
Chris is a blind British stand-up comedian who's become an unlikely champion of AI technology. Fresh off his historic Strictly Come Dancing win, he's using his platform to show how artificial intelligence is transforming accessibility, and mining it for comedy gold along the way. From AI apps that describe audiences to self-driving cars in Silicon Valley, Chris navigates a world where technology doesn't just assist him, it inspires him.
In this episode, we explore Chris's unique relationship with AI: how the iPhone revolutionised his independence, why he's a self-proclaimed tech geek at heart, and how he's turned assistive technology into stand-up material. We'll hear about his new BBC documentary exploring cutting-edge innovations, his experiments with AI age-guessing apps, and why he believes "accessibility creates a better experience for everybody."
This is a story about seeing AI differently, quite literally. It's about humor meeting technology, independence meeting innovation, and how one comedian is showing us that the future of AI isn't just functional, it's funny.
Watch Chris experiment with AI live on stage: Adventures In AI With Chris McCausland | RTS Cambridge Convention 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE2P9XIyyCg
The AI Breakdown, the podcast that turns artificial intelligence into real talk. We cut through the complexity to show you how AI actually works and what it means for your job, your business, and your future.
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